411: The Murder of Zoya Fyodorova w/ Chris Pouy

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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My guest is Chris Pouy, who shares an astonishing true story of love, betrayal, and murder on this latest episode of Most Notorious. His grandmother, Zoya Fyodorova, was a celebrated Russian actress who fell in love with an American naval officer, Jackson Tate, in 1945. It was a forbidden romance that led to the birth of Chris’s mother, Victoria. Zoya was imprisoned for nearly a decade before reuniting with her daughter, who later moved to Connecticut after marrying Chris's father, another U.S. Navy captain. During Zoya's preparations to defect and join her family in the United States, she was mysteriously murdered at her kitchen table in December of 1981. Chris's website: https://whoischrispouy.com/ Chris on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-pouy-3b56334a The Admiral's Daughter on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/admirals-daughter-Victoria-Fyodorova/dp/0440003660 BBC Outlook: Murder in Moscow: https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct6xcs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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