Josh Ireland recounts how Ramon Mercader used a mountaineer's ice pick to fatally wound Trotsky inside his study. Captured by guards, Ramon maintained a web of lies to conceal his true role as a Soviet operative. (7/16)

Season 8 Episode 927  ·  May 26, 12:45 AM
Headliner
Share
Subscribe
Josh Ireland recounts how Ramon Mercader used a mountaineer's ice pick to fatally wound Trotsky inside his study. Captured by guards, Ramon maintained a web of lies to conceal his true role as a Soviet operative. (7/16)
1917
Share
Subscribe
Next
Josh Ireland explains that following Trotsky's death, Ramon served twenty years in a Mexican prison before returning to Moscow as a hero. Trotsky's wife, Natalia, lived a diminished final chapter after losing her entire family. (8/16)
Top episodes
#Ukraine: Russian military stumbles. George Friedman, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures. @George_Friedman @GPFutures. LA.
by The John Batchelor Show
#Ukraine: #ClassicGeorgeFriedman: Endings @George_Friedman @GPFutures (originally aired 12-13-21).
by The John Batchelor Show
#Ukraine: NATO reacts. George Friedman @George_Friedman @GPFutures @GeopolitcalFuturesi
by The John Batchelor Show