with the Russians. He posed as a surgeon, worked for a time with the Russian war hospital, and then moved on with the troops in January 1945. Later he apparently returned to Csantavér, his birthplace. Fragments of testimony from various witnesses have been pieced together to form what we now know of Matuska's fate. On a Sunday he gave a "nationalist-flavoured sermon" to a crowd coming out of church. The next day he was captured by partisans and taken to Novi Sad. According to his uncle, he was buried in a mass grave in Szabadka. Rumours have circulated that he appeared on the communist side in the Korean War, but there is no evidence to support this. Matuska's motives remain unclear. His first attack was initially thought to have been politically motivated. At his trial, Matuska claimed to have been ordered to derail the express by God. Matuska has also been quoted as explaining his crimes by saying: "I wrecked trains because I like to see people die. I like to hear them scream." It was reported that he achieved orgasm while watching the trains he had sabotaged crash (a forensic examination of the trousers he had worn on the night of the fatal crash discovered evidence of semen stains). Popular culture In 1990 Matuska became the subject of a song, Sylvestre Matuschka, by the band Lard. A Hungarian/German TV film titled Viadukt was made in 1983 which was based on this case (English titled ), starring Canadian actor Michael Sarrazin as Matuschka and Armin Mueller-Stahl as the lead investigator on the case. In 1993 Matuska became the subject of an art installation by Belgian artist Danny Devos. See also List of fugitives from justice who disappeared References External links Biographie: Sylvestre Matuschka (In French) 1892 births 1930s murders in Hungary 1931 crimes in Hungary 1932 murders in Hungary Escapees from Hungarian detention Hungarian escapees Hungarian mass murderers Hungarian people convicted of murder Hungarian prisoners sentenced to death People convicted of murder by Hungary People from Subotica Prisoners sentenced to death by Hungary Year of death missing