"Staircase of the Dead" in Odessa and meat pies at Privoz

By Jurgan | Around the world | 18 Feb 2025


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If we start talking about Deribasovskaya, then we can and should instill a little horror. There are a lot of places in Odessa that instill fear. From Deribasovskaya to the Polish descent leads the "Staircase of the Dead". Yes, the name is quite impressive.

The history of the staircase and the first female maniac

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The old staircase seems to have frozen. Time has no power over it. Maybe because the slabs were built from stone taken from the lava of a volcano. But maybe because a lot of blood was spilled here.

Many people who have stepped on the steps of the staircase say that even on a sunny day, it seems that someone is watching them closely. Shadows wander on their own, not obeying the laws of nature.

In the middle of the 19th century, it looked the same. A girl lived in the house whose windows overlook the staircase. Now they would say that she was a woman of easy virtue. Yes, a prostitute. She served sailors. It was at this time that men began to disappear in Odessa. Mostly, visiting sailors.

Rosa is a simple girl who is not against sleeping with someone for money. During the day, she sold pies at Privoz. One fine, sunny day, she was walking through the market and offering meat pies. A woman asked how much money her pies wanted. Rosa answered and sold the lady a warm pie. She began to eat. Suddenly, a piece of a human finger got into her teeth. It was just a piece of a bone with a nail. The lady started screaming as if it was her finger! She called the police.

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After a short investigation, it turned out that Rosa was not as beautiful as the queen of flowers. She killed her clients and butchered them like a professional butcher. She ground up some of the human carcasses into mincemeat and baked pies. The rest was thrown towards the stairs. Then she went down and buried them. The police dug up more than 20 bodies.

The trial was not too difficult. Rosa was silent and waited for the verdict. Looking at her detached face, one could think that she was just passing by when the guys were being butchered. No one says what the verdict was. But since then, the sailors began to go to brothels without fear.

The stairs today and in the movies

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This location became the filming location for several films: "Pages of the Past", "The Adventures of Petrov and Vasechkin Ordinary and Incredible", "Primorsky Boulevard" and "Liquidation". Today, you can feel the desolation. But this does not make the place lose its ominous beauty.

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