Hi everyone, it's Hibba here. Before we begin, I just want to warn you that this episode contains graphic descriptions of violence from the very beginning. If you're around kids or would just rather not hear that, I'd suggest skipping this one. Here's producer Alex Aetak to start us off.

Our story begins on the last day of Talat Pasha's life, on an ordinary road in the centre of Berlin.

He'd been living in an apartment here, number four, Hagenberg-Strasse, for some years now,

and he'd grown comfortable in his routine.

Every day at about 11 o'clock, he'd walk the few blocks into town to a tobacco shop.

And that's what he was doing on the morning that we're talking about, March 15th, 1921.

But what he didn't know that morning is that he was being watched.

As Talat stepped out of his front door, he was wearing a striped shirt and leaning on a walking stick.

In the old days, he was known for his kind of trademark thick moustache, kind of like a walrus, but he shaved it on a walking stick. In the old days he was known for his kind of trademark

thick mustache, kind of like a walrus, but he shaved it off a few years back as a precaution

in case anyone recognized him. As he walked through the doorway that listed his apartment number

next to a fake name, a young Armenian man called Sogerman Tetleurian was waiting for him,

looking down at the street from the window of an apartment on the other side of the road. Sogerman knows this is it. This is the moment. This is Michael Gavlack. He's a movie producer working on a film about Sogermontet Lirian. He grabs his gun, grabs his coat, heads out. I mean, he knew this was his duty.

And so he had to get it right.

This has to happen correctly.

I can't get the wrong guy.

I'm not going to kill an innocent man.

I don't want any bystanders harmed.

This guy deserves to die.

And I'm the one appointed to do it.

Nobody else will.

So he stays parallel on the other side of the street and accelerates

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