Secrets of the Dead · SEASON 5

Umbrella Assassin

Episode 5 · 2006-10-04

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  • Documentary
  • Mystery

Episode overview

On September 11, 1978, Bulgarian emigre, writer and broadcast journalist Georgi Markov died. Three days before, while waiting for a bus, Markov felt a sudden sting in the back of his thigh. Markov was soon hospitalized. After his death, an investigation ruled Markov had been poisoned. A pellet containing ricin had been shot into his leg. How had this political murder been executed?

Season 5 episodes

1. The Hunt for Nazi Scientists2005-10-19 2. Gangland Graveyard2005-11-16 3. Voyage of the Courtesans2005-11-23 4. The Sinking of the Andrea Doria2006-07-26 5. Umbrella Assassin2006-10-04