Assassinations

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One death can change the world. At least, that's what assassins believe. Assassinations recounts history's most dramatic deaths. Through little-known facts, "what-ifs?" and examining assassin's motives, we examine how one murder can alter the course of history. Assassinations is a Spotify Original from Parcast.

23/11/2020

Unexplained Mysteries Crossover: Rasputin Pt. 2

Today we’re bringing you a special two-part episode from another Spotify Original from Parcast. If you enjoy it, check out Unexplained Mysteries on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts! He was the most talked-about man in Russia at the turn of the 20th century. Grigori Rasputin’s life reads like a twisted fairy tale, but even the most well-studied historians have a hard time separating the man from the darkness of his many myths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

40 min
23/11/2020

Unexplained Mysteries Crossover: Rasputin Pt. 1

Today we’re bringing you a special two-part episode from another Spotify Original from Parcast. If you enjoy it, check out Unexplained Mysteries on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts! He was the most talked-about man in Russia at the turn of the 20th century. Grigori Rasputin’s life reads like a twisted fairy tale, but even the most well-studied historians have a hard time separating the man from the darkness of his many myths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

48 min
13/04/2020

Crossover Week: Dictators (Benito Mussolini Pt. 2)

If you enjoy the true stories told in Assassinations, check out this episode from our series Dictators: Il Duce’s ineffective economic policies left Italy completely unprepared for World War II, and yet he forced the country into it anyway. What followed was a defeat so embarrassing that it remains legendary for its incompetency to this day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

47 min
13/04/2020

Crossover Week: Dictators (Benito Mussolini Pt. 1)

If you enjoy the true stories told in Assassinations, check out this episode from our series Dictators: The Italian "Il Duce" had one of the most dramatic transformations of any politician in history. An ardent socialist for the first three decades of his life, he abruptly left the party and developed his own brand of nationalist, totalitarian belief. This system would become known as fascism, and it would change the course of history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

53 min
06/01/2020

John Lennon: Mark David Chapman

Undiagnosed schizophrenia and misplaced religious beliefs all conspired to lead Mark David Chapman to believe he was destined for great things. In 1980, he read a magazine article that seemed to point him toward his fate—he was going to be the man to murder former Beatle John Lennon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

58 min
30/12/2019

Best of 2019: Emperor Commodus Pt. 2

Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: In the last years of his reign, this Emperor was known for his frequent and extreme executions. When his mistress discovers her name on his list of people who should be killed, she takes matters into her own hands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

37 min
24/12/2019

Best of 2019: Emperor Commodus Pt. 1

Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: Known as one of the most egotistical Roman emperors, Commodus famously commissioned statues depicting himself as the mythical hero Hercules. Ultimately his megalomania would be his downfall when in 192, a conspiracy formed by his mistress and the praetorian prefect went into action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

38 min
16/12/2019

François Darlan Pt. 2: Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle

After Bonnier de la Chapelle confessed to the murder of Admiral Francois Darlan it appeared police had an open and shut case. But that was only the beginning as a series of conspiracy theories surfaced as to who was really behind the assassination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

34 min

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Introducing Assassinations

People who defied society. Bullets that defiled bodies. Deaths that define history. Assassinations recounts the lead-up, the fall-out, and impact of history’s most dramatic deaths. Within each story, we explore the people who picked the target, pulled the trigger, or poured the poison. Assassinations launches November 19th, with a new episode every Monday. Assassinations is a production of Cutler Media and part of the Parcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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One death can change the world. At least, that's what assassins believe. Assassinations recounts history's most dramatic deaths. Through little-known facts, "what-ifs?" and examining assassin's motives, we examine how one murder can alter the course of history. Assassinations is a Spotify Original from Parcast.