Episode 2: The Haunting Story of Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs
Campfire Stories: Astonishing History
English - July 01, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBHistory manhattan project true story true crime scary story louis slotin los alamos nuclear harry daghlian nuclear accident atomic Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Come gather around the campfire and let me take you to the tragic and brutal end of the Russian Empire. Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, and their children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei had no idea that they would be the last royal family before the brutal civil war led by Lenin and the Bolshevik revolutionaries that would lead to the formation of the first communist state, the Soviet Union. Learn about their lives, the influence of mystical faith-healer Rasputin, and their tragic fate at the hands of the Red Army. This is the story that inspired numerous royal imposers, as well as the 1997 animated film "Anastasia" and the Broadway musical based on the movie.
**This episode includes sensitive content (death, murder, child abuse, war). Listener discretion is advised.**
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Music by: Zoliborz