Rasputin I: Mad Monk
Grim Philly
English - November 14, 2022 10:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsHistory Religion & Spirituality history podcast philadelphia podcast serial killer dark history true crime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Part 1 of 5. BDSM Church of the Sacred Whip.
The name Rasputin stirs often images of a dark evil wizard; a gothic monk in black with powers of necromancy and the devil. Or more often; a mystic—stabbed, shot, beat, poisoned, and drowned—who could not be killed.
The wandering holy man captivated the last tsars of Russia. Led a sex-cult of sorts. Woman adored him. Most hated him. Journalists, assassins, and the secret police followed him, everywhere, he went.
This is the comprehensive 5-part story of the illiterate stinky peasant who defied every odd to become one of the most powerful, revered, ultra-sexy, and hated figures in late imperial Russia. Of the socio-political backdrop of World War One, the Russian Revolution, and myths and truths of the complexities of the period. And of the man: Grigory Rasputin, and his enduring mark on the Romanov Dynasty; on Russia; and on history. Historians Britnee Smith, Ted Sisco, and Joe Wojie are joined by Historians Cassie Coxon (Penn State University) and Morgan Haller (Villanova University).
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