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The ax that killed Leon Trotsky
The ax that killed Leon Trotsky

Joseph Stalin wanted his political rival dead. When bullets didn’t do the job, his intelligence service tried something even more gruesome.

Thursday, June 6, 2019
The ax that killed Leon Trotsky
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The ax that killed Leon Trotsky
This is the story of how Leon Trotsky died, and of the collector who wouldn't rest until he owned the tool that did it.

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The ax that killed Leon Trotsky
The ax that killed Leon Trotsky

Joseph Stalin wanted his political rival dead. When bullets didn’t do the job, his intelligence service tried something even more gruesome.

Thursday, June 6, 2019
The ax that killed Leon Trotsky
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The ax that killed Leon Trotsky
This is the story of how Leon Trotsky died, and of the collector who wouldn't rest until he owned the tool that did it.

Related episodes:

The rat that helped win the cold war

The pistols that almost fell from the sky

That time the CIA stole a Russian submarine

The painter who became the CIA's master of disguise

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That time the CIA stole a Russian submarine

That time the CIA stole a Russian submarine

When a Russian sub sank at the height of the Cold War, the CIA got help from Howard Hughes and created a fictitious mining operation to snag the vessel at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

Wednesday, June 5, 2019
That time the CIA stole a Russian submarine
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The painter who became the CIA’s master of disguise

The spy business is all about masking the truth. One CIA agent’s deceptions and sham identities were so enterprising that he earned the nickname “Master of Disguise.”

Friday, June 7, 2019
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