Charles Taylor's War Crimes
Did Charles Taylor hide true evil?
4.7 (18)
57 mins
Explore the rise of Charles Taylor as he climbed from political ambition into one of the most feared warlords in modern history. Discover how Charles Taylor used civil war, resource exploitation, and armed militias to sustain power and fuel widespread violence across Liberia and beyond.
Ep 1:
Birth of a Warlord: Charles Taylor's Rise
From an American-founded nation to a prison escape and Gaddafi's desert camps, trace how ambition, betrayal, and Cold War intrigue forged Charles Taylor into Liberia's deadliest warlord.
Ep 2:
Invasion: Blood, Diamonds, and Child Soldiers
With just 150 fighters, Charles Taylor ignites a civil war fueled by child soldiers, cannibal rituals, and blood diamonds that armed Al-Qaeda and rebels across West Africa.
Ep 3:
The President Who Got Away With Murder
Taylor wins the presidency on a chilling campaign slogan, then builds a gangster state of terror—until sanctions, rebellion, and betrayal force him into exile and finally a Hague courtroom.
Ep 4:
The Living Ghosts of Liberia's War
Decades after the war, ex-combatants live in emptied graves and slums while notorious commanders like General Butt Naked wrestle with redemption for unspeakable atrocities.
Ep 5:
Liberia's Unfinished Reckoning
Charles Taylor is convicted, but Liberia's deeper wounds remain raw—confronting whether a nation, and the world that enabled it, can ever truly reckon with the past.
Discussions (5)
Yadiel
Level 7 · 5 mo agoJustice wasn't served....a British cell is a joke.
Jensen
Level 3 · 5 mo agoTaylor really took his wealth accumulation phase to the extreme. Escaping prison to become a warlord is quite the career pivot. I would personally just stick to VTI over something volatile like that.
Blake
Level 7 · 5 mo ago>tied bed sheets together and climbed down yeah the cia 100 percent let him out of plymouth, you dont just escape a high security prison with looney tunes ass tactics without inside help
