Georgi Markov Umbrella Killing
How did an umbrella become a murder weapon?
4.7 (24)
71 mins
Explore the 1978 assassination of Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov, carried out in London using a modified umbrella that delivered a lethal toxin. Uncover the Cold War espionage links and suspected state involvement behind one of the most infamous covert killings.
Ep 1:
A Sting on Waterloo Bridge
A Bulgarian writer feels a strange sting on a London bridge—72 hours later he's dead, and doctors are baffled by his impossible, rapid decline.
Ep 2:
The Writer Who Mocked a Dictator
Before London, Georgi Markov was a celebrated Bulgarian writer turned defector whose radio broadcasts humiliated a dictator—and made him a marked man.
Discussions (5)
Joe
Level 2 · 3 mo agoThis is stupid...idk why people act like the umbrella gun was some genius masterpiece. It literally malfunctioned on a prisoner and Kostov before Markov...a weapon with that fail rate ain't it
Connor
Level 10 · 3 mo agoOn his birthday though no?
Malachi
Level 2 · 3 mo agoDude told the ER he got assassinated by a KGB umbrella and they just charted him as anxious.
