The most chilling TV episode ever is still near-unbearable to watch

Vasily Ignatenko’s death might be one of the most horrific in TV history (Picture: Liam Daniel)

​Imagine being burned by invisible fire. Your skin broiling under the searing heat, your hair falling out as the flames lick at your scalp, and the blood in your veins boiling.

Worst of all, you’re not alone as your body melts from the inside out. You’re in a hospital, surrounded by doctors, none of whom can do a thing to stop the burning.

It’s a fate worse than death, but that’s how Vasily Ignatenko (Adam Nagaitis) dies in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl, and it might just be the most chilling moment in TV history, 40 years on from the Read Entire Article