Viktor Yushchenko

Assassinations Podcast by Niall Cooper

Jul 14, 202500:32:32Society & Culture

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 dioxin poisoning. The inci...

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from Assassinations Podcast.

Operation Damocles

Sep 27, 2026 - 01:26:42

This is the story of how, in the early 1960s, Mossad chief Isser Harel set out to wreck Gamal Abdel Nasse...

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

May 2, 2026 - 01.14.10

In the latest season of Assassinations Podcast, "By Blood and Fire," the show traces the history of targe...

Empress Myeongseong

Feb 19, 2026 - 00:38:11

Empress Myeongseong (Queen Min), born Min Ja-yeong in 1851, was the child bride of the young King Gojong...

Charlie Kirk

Oct 17, 2025 - 01:33:12

On September 10, 2025, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, appeared to have...

Shireen Abu Akleh

Sep 15, 2025 - 00:23:46

A pioneering Palestinian-American journalist whose reporting for Al Jazeera over 25 years gave global aud...

UPDATE: Jonathan Moyle

Apr 20, 2025 - 00:31:52

Jonathan Moyle, likely an MI6/CIA asset, died suspiciously in Santiago, Chile, in March 1990, after quest...

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

Mar 17, 2025 - 01:36:05

Independent journalists Kit Klarenberg and Tim Norman have conducted significant investigations into the...

Jonathan Moyle

Dec 7, 2024 - 01:20:29

Jonathan Moyle, once an RAF pilot and editor of the specialist trade journal Defense Helicopter World , d...