Death, Deception, a "Cult": Inside Bulgaria's Disturbing Petrohan Investigation

In early February 2026, Bulgaria was rocked by a grim discovery that would spiral into one of the country's most disturbing cases in recent memory. On February 2nd, authorities found three dead men inside the Petrohan mountain lodge: 49-year-old Ivaylo Ivanov, 45-year-old Decho Iliev, and 51-year-old Plamen Stattev. A week later, the horror deepened when three more bodies were discovered in an abandoned camper under Okolchitsa Peak: 51-year-old Ivaylo Kalushev, a world-renowned speleologist and self-proclaimed spiritual leader; 22-year-old Nikolay Zlatkov; and 15-year-old Alexander Makulev, found with his fingers intertwined on both hands....