Case file · Folklore / legend
Grabovoi promises to raise the children of Beslan
After the Beslan school siege of September 2004, in which 186 children died, the self-proclaimed healer Grigori Grabovoi offered grieving mothers, for a fee, to resurrect their children; he was convicted of fraud in 2008.
2004 CE · 43.19, 44.54 · status: hoax
The account
Grabovoi also claimed to have prevented disasters by thought and founded a party. The 'Mothers of Beslan' group briefly backed him before denouncing him. He was sentenced to 11 years (later reduced) and released on parole in 2010.
The sceptical view
Fraud, confirmed by a court.