Assassinations Podcast

Season 4 of the show will focus on murderous schemes within powerful families throughout history. In the first episode of the season, we look at the most famous assassination of all time - the murder of Julius Caesar in the Roman Senate in 44 BC. He had won glory and riches conquering the Gauls before going on to defeat his Roman foes. But as dictator for life, it was in Rome itself that the great man would meet his doom. We conclude this case next week.To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website. While there, you can also check out our Bookstore, where we recommend some great episode-related books and reading material, and shop our Merch Store to nab a log tee or tote bag.This episode includes a trailer for our brand new sister show, Fab Figmentals! Fab Figmentals is hosted by our very own Lindsey Morse, and it explores the realm of curious creatures, magical monsters, and beautiful beasts.If you’d like to support the show, we have a Patreon page. We offer a variety of different support levels with lots of fun perks, including bonus episodes, a monthly livestream, stickers, merch store credit, and more! Find us at patreon.com/AssassinationsPodcast You can also interact with us on Twitter. You’ll find us @AssassinsPod.Assassinations Podcast was created by Niall Cooper, who also researches and writes the show. Lindsey Morse is our editor and producer. Our theme music was created by Graeme Ronald. If you’d like to hear more from Graeme, check out his band Remember Remember. You’ll find them on iTunes.

Season 4 is going live on August 5th! The theme for this season is dynasties - assassinations by and within powerful families through the ages. We'll travel from Ancient Rome to Renaissance Italy, and from 20th century New York right up to one of the most infamous dynasties of the present day. We hope you’ll join us on this epic journey into the world of history's most frightening families.

In the concluding installment of our two-part look at the case of Daphne Caruana Galizia, we find out about the investigations she was working on for her blog, Running Commentary, at the time of her death. This journalistic work made her powerful enemies in her homeland, Malta, and likely led to her murder.To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website. While there, you can also check out our Bookstore, where we recommend some great episode-related books and reading material, and shop our Merch Store to nab a log tee or tote bag.This episode includes a trailer for our brand new podcast, Fab Figmentals, launching July 10th! Fab Figmentals will be hosted by our very own Lindsey Morse, and it will explore the realm of curious creatures, magical monsters, and beautiful beasts. Check your feed next week; we'll be sharing the first episode of Fab Figmentals with you right here.If you’d like to support the show, we have a Patreon page. We offer a variety of different support levels with lots of fun perks, including bonus episodes, a monthly livestream, stickers, merch store credit, and more! Find us at patreon.com/AssassinationsPodcast You can also interact with us on Twitter. You’ll find us @AssassinsPod.Assassinations Podcast was created by Niall Cooper, who also researches and writes the show. Lindsey Morse is our editor and producer. Our theme music was created by Graeme Ronald. If you’d like to hear more from Graeme, check out his band Remember Remember. You’ll find them on iTunes.

Assassinations Podcast is dark this week, but we’re bringing you a sneak preview of a brand new show launching this week on our network: Fab Figmentals, a podcast that explores the realm of curious creatures, magical monsters, and beautiful beasts! Each week, host Lindsey Morse (the producer of Assassinations Podcast) explores a different legendary creature by looking at its history and folklore. If you enjoy this episode of Fab Figmentals, you can listen to additional episodes and subscribe here.Website: www.fabfigmentals.comTwitter: www.twitter.com/figmentalsInstagram: www.instagram.com/fabfigmentals

In the first installment of our two-part look at Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, we look at the sequence of events culminating in her assassination in 2017. She was killed in a car bombing, allegedly carried out by three men with links to the criminal underworld on the island.To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website. While there, you can also check out our Bookstore, where we recommend some great episode-related books and reading material, and shop our Merch Store to nab a log tee or tote bag.This episode includes a trailer for our brand new podcast, Fab Figmentals, launching July 10th! Fab Figmentals will be hosted by our very own Lindsey Morse, and it will explore the realm of curious creatures, magical monsters, and beautiful beasts. Check your feed next week; we'll be sharing the first episode of Fab Figmentals with you right here.If you’d like to support the show, we have a Patreon page. We offer a variety of different support levels with lots of fun perks, including bonus episodes, a monthly livestream, stickers, merch store credit, and more! Find us at patreon.com/AssassinationsPodcast You can also interact with us on Twitter. You’ll find us @AssassinsPod.Assassinations Podcast was created by Niall Cooper, who also researches and writes the show. Lindsey Morse is our editor and producer. Our theme music was created by Graeme Ronald. If you’d like to hear more from Graeme, check out his band Remember Remember. You’ll find them on iTunes.

In the second installment of our two-part look at themassacre at the newspaper Charlie Hebdo in 2015, we look at the biographies of the two men who committed the crime and follow them as they lead French security forces on a massive manhunt. We also find out about a third man who committed a string of coordinated attacks across Paris, culminating in a murderous hostage-taking at a kosher supermarket.To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website. While there, you can also check out our Bookstore, where we recommend some great episode-related books and reading material, and shop our Merch Store to nab a log tee or tote bag.If you’d like to support the show, we have a Patreon page. We offer a variety of different support levels with lots of fun perks, including bonus episodes, a monthly livestream, stickers, merch store credit, and more! Find us at patreon.com/AssassinationsPodcast You can also interact with us on Twitter. You’ll find us @AssassinsPod.Do you like wine? Check out Winc! Winc recommends personalized bottles and sends them direct to your door. For $22 off your first box, use code assassinations.Assassinations Podcast was created by Niall Cooper, who also researches and writes the show. Lindsey Morse is our editor and producer. Our theme music was created by Graeme Ronald. If you’d like to hear more from Graeme, check out his band Remember Remember. You’ll find them on iTunes.

In the first of a two-part look at the mass shooting at the office of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in 2015, we learn about the controversy surrounding the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammed. The images, originally published in a Danish newspaper and added to by the illustrators at Charlie Hebdo, upset many Muslims, who said some of the depictions were both disrespectful and racist. As protests grew, some Islamist groups threatened bloody retribution for those who had published the cartoons.To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website. While there, you can also check out our Bookstore, where we recommend some great episode-related books and reading material, and shop our Merch Store to nab a log tee or tote bag.If you’d like to support the show, we have a Patreon page. We offer a variety of different support levels with lots of fun perks, including bonus episodes, a monthly livestream, stickers, merch store credit, and more! Find us at patreon.com/AssassinationsPodcast You can also interact with us on Twitter. You’ll find us @AssassinsPod.Assassinations Podcast was created by Niall Cooper, who also researches and writes the show. Lindsey Morse is our editor and producer. Our theme music was created by Graeme Ronald. If you’d like to hear more from Graeme, check out his band Remember Remember. You’ll find them on iTunes.

In Part 2 of our two-part look at the case of Anna Politkovskaya, we learn about the official investigation into her death, which bore the hallmarks of a carefully planned contract killing. We also ask - who might have commissioned the hit on this journalist and human rights campaigner? She was a prominent critic of the administration of Vladimir Putin, and many people blamed the Russian president for her death. But there were others who might have been responsible, including people she had confronted during her work in Chechnya.To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website. While there, you can also check out our Bookstore, where we recommend some great episode-related books and reading material, and shop our Merch Store to nab a log tee or tote bag.If you’d like to support the show, we have a Patreon page. We offer a variety of different support levels with lots of fun perks, including bonus episodes, a monthly livestream, stickers, merch store credit, and more! Find us at patreon.com/AssassinationsPodcast You can also interact with us on Twitter. You’ll find us @AssassinsPod.Do you like wine? Check out Winc! Winc recommends personalized bottles and sends them direct to your door. For $22 off your first box, use code assassinations.Assassinations Podcast was created by Niall Cooper, who also researches and writes the show. Lindsey Morse is our editor and producer. Our theme music was created by Graeme Ronald. If you’d like to hear more from Graeme, check out his band Remember Remember. You’ll find them on iTunes.

In Part 1 of a two-part study of the life and death of Anna Politkovskaya, we look at her work as a journalist covering the brutal Chechen wars in Russia in the 1990s and early 2000s. She exposed war crimes and gave voice to the many civilian casualties of the conflict between separatists and the federal government. She also sought to expose corruption and criminality elsewhere in Russia, in the process making powerful enemies. Her assassination in 2006 led some people to point the finger of blame at President Vladimir Putin; but as we shall hear, Ms Politkovskaya kicked several hornets' nests in the dangerous world of Russian politics and big business.To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website. While there, you can also check out our Bookstore, where we recommend some great episode-related books and reading material, and shop our Merch Store to nab a log tee or tote bag.If you’d like to support the show, we have a Patreon page. We offer a variety of different support levels with lots of fun perks, including bonus episodes, a monthly livestream, stickers, merch store credit, and more! Find us at patreon.com/AssassinationsPodcast You can also interact with us on Twitter. You’ll find us @AssassinsPod.Do you like wine? Check out Winc! Winc recommends personalized bottles and sends them direct to your door. For $22 off your first box, use code assassinations.Assassinations Podcast was created by Niall Cooper, who also researches and writes the show. Lindsey Morse is our editor and producer. Our theme music was created by Graeme Ronald. If you’d like to hear more from Graeme, check out his band Remember Remember. You’ll find them on iTunes.

Born in China in 1932, Henry Liu fled to Taiwan after the Communist Revolution in 1949. He worked as a journalist before moving to the United States, where he became a prominent critic of the Taiwanese government. Lui had written a controversial book that criticized the rulers of Taiwan, and at the time of his death he was working on a new project that threatened to expose more secrets. In 1984, Liu was shot to death in his home in California by a triad gang with links to the government in Taipei.To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website. While there, you can also check out our Bookstore, where we recommend some great episode-related books and reading material, and shop our Merch Store to nab a log tee or tote bag.If you’d like to support the show, we have a Patreon page. We offer a variety of different support levels with lots of fun perks, including bonus episodes, a monthly livestream, stickers, merch store credit, and more! Find us at patreon.com/AssassinationsPodcast You can also interact with us on Twitter. You’ll find us @AssassinsPod.This episode is sponsored by Quavaro, makers of high quality bags inspired by a passion for military aviation. Use code assassinations10 through June 15th for 10% off.This episode features a promo for Beyond Bizarre True Crime Podcast, available on iTunes.Assassinations Podcast was created by Niall Cooper, who also researches and writes the show. Lindsey Morse is our editor and producer. Our theme music was created by Graeme Ronald. If you’d like to hear more from Graeme, check out his band Remember Remember. You’ll find them on iTunes.