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7. Rasputin' the Kibosh on Death

March 15, 2021 • Milktoast Media • Season 1

Rasputin: unkillable mystic and possible Jesus incarnate pulling the strings of the Russian oligarchy, or sex-crazed maniac whose outrageous behavior helped lead to the downfall of tsarist rule in Russia? Why not both! Find out on this episode where we ask the question, “What if Rasputin survived his last assassination attempt?”

Colin kills it with his talk on the historical influence of assassins. Alex preaches the Book of Rasputin - a new religious movement following the holy man himself.

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Editing by Hannah Burkhardt

Hosted by Alex Smith, Cody Sharp, and Colin Sharp.

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Music:

Ой, Mороз, Mороз! (Oy, Moroz, Moroz!)
1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky

Show Sources: (Fact check us! Heard something wrong? Let us know.)

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Benjamin Jones and Benjamin Olken. Hit or Miss? The Effect of Assassinations on Institutions and War. National Bureau of Economic Research. 2007.

Orlando Figes, A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1924 (1996), pp. 32-33, 277-278.

Knoll JL 4th. The "pseudocommando" mass murderer: part I, the psychology of revenge and obliteration. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2010;38(1):87-94.

Robert Morton et. al. "Serial Murder". FBI.gov. 2021.