Listen " S5 E4: Georgi Markov: The Poisonous Umbrella"
Episode Synopsis
On 7th September 1978, Georgi Markov, an anti-communist Bulgarian defector, was walking to his job at the BBC in London. Crossing Waterloo Bridge, he suddenly felt a sharp sting and saw a man near him fumbling with an umbrella. Incredibly, this was the start of an assassination attempt.Jonathan Brown and Eleanor Brown talk about this most infamous of Cold War assassinations.Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive.Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.
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