Assassinations Podcast

Mar 16 2025 125 ep. 37 mins 11.3k

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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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Interview: Tim Norman and Kit Klarenberg: The Sturgess Inquiry and the "novichok" narrative

Mar 16 2025 96 mins

Following the recently-concluded UK inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess, host Niall speaks with Tim Norman and Kit Klarenberg. Both journalists have carefully examined the case, the related alleged “novichok” poisonings of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury in 2018, and the associated geopolitical maneuvering between Britain, Russia, and the USA. To find out more about

Jonathan Moyle

Dec 07 2024 80 mins

Jonathan Moyle, an ex-RAF pilot and magazine editor, died suspiciously in Chile in 1990. His investigation into an alleged arms deal with Saddam Hussein might have led to his murder. Officially ruled a suicide, evidence suggests assassination — with British intelligence covering up his espionage connections. To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episo

Donald Trump

Oct 28 2024 15 mins

In a mini episode of the show, we take a quick look at some of the strange features of the attempts on the life of Donald Trump. To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website, www.AssassinationsPodcast.com While there, you can check out our Bookstore, where we recommend some great episode-related books and rea

Antonio Luna

Oct 10 2024 31 mins

A brilliant scientist cum creative military commander, and a political reformer turned national revolutionary, Luna became the most feared opponent of US imperialism during the America-Philippines War. To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website, www.AssassinationsPodcast.com While there, you can check out o

John Lennon Part 2

Jul 11 2024 88 mins

We consider the contradictory and utterly implausible evidence in the case against Mark Chapman, the man who confessed to the murder of the ex-Beatle in New York in 1980. Part 2 of 2. To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website, www.AssassinationsPodcast.com There, you can find a map of the entrance area of

John Lennon Part 1

Host Niall speaks with author David Whelan about his new book on the assassination of John Lennon — a work that sheds surprising light on the case. To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website, www.AssassinationsPodcast.com While there, you can check out our Bookstore, where we recommend some great episode-

Danny Casolaro

The journalist was investigating the Inslaw software scandal, and alleged connected conspiracies, when he died under suspicious circumstances in August 1991. To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website, www.AssassinationsPodcast.com While there, you can check out our Bookstore, where we recommend some great

Alex Odeh

Mar 25 2024 26 mins

One of the alleged killers of the Palestinian American activist is back in the news, this time for blocking aid to war torn Gaza. To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website, www.AssassinationsPodcast.com While there, you can check out our Bookstore, where we recommend some great episode-related books and re

Erik Jan Hanussen

Dec 23 2023 43 mins

Did a Jewish stage magician and master of the occult aid the Nazi Party as it rose to power in 1930s Germany? We try to sort fact from propaganda in our investigation into the life and death of a man who went by the name Jan Erik Hanussen. To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website, www.AssassinationsPodcast.

Louis Mountbatten

Aug 28 2023 93 mins

The assassinated of Louis Mountbatten, cousin of the Queen and mentor to the Prince of Wales, was the most high profile assassination claimed by the IRA during the Troubles — but was he targeted because of his royal status, or because his secret life posed a security risk? To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast