Episodes 131
Avg. Duration 38m
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Apple Rating 4.7 (188)
Since Apr 2018
Latest Episode May 2026

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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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S10E1 SEASON 10 INTRO: By Blood and Fire: Jacob Israël de Haan

May 02, 2026

In the latest season of Assassinations Podcast, "By Blood and Fire," the show traces the history of targeted killings from Zionist militant groups in the British Mandate of Palestine—beginning with…

S9E14 Empress Myeongseong

Feb 19, 2026 38m

Empress Myeongseong (Queen Min), born Min Ja-yeong in 1851, was the child bride of the young King Gojong of Korea. This was during the Joseon isolationist era, overseen by her father-in-law, the…

S9E13 Charlie Kirk

Oct 17, 2025 1h 33m

On September 10, 2025, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, appeared to have been fatally shot in the neck during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah,…

S9E12 Shireen Abu Akleh

Sep 15, 2025 23m

A pioneering Palestinian-American journalist whose reporting for Al Jazeera over 25 years gave global audiences a human perspective on life under Israeli occupation, Shireen Abu Akleh was known as…

S9E11 Viktor Yushchenko

Jul 14, 2025 32m

In 2004, Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko claimed he was poisoned by pro-Russian rivals, an allegation that drew global attention due to his disfigured face and a diagnosis of…

S9E10 UPDATE: Jonathan Moyle

Apr 20, 2025 31m

Jonathan Moyle, likely an MI6/CIA asset, died suspiciously in Santiago, Chile, in March 1990, after questioning Cardoen Industries’ alleged military helicopter sales to Iraq. His death, ruled a…

S9E9 Interview: Tim Norman and Kit Klarenberg: The Sturgess Inquiry and the "novichok" narrative

Mar 17, 2025 1h 36m

Independent journalists Kit Klarenberg and Tim Norman have conducted significant investigations into the alleged 2018 assassination attempt on Sergei Skripal, a former Russian intelligence officer…

S9E8 Jonathan Moyle

Dec 07, 2024 1h 20m

Jonathan Moyle, once an RAF pilot and editor of the specialist trade journal Defense Helicopter World, died under suspicious circumstances in Santiago, Chile, in 1990. Was his death linked to his…

S9E7 Donald Trump

Oct 29, 2024 15m

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 presidential candidate Donald Trump. Things often…

S9E6 Antonio Luna

Oct 10, 2024 31m

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 Luna helped to defend his country. His…

S9E5 John Lennon Part 2

Jul 11, 2024 1h 28m

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 44 years behind bars for the crime, Mark Chapman,…

John Lennon Part 1

Jul 08, 2024

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 was convicted of killing him, Mark Chapman. Host…

Danny Casolaro

May 04, 2024

A Fairfax, Virginia based computing journalist who had turned his hand to deep-dive investigative journalism, in the early-1990s Casolaro was looking into an alleged theft of cutting-edge software by…

S9E2 Alex Odeh

Mar 26, 2024 26m

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 in the Middle East and in the USA, he was killed…

S9E1 Erik Jan Hanussen

Dec 23, 2023 43m

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 Hanussen really was and what his role in the rise of…

S8E9 Louis Mountbatten

Aug 29, 2023 1h 33m

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 international condemnation of the IRA, which claimed…

S8E8 The Gunpowder Plot

May 26, 2023 49m

On the 5th of November, 1605, a dastardly plot to assassinate King James and the English parliament was foiled. Many of the conspirators, most famously Guy Fawkes, were captured, tortured, and…

S8E7 Nepalese Royal Massacre

Oct 04, 2022 18m

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 pawn in someone else’s game … someone who stood to…

S8E6 Faisal Al Saud Part 2

Sep 07, 2022 56m

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 Saudi king instituted an oil embargo against the…

S8E5 Faisal Al Saud Part 1

Aug 31, 2022 30m

Long before the House of Saud became synonymous with fabulous wealth flowing from their oil rich kingdom, they were tribal warriors who aspired to unite the Arabian Peninsula — and control the holy…

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