Ivan the Terrible and his Oldest Son
Noble Blood
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.7 • 13.9K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
A living, male heir was essential to a monarch in the 16th century who wanted a secure dynasty. So why did Ivan the Terrible, the first Tsar of Russia, murder his only viable heir to the throne? The story might be more complicated than the way it's been told for centuries.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of I Heart Radio and Grim and Mild from Erin Manky, |
| 0:07.0 | listener discretion advised. |
| 0:10.5 | Hey guys, this is Danish Words, the host of Noble Blood. |
| 0:13.4 | If you want to support the show, we are on Patreon at patreon.com slash Noble Blood |
| 0:19.5 | Tails. |
| 0:20.5 | I upload episode scripts every week. |
| 0:23.4 | Every month I do a bonus episode where I talk to someone about a historical period piece |
| 0:28.0 | movie. |
| 0:29.0 | This month, July, I talk to my sister about the cough terrible movie, the other bollin girl. |
| 0:35.2 | And on the Patreon, every season we have a brand new exclusive sticker club. |
| 0:40.4 | So yeah, thank you so much. |
| 0:42.2 | Obviously, the best support for the show is just listening. |
| 0:45.3 | So thank you so much. |
| 0:47.0 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:49.0 | If you were a tourist traveling in Russia on May 25th, 2018 and you happened to be walking |
| 1:04.6 | through Moscow's Tretchikov gallery, you would have heard a terrible sound. |
| 1:10.0 | First, the tearing of a metal pole away from its security barrier, then the shattering |
| 1:17.4 | of glass. |
| 1:19.1 | Guard someone would have screamed. |
| 1:21.4 | The smell of vodka was hovering in the air. |
| 1:25.0 | It was 8 pm. |
| 1:27.0 | Outside it was just growing dark. |
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