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My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

MFM Presents...The Butterfly King: A WWII Murder Mystery

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

True Crime

4.6177.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

My Favorite Murder presents The Butterfly King, a historical true crime limited series from Exactly Right and Blanchard House. Join multi-award-winning journalist Becky Milligan as she unravels eighty years of lies, deceit and cover-ups to answer one question: Who killed the Butterfly King? You’re about to hear “The Mender of Broken Dishes,” episode one of The Butterfly King. It’s 1943 during a critical point in the Second World War. Caught in the crossfire, King Boris III of Bulgaria has a crucial meeting with a key ally. Someone resents his influence and wants him out of the way for good. The second episode, “Lies, Lies, Lies,” is available now in The Butterfly King podcast feed. Follow, rate and review The Butterfly King wherever you get your podcasts. See historical photos by going to @exactlyright on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is exactly right.

0:06.0

Hello.

0:08.0

We'd like to introduce you to exactly right's newest historical true crime limited series the

0:14.2

butterfly king. The premiere episode you're about to hear is called the

0:17.9

mentor of broken dishes which takes place during a crucial turning point in

0:21.7

World War II.

0:22.6

Join journalist Becky Milligan as she unravels 80 years of history, lies, and deceit to answer

0:28.2

the question, who killed the Butterfly King?

0:31.0

Please enjoy this premiere episode of The Butterfly King and then when you're done go to the Butterfly King

0:35.3

feed in your podcast app and listen to the second episode.

0:39.1

And don't forget to follow rate and review to show your support for our newest limited series, The Butterfly King.

0:44.3

Goodbye. Europe, August,

0:53.4

1943, location classified.

0:57.0

Across the globe, the Second World War, the deadliest war in history, is raging. This summer is a crucial turning point.

1:07.2

In the southwest Pacific the US has just overcome the Japanese. On the eastern front, the Soviets have inflicted huge losses on Nazi Germany.

1:18.0

Mussolini has fallen and Italy is about to defect to the Allies.

1:23.4

The balance of power is wavering.

1:26.5

Could we possibly cut the typewriter effects, please?

1:31.2

Thanks. I think it's just a bit of a cliche.

1:34.0

So, as I was saying, this location's classified, it's a military complex.

1:42.0

But what I can tell you is there's a plane coming into land on a narrow air strip.

1:48.0

A military plane in the middle of dense woodland.

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