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Retro Rabbit - The Red Diamond Of Russia

May 11, 2026

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5 min read

The episode examines two reported events separated by decades: Soviet cosmonauts claiming to witness angels outside their space station, and a string of targeted killings in 1930s New York carried out by a man identifying himself only as 3X. Both cases involve extraordinary claims backed by witness accounts and written records, yet each raises questions about how such stories form and persist.

The space station sighting and its source

In 1985, six cosmonauts aboard the Soviet Salyut 7 station reportedly observed an orange glow outside the craft followed by seven humanoid figures described as angels. The account reached Western media through later retellings on shows and websites. Research traced the earliest printed version to a 1996 book that attributed the details to Weekly World News, a publication known for fictional headlines such as stories about Bat Boy. No contemporary Soviet records or NASA intercepts confirm the event. The host notes that the story's endurance stems from repeated circulation without citation checks, and points out that even Oleg Atkov's Wikipedia entry once referenced it despite lacking supporting documentation.

The 1930 murders and the letters

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What you'll learn

1 (00:31) **Episode Teaser** - Introduces two stories: Russian cosmonauts reportedly seeing angels in space and a 1930s New York crime spree involving the mysterious "3X" killer and the Red Diamond of Russia
2 (02:09) **Arrival at Salyut 7** - Sets the 1985 scene aboard the Soviet space station with six cosmonauts conducting experiments
3 (04:25) **Angels Reported to Earth** - Cosmonauts radio the sighting back to Soviet ground control; a second crew later witnesses the same phenomenon
4 (06:15) **Tracing the Story's Origin** - Earliest printed source identified in the 1996 book *Moments with Angels*, which cites Weekly World News as the origin
5 (07:55) **Full Debunking** - Confirms the entire Salyut 7 angel account is fabricated; notes its spread through Mysterious Universe, Ancient Aliens, and other outlets
6 (12:37) **Transition to New York Story** - Shifts to the unsolved 1930 "3X" murders; credits the research source Trail Went Cold
7 (13:29) **First Murder at Lovers Lane** - On June 11, 1930, Joseph Mozinski is shot in his car; Catherine May is raped and given a note signed "3X 3X097"