Assassinations Podcast
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Assassinations Podcast
Each episode, Assassinations Podcast delves into one of history's most notorious assassinations and explores the mysteries and conspiracies that surround it.
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Shireen Abu Akleh
A pioneering Palestinian-American journalist whose reporting for Al Jazeera over 25 years gave global audiences a human perspective on life under Isra...
Viktor Yushchenko
In 2004, Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko claimed he was poisoned by pro-Russian rivals, an allegation that drew global attention du...
UPDATE: Jonathan Moyle
Jonathan Moyle, likely an MI6/CIA asset, died suspiciously in Santiago, Chile, in March 1990, after questioning Cardoen Industries’ alleged military h...
Interview: Tim Norman and Kit Klarenberg: The Sturgess Inquiry and the "novichok" narrative
Independent journalists Kit Klarenberg and Tim Norman have conducted significant investigations into the alleged 2018 assassination attempt on Sergei...
Jonathan Moyle
Jonathan Moyle, once an RAF pilot and editor of the specialist trade journal Defense Helicopter World, died under suspicious circumstances in Santiago...
Donald Trump
With the US election upon us, host Niall takes a look at this year’s political drama, including two apparent attempts on the life of Republican presid...
Antonio Luna
When the United States decided to extend its “manifest destiny” across the Pacific Ocean to the Philippines at the end of the 19th century, Antonio Lu...
John Lennon Part 2
In the conclusion of our look at the assassination of John Lennon, we discover that it is a virtual impossibility that the man who has spent the last...
John Lennon Part 1
In the first of a two-part look at the murder of John Lennon, we look at the life and work of the former Beatle, and the strange story of the man who...
Danny Casolaro
A Fairfax, Virginia based computing journalist who had turned his hand to deep-dive investigative journalism, in the early-1990s Casolaro was looking...
Alex Odeh
Alexander Odeh was a Palestinian who had moved to the United States in the 1970s. While engaged in political activism in support of Arab people, both...
Erik Jan Hanussen
A legend and a mystery in his own lifetime, the decades following his death have only added to the mystique — and confusion — about who Jan Erik Hanus...
Louis Mountbatten
Blown up while sailing on his fishing boat along the coast of County Sligo in Ireland in 1979, the assassination of Lord Mountbatten resulted in inter...
The Gunpowder Plot
On the 5th of November, 1605, a dastardly plot to assassinate King James and the English parliament was foiled. Many of the conspirators, most famousl...
Nepalese Royal Massacre
Did Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal single-handedly nearly wipe out his dynasty, including his own parents and siblings? Or maybe he was a patsy, a paw...
Faisal Al Saud Part 2
One of the most vocal opponents and the State of Israel, Faisal lavished money on Palestinian causes. Following the 1973 Ramadan / Yom Kippur War, the...
Faisal Al Saud Part 1
Long before the House of Saud became synonymous with fabulous wealth flowing from their oil rich kingdom, they were tribal warriors who aspired to uni...
Alexander II of Russia
We look at the life and death of another Alexander — this time it’s Tsar Alexander II of Russia. A reformer who granted freedom to some 23 million ser...
Alexander I of Yugoslavia
The slaying of the Yugoslavian king on the streets of Marseille, France, in 1934 sent shockwaves throughout Europe. His assassination by a squad of Cr...
Philip II of Macedon
From a narrative historical account of the slaying of the Macedonian king, we move on to look at the fortunes of his son, Alexander the Great. And we...
Stepan Bandera
Before we start on Season 8 of the show, which will focus on the theme of royal assassinations, we take the opportunity to look at the life and death...
Interview: Luca Trenta Part 2
Following on from last week’s conversation on the use of assassination by the US during the Cold War, culminating in the “Season of Inquiry” during th...
Interview: Luca Trenta Part 1
An academic at the University of Swansea, Dr Trenta discusses his research into America’s use of assassination as a tool of foreign policy during the...
Interview: Kit Klarenberg
Kit has extensively looked into the alleged attempted assassination of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in England in 2018. In this interview he shares his th...
James Le Mesurier
A former British Army officer and private security contractor, Le Mesurier helped to found the Syrian Civil Defense, aka the White Helmets. Embroiled...
Rafic Hariri
In this mini episode we consider the life and death of the Lebanese leader, whose extensive business interests and political activities made him a fri...
Klaus Barbie & Che Guevara
One was a Nazi torturer, protected by the United States. The other was a Marxist guerrilla, hunted by the Bolivian government. Their paths would cross...
Alfred Herrhausen
Though authorities blamed an outlawed far-left militant group called the Red Army Faction for the assassination of this prominent West German business...
Gerald Bull
Gerald Bull had been developing “super guns” for decades, culminating in his work for the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein. Assassinated in 1990, it...
100th Episode: Wrath of the Assassins
For our 100th episode, we travel back to the thirteenth century to hear a story about the most feared killers of their age: the Order of Assassins, le...
100th Episode Trailer
Our 100th episode, which comes out next week, will bring us face to face with the OG assassins of yore.
To find out more, visit the Assassinatio...
Interview: Sue Woolmans
Host Niall is joined this week by historian Sue Woolmans, the co-author of a book on the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Au...
Roberto Calvi Part 3
In the concluding installment of our three-part investigation into the life and death of Roberto Calvi, we consider the forensic evidence from the sce...
Roberto Calvi Part 2
The financial scandal centered on the dodgy activities of Roberto Calvi brought with it assassination, Mafia threats, and the exposure of corruption a...
Roberto Calvi Part 1
This is Part 1 of our three-part investigation into the life, time, crimes, and suspicious demise of Roberto Calvi - a man dubbed “God’s banker” becau...
Qasem Soleimani
Soleimani was killed in an American drone missile strike at Bagdad International Airport. Many feared that the assassination would incite a major mili...
Count Bernadotte
A soldier, a diplomat, the grandson of a king, and a man who helped to save thousands of people from the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, Folke Be...
Mahmoud al-Mabhouh
For decades a leading figure in the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement, al-Mabhouh was remarkably negligent in his security arrangements...
William McKinley
We take a lighthearted narrative approach to finding out about the great Pan-American Exposition in New York, before turning to the somber matter of t...
Jill Dando Part 3
In the third and concluding installment of this investigation, we consider the case against Barry George, the sole person charged and convicted for th...