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Real Dictators

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Real Dictators is the award-winning podcast that explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. Hosted by Paul McGann, with contributions from eyewitnesses and expert historians. New episodes available two weeks early for Noiser+…

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Rafael Trujillo Part 1: Scourge of the Dominican Republic 2026-10-20 · 52m
Augustus Part 3: Birth of a Dynasty 2026-09-22 · 66m
Augustus Part 2: Caesar’s Revenge 2026-09-15 · 62m
Augustus Part 1: Rome’s First Emperor 2026-09-08 · 59m
Tito Part 5: The Sun King 2026-07-14 · 61m
Tito Part 4: The Marshal Versus Stalin 2026-07-07 · 62m
Tito Part 3: The Partisan in the Mountains 2026-06-30 · 67m
Tito Part 2: The Man of Disguises 2026-06-23 · 62m
Tito Part 1: The Young Gun 2026-06-16 · 58m
Introducing: Founding Fathers: An American Dream - Episode 1 2026-06-11 · 60m
Introducing: Real Vikings - Episode 1 2026-03-20 · 55m
Jean-Bédel Bokassa Part 3: A Coronation for the Ages 2025-12-31 · 63m
Jean-Bédel Bokassa Part 2: The Power Grab, the Châteaux and the Missing Daughter 2025-12-24 · 58m
Jean-Bédel Bokassa Part 1: The Butcher of Bangui 2025-12-17 · 61m
Introducing: Charles Dickens Ghost Stories - A Christmas Carol 2025-12-08 · 49m
Fidel Castro Part 10: Emergency on an Airplane 2025-07-01 · 58m
Fidel Castro Part 9: Down With Fidel! 2025-06-24 · 57m
Fidel Castro Part 8: Miami Vice 2025-06-17 · 55m
Fidel Castro Part 7: Che Guevara in the Jungle 2025-06-10 · 57m
Fidel Castro Part 6: The Cuban Missile Crisis 2025-06-03 · 56m
Fidel Castro Part 5: The Bay of Pigs 2025-05-28 · 57m
Fidel Castro Part 4: Havana’s TV Star 2025-05-20 · 58m
Fidel Castro Part 3: The Mountain Guerrillas 2025-05-13 · 55m
Fidel Castro Part 2: Shipwrecked in the Swamps 2025-05-06 · 59m
Fidel Castro Part 1: Rise of ‘The Crazy One’ 2025-04-29 · 66m
Introducing: Titanic: Ship of Dreams - Episode 1 2025-04-08 · 52m
Benito Mussolini Part 7: Break for the Border… 2025-01-29 · 65m
Benito Mussolini Part 6: The Road to Perdition 2025-01-22 · 61m
Benito Mussolini Part 5: The Pact of Steel 2025-01-15 · 57m
Benito Mussolini Part 4: A Fine Bromance 2025-01-08 · 61m
Benito Mussolini Part 3: Murder in Broad Daylight 2025-01-01 · 62m
Benito Mussolini Part 2: The March on Rome 2024-12-18 · 65m
Introducing: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories 2024-12-16 · 30m
Benito Mussolini Part 1: Italy’s Fascist Godfather 2024-12-11 · 62m
General Videla Part 4: Dictator in the Courtroom 2024-11-20 · 53m
General Videla Part 3: God, Football, the Falklands 2024-11-13 · 58m
General Videla Part 2: Mr Clean’s Dirty War 2024-11-06 · 59m
General Videla Part 1: The Skinny One and the Witch 2024-10-30 · 63m
BONUS: Dictators’ Books 2024-09-24 · 26m
Pinochet Part 3: Searching for the Disappeared 2024-09-10 · 50m
Pinochet Part 2: The Caravan of Death 2024-09-03 · 40m
Pinochet Part 1: An Arrest in London 2024-08-27 · 48m
Introducing: D-Day: The Tide Turns - Episode 1 2024-06-05 · 53m
Oliver Cromwell Part 4: The Conquest of Ireland 2024-05-07 · 67m
Oliver Cromwell Part 3: To Kill a King… 2024-04-30 · 58m
Oliver Cromwell Part 2: Civil War Across the Realms 2024-04-23 · 58m
Oliver Cromwell Part 1: The Rise of Ironsides 2024-04-16 · 63m
Introducing: The Curious History of Your Home - Baths 2024-04-11 · 34m
Enver Hoxha Part 2: Stalin’s Shadow, Europe’s North Korea 2024-03-20 · 50m
Enver Hoxha Part 1: The Albanian School Teacher 2024-03-13 · 58m
Herod the Great Part 2: Murders in the Family 2023-12-27 · 53m
Herod the Great Part 1: Ruler of Galilee 2023-12-20 · 55m
Saddam Hussein Part 5: The War on Terror 2023-12-13 · 54m
Saddam Hussein Part 4: The First Gulf War 2023-12-06 · 47m
Saddam Hussein Part 3: Oil and the Ayatollah 2023-11-29 · 52m
Saddam Hussein Part 2: Enforcer, Frontman, Mafia Godfather 2023-11-22 · 49m
Saddam Hussein Part 1: Son of the Alleyways 2023-11-15 · 49m
Macías Nguema Part 2: Hiding in the Jungle with all the Money 2023-11-08 · 44m
Macías Nguema Part 1: The Dachau of Africa 2023-11-01 · 52m
Hitler: The Bunker and the End (Part 25) 2023-10-03 · 64m
Hitler: Operation Valkyrie, Blowing up the Führer (Part 24) 2023-09-26 · 55m
Hitler: Mussolini’s Prison Break (Part 23) 2023-09-19 · 51m
Hitler: The Battle of Stalingrad (Part 22) 2023-09-12 · 56m
Adolf Hitler: The Final Solution (Part 21) 2023-09-05 · 56m
Introducing: Real Survival Stories - Glacier Escape 2023-08-16 · 45m
Attila the Hun Part 2: The Scourge of God 2023-08-08 · 52m
Attila the Hun Part 1: The Sword of Mars 2023-08-01 · 59m
Manuel Noriega Part 3: Bush Invades Panama 2023-07-11 · 57m
Manuel Noriega Part 2: A Tale of Two Spy Chiefs 2023-07-04 · 52m
Manuel Noriega Part 1: The Narco Dictator 2023-06-27 · 65m
BONUS: Dictators’ Chefs 2023-05-09 · 37m
Introducing: Detectives Don’t Sleep - The Nazi Art Mystery (Part 1 of 3) 2023-04-17 · 52m
Hitler: Attack on Russia, War with America… (Part 20) 2023-03-15 · 60m
Adolf Hitler vs Winston Churchill (Part 19) 2023-03-08 · 52m
Hitler: A Brush With Death… (Part 18) 2023-03-01 · 56m
Hitler’s Birthday, Poland’s Doom (Part 17) 2023-02-22 · 56m
Hitler: The Gathering Storm... (Part 16) 2023-02-15 · 56m
Adolf Hitler: Unassailable Führer (Part 15) 2023-02-08 · 57m
Robert Mugabe Part 4: A Game of Thrones 2022-11-30 · 61m
Robert Mugabe Part 3: Zimbabwe’s Tsunami 2022-11-23 · 55m
Robert Mugabe Part 2: The Leopard’s True Spots… 2022-11-16 · 55m
Robert Mugabe Part 1: The Young Scholar 2022-11-09 · 56m
Robert Mugabe: Coming Soon on Real Dictators… 2022-10-25 · 2m
Lenin Part 4: Ghost at the Kremlin 2022-10-18 · 56m
Lenin Part 3: First Russia, Then the World… 2022-10-11 · 56m
Lenin Part 2: Underground, On the Run 2022-10-04 · 43m
Lenin Part 1: The Revolution is Born 2022-09-27 · 57m
Vladimir Lenin: Coming Soon on Real Dictators… 2022-09-13 · 2m
Napoleon Part 6: Showdown at Waterloo 2022-09-06 · 55m
Napoleon Part 5: Downfall in Russia 2022-08-30 · 57m
Napoleon Part 4: The Emperor Strikes Back 2022-08-23 · 56m
Napoleon Part 3: The Egyptian Adventure 2022-08-16 · 53m
Napoleon Part 2: The Italian Job 2022-08-09 · 47m
Napoleon Part 1: The Humble Corsican 2022-08-02 · 53m
Napoleon: Coming Soon on Real Dictators… 2022-07-19 · 3m
Pol Pot Part 4: The Killing Fields 2022-07-05 · 59m
Pol Pot Part 3: Vietnam War, Cambodian Revolution 2022-06-28 · 56m
Pol Pot Part 2: Welcome to the Jungle 2022-06-21 · 37m
Pol Pot Part 1: Tyrant in the Shadows 2022-06-21 · 33m
Pol Pot: Coming Soon on Real Dictators… 2022-06-14 · 2m
Introducing: Real Outlaws - Billy the Kid Part 1 2022-05-24 · 37m
Julius Caesar Part 3: Murder in the Senate 2022-05-17 · 52m
Julius Caesar Part 2: Rendezvous With Cleopatra 2022-05-10 · 53m
Julius Caesar Part 1: The Roman Dictator 2022-05-03 · 57m
Julius Caesar: Coming Soon on Real Dictators... 2022-04-26 · 1m
Genghis Khan Part 2: Rise of the Mongols 2022-03-29 · 54m
Genghis Khan Part 1: Underdog to Emperor 2022-03-23 · 56m
Hitler: Night of the Long Knives (Part 14) 2022-03-16 · 56m
Hitler: The Reichstag Fire (Part 13) 2022-03-09 · 53m
Adolf Hitler Seizes Power (Part 12) 2022-03-02 · 56m
Hitler's Secret Family (Part 11) 2022-02-23 · 62m
Hitler's Women & Joseph Goebbels (Part 10) 2022-02-16 · 55m
Introducing: Short History Of... Bonnie and Clyde 2022-02-11 · 60m
Hitler in Prison & Mein Kampf (Part 9) 2022-02-09 · 45m
Adolf Hitler's Day in Court (Part 8) 2022-02-02 · 52m
Turkmenbashy Part 2: Putin, Taliban, Internet Shutdown 2022-01-26 · 58m
Turkmenbashy Part 1: Soviet Stooge, Hermit Tyrant 2022-01-14 · 56m
Idi Amin Part 6: The Entebbe Raid 2021-12-22 · 59m
Idi Amin Part 5: Husband, Father, Movie Star 2021-12-15 · 47m
Idi Amin Part 4: Expulsion of the Asians 2021-12-08 · 41m
Idi Amin Part 3: ‘Big Daddy’ Seizes Power 2021-12-01 · 56m
Idi Amin Part 2: Warlord In-Waiting... 2021-11-24 · 45m
Introducing: Real Pirates 2021-11-19 · 46m
Idi Amin Part 1: The Butcher of Uganda 2021-11-17 · 56m
Introducing: History Daily 2021-11-01 · 18m
Introducing: Short History Of... 2021-08-10 · 57m
Colonel Gaddafi Part 8: The Arab Spring 2021-08-03 · 49m
Colonel Gaddafi Part 7: 9/11 and a New Ally 2021-07-27 · 46m
Colonel Gaddafi Part 6: The Lockerbie Bombing 2021-07-20 · 44m
Colonel Gaddafi Part 5: Reagan vs Gaddafi 2021-07-13 · 49m
Colonel Gaddafi Part 4: The Munich Olympic Massacre 2021-07-06 · 42m
Colonel Gaddafi Part 3: Vengeance Day 2021-06-29 · 37m
Colonel Gaddafi Part 2: Gaddafi in London 2021-06-22 · 37m
Colonel Gaddafi Part 1: Son of the Desert 2021-06-15 · 39m
Franco Part 5: Life After a Dictator 2021-06-08 · 41m
Franco Part 4: The Cold War & the President 2021-06-01 · 35m
Franco Part 3: The Spanish Civil War 2021-05-25 · 42m
Franco Part 2: Murder in Africa 2021-05-18 · 46m
Franco Part 1: Spain’s Buried Past 2021-05-11 · 39m
Adolf Hitler Part 7: The Day of Treason 2021-05-04 · 35m
Adolf Hitler Part 6: Hitler’s Secret Book 2021-04-27 · 35m
Adolf Hitler Part 5: The Stormtroopers Arrive 2021-04-20 · 41m
Adolf Hitler Part 4: The Spy Becomes the Nazi Leader 2021-04-13 · 39m
Adolf Hitler Part 3: The 'Stab in the Back' 2021-04-06 · 48m
Adolf Hitler Part 2: Hitler in the First World War 2021-03-30 · 44m
Adolf Hitler Part 1: Birth of a Führer 2021-03-24 · 44m
Introducing: Real Narcos Season 2 - Félix Gallardo 2021-01-26 · 40m
General Tojo Part 4: The Atom Bombs 2020-12-07 · 42m
General Tojo Part 3: Attack on Pearl Harbor 2020-11-30 · 38m
General Tojo Part 2: Terror in China 2020-11-22 · 42m
General Tojo Part 1: The Young Samurai 2020-11-16 · 35m
Papa Doc Part 3: Vampire of the Caribbean 2020-09-09 · 33m
Papa Doc Part 2: Haiti’s Dictator vs JFK 2020-09-02 · 41m
Papa Doc Part 1: The Voodoo Tyrant 2020-08-26 · 51m
Mao Zedong Part 3: The Cultural Revolution 2020-08-11 · 48m
Mao Zedong Part 2: The ‘Great Leap Forward’ 2020-08-04 · 52m
Mao Zedong Part 1: Peasant's Son, Communist Rebel 2020-07-28 · 43m
Joseph Stalin Part 3: Hitler Attacks 2020-07-14 · 50m
Joseph Stalin Part 2: The Secretary Becomes Dictator 2020-07-08 · 54m
Joseph Stalin Part 1: The Young Bank Robber 2020-07-01 · 50m
Kim Jong-il Part 3: Nuclear Armed 2020-06-24 · 53m
Kim Jong-il Part 2: Time to Make a Movie… 2020-06-15 · 49m
Kim Jong-il Part 1: Birth of North Korea 2020-06-08 · 54m
Trailer: Real Dictators 2020-04-11 · 4m
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