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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+ subscribers. You'll also get ad-free listening, early access and exclusive content on…

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Real Dictators

Tito Part 5: The Sun King

Tito Part 4: The Marshal Versus Stalin

Tito Part 3: The Partisan in the Mountains

Tito Part 2: The Man of Disguises

Tito Part 1: The Young Gun

Introducing: Founding Fathers: An American Dream - Episode 1

Introducing: Real Vikings - Episode 1

Jean-Bédel Bokassa Part 3: A Coronation for the Ages

Jean-Bédel Bokassa Part 2: The Power Grab, the Châteaux and the Missing Daughter

Jean-Bédel Bokassa Part 1: The Butcher of Bangui

Introducing: Charles Dickens Ghost Stories - A Christmas Carol

Fidel Castro Part 10: Emergency on an Airplane

Fidel Castro Part 9: Down With Fidel!

Fidel Castro Part 8: Miami Vice

Fidel Castro Part 7: Che Guevara in the Jungle

Fidel Castro Part 6: The Cuban Missile Crisis

Fidel Castro Part 5: The Bay of Pigs

Fidel Castro Part 4: Havana’s TV Star

Fidel Castro Part 3: The Mountain Guerrillas

Fidel Castro Part 2: Shipwrecked in the Swamps

Fidel Castro Part 1: Rise of ‘The Crazy One’

Introducing: Titanic: Ship of Dreams - Episode 1

Benito Mussolini Part 7: Break for the Border…

Benito Mussolini Part 6: The Road to Perdition

Benito Mussolini Part 5: The Pact of Steel

Benito Mussolini Part 4: A Fine Bromance

Benito Mussolini Part 3: Murder in Broad Daylight

Benito Mussolini Part 2: The March on Rome

Introducing: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Benito Mussolini Part 1: Italy’s Fascist Godfather

General Videla Part 4: Dictator in the Courtroom

General Videla Part 3: God, Football, the Falklands

General Videla Part 2: Mr Clean’s Dirty War

General Videla Part 1: The Skinny One and the Witch

BONUS: Dictators’ Books

Pinochet Part 3: Searching for the Disappeared

Pinochet Part 2: The Caravan of Death

Pinochet Part 1: An Arrest in London

Introducing: D-Day: The Tide Turns - Episode 1

Oliver Cromwell Part 4: The Conquest of Ireland

Oliver Cromwell Part 3: To Kill a King…

Oliver Cromwell Part 2: Civil War Across the Realms

Oliver Cromwell Part 1: The Rise of Ironsides

Introducing: The Curious History of Your Home - Baths

Enver Hoxha Part 2: Stalin’s Shadow, Europe’s North Korea

Enver Hoxha Part 1: The Albanian School Teacher

Herod the Great Part 2: Murders in the Family

Herod the Great Part 1: Ruler of Galilee

Saddam Hussein Part 5: The War on Terror

Saddam Hussein Part 4: The First Gulf War

Saddam Hussein Part 3: Oil and the Ayatollah

Saddam Hussein Part 2: Enforcer, Frontman, Mafia Godfather

Saddam Hussein Part 1: Son of the Alleyways

Macías Nguema Part 2: Hiding in the Jungle with all the Money

Macías Nguema Part 1: The Dachau of Africa

Hitler: The Bunker and the End (Part 25)

Hitler: Operation Valkyrie, Blowing up the Führer (Part 24)

Hitler: Mussolini’s Prison Break (Part 23)

Hitler: The Battle of Stalingrad (Part 22)

Adolf Hitler: The Final Solution (Part 21)

Introducing: Real Survival Stories - Glacier Escape

Attila the Hun Part 2: The Scourge of God

Attila the Hun Part 1: The Sword of Mars

Manuel Noriega Part 3: Bush Invades Panama

Manuel Noriega Part 2: A Tale of Two Spy Chiefs

Manuel Noriega Part 1: The Narco Dictator

BONUS: Dictators’ Chefs

Introducing: Detectives Don’t Sleep - The Nazi Art Mystery (Part 1 of 3)

Hitler: Attack on Russia, War with America… (Part 20)

Adolf Hitler vs Winston Churchill (Part 19)

Hitler: A Brush With Death… (Part 18)

Hitler’s Birthday, Poland’s Doom (Part 17)

Hitler: The Gathering Storm... (Part 16)

Adolf Hitler: Unassailable Führer (Part 15)

Robert Mugabe Part 4: A Game of Thrones

Robert Mugabe Part 3: Zimbabwe’s Tsunami

Robert Mugabe Part 2: The Leopard’s True Spots…

Robert Mugabe Part 1: The Young Scholar

Lenin Part 4: Ghost at the Kremlin