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Assassinations
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 f...
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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 Sp...
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 Sp...
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 I...
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 dram...
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 198...
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 exec...
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 stat...
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 be...
François Darlan Pt. 1: Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle
When German forces occupied France during World War II, French leaders such as Navy Admiral leader Fançois Darlan sided with Adolf Hilter and joined f...
Park Chung Hee Pt. 2: Kim Jae-Kyu
The death of Park Chung Hee would remain in the minds of the public for years after his assassination as citizens debated how his years in the Blue Ho...
Park Chung Hee Pt. 1: Kim Jae-Kyu
From humble beginnings to becoming South Korea's second president in 1963, Park Chung Hee’s time in office pitted the booming economy against the rigi...
Guy Bradley Pt. 2: Walter Smith
On July 8, 1905, Walter Smith turned himself in to authorities after admitting to shooting Guy Bradley. The bizarre events that transpired after Bradl...
Guy Bradley Pt. 1: Walter Smith
Once good friends, the conflicts that developed between Walter Smith and game warden Guy Bradley would ultimately grow into an obsession for revenge a...
Phoolan Devi Pt. 2: Sher Singh Rana
The 2001 assassination of Phoolan Devi devastated Indians at the bottom of the social hierarchy, and served to highlight the continuing issue of inter...
Phoolan Devi Pt. 1: Sher Singh Rana
India’s so-called “Bandit Queen,” assassinated in New Delhi on July 26, 2001. Sher Singh Rana confessed that he killed Phoolan to avenge her 1981 mass...
James Hinds Pt. 2: George W. Clark and the KKK
The death of Arkansas Congressman James Hinds in 1868 emboldened the Ku Klux Klan to commit even more acts of violence, spurring other equal-rights ac...
James Hinds Pt. 1: George W. Clark and the KKK
Following the American Civil War, Congressman James Hinds advocated for civil rights legislation to help former slaves integrate into American society...
Boutros Ghali Pt. 2: Revolution Ignites
Prime Minister Boutros Ghali's murder signalled that the time for revolution was nigh. Egyptian nationalists staged protests, rioted, and even resorte...
Boutros Ghali Pt 1: Ibrahim Nasif al-Wardani
After centuries of colonial rule, newly elected Prime Minister Boutros Ghali strove to build bridges with the native Egyptian people and their British...
President James Garfield Pt. 2: Medical Malpractice
After being shot by Charles Guiteau, President James Garfield manages to survive for 80 days. However, because his doctors failed to adhere to modern...
President James Garfield Pt. 1: Charles Guiteau
On the morning of July 2, 1881, President James Garfield entered the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, DC ready to leave for vacat...
Sam Cooke Pt. 2: A Change Is Gonna Come
When Sam Cooke’s life was tragically cut short at the age of 33, two funeral services were held in separate states to accommodate the hundreds of thou...
Sam Cooke Pt. 1: King of Soul
On the evening of December 10, 1964, singer Sam Cooke checked into a motel expecting a sexual dalliance with one of his fans. In the early hours of t...
Jeremias Chitunda: Angola's Halloween Massacre
Jeremias Chitunda spent his adult life fighting to liberate colonial Angola, and then battling against communist rebels. But he continued to sacrifice...
Václav the Good: Boleslav the Cruel
The Good King Wenceslaus, or as he was originally known, Duke Václav I, sought to bring Christianity to Bohemia and maintain peace with the Holy Roman...
Harvey Milk Pt. 2: The Twinkie Defense
Harvey Milk's abrupt murder left the gay community of the late 1970s reeling. Tensions only mounted when his killer was acquitted after mounting the...
Harvey Milk Pt. 1: Dan White
In 1978 Harvey Milk became the first openly gay man to ever win an elected office in the US. He was initially friends and allies with fellow City Supe...
James Earl Ray: MLK Assassin
In March 1969, James Earl Ray pled guilty to the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel. Three days later, he resc...
Indira Gandhi Pt. 2: Murderers and Martyrs
Two martyrs were made in Delhi on October 31, 1984: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who was shot to death by her bodyguard Beant Singh; and Singh, who w...
Indira Gandhi Pt. 1: Beant Singh & Satwant Singh
Every member of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's security team was hand-picked and thoroughly vetted to ensure their loyalty. One of her most tru...
Joy Adamson Pt. 2: Born Free
When Joy Adamson's body was discovered by her assistant in 1980, it was quickly assumed that she had been attacked by a lion. But when the investigati...
Joy Adamson Pt. 1: Paul Ekai
In 1960, Joy Adamson published her book Born Free, which chronicled her time raising an orphan lioness to be able to survive the Kenyan wild. But for...
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Pt. 2: Gavrilo Princip
When he took aim at the Archduke on June 28th, 1914, Gavrilo Princip hoped to end the Austrian Empire’s reign and cement his place in history as a rev...
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Pt. 1: Igniting the Powder Keg
Gavrilo Princip grew up on stories of Serbian martyrs who died defending their country from oppression. In 1914, at the age of 19, Gavrilo resolved to...
Francisco "Pancho" Villa Pt. 2: Hacienda of Death
When former Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa was gunned down by a band of assassins in 1923, suspicion immediately swirled around the sitting presid...
Francisco "Pancho" Villa Pt. 1: Álvaro Obregón
It is widely believed the President of Mexico, Álvaro Obregón, was behind the 1923 murder of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. After losing countles...
Emperor Caligula Pt. 2: Royal Lineage
After slaying Emperor Caligula, Cassius Chaera ordered the Praetorian Guard to kill every living member of Caligula’s family line and liberate Rome fr...
Emperor Caligula Pt. 1: Cassius Chaera
The son of a famed Roman general, Caligula, was beloved by the Roman military from his infancy. But the young emperor's cruelty and reckless behavior...
Sara Tokars Pt. 2: Slaughter in the Suburbs
The weekend after Thanksgiving in 1992, Sara Tokars was kidnapped from her driveway and shot in the head on a quiet street in Cobb County, Georgia. Th...
Sara Tokars Pt. 1: Fred Tokars
When Sara Ambrusko married her childhood neighbor Fred Tokars in 1986, she thought she'd found her ticket to a life of safety and security in the idyl...