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The Gunpowder Plot

Assassinations Podcast by Niall Cooper

May 26, 202300:49:12Society & Culture

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 brutally executed. But migh...

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The Gunpowder Plot is an episode from Assassinations Podcast by Niall Cooper. 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...

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