Pope Under Fire - Pope John Paul II

True Crimecast

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🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

On May 13, 1981, shots rang out in St. Peter’s Square as Pope John Paul II was struck by bullets fired at close range. In this episode of True Crimecast, Jamie and John unravel the tangled web behind one of history’s most shocking assassination attempts. From Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Ağca’s shadowy ties to international conspiracies involving the Bulgarian Secret Service and the Soviet KGB, to Pope John Paul II’s remarkable act of forgiveness, this story weaves global politics, religious leadership, and personal redemption into one unforgettable narrative.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media, Igniting Conversation.
0:12.9	Welcome to True Crime to Go. What can I get for you?
0:16.7	Bless you, my sister. I'm sorry. I'm just really intrigued by the new pope.
0:21.5	Did you know that the new pope was shot at one time?
0:24.7	Pull up to the second window and we'll see you next crime.
0:31.5	Welcome to true crime to go.
0:33.3	I am John here with Jamie.
0:35.2	Not only did I lie during the cold intro, but a lot of mistakes were made.
0:39.9	The new pope has not been shot at as far as I know.
0:42.7	There was a pope that was.
0:44.1	We're going to talk about that today.
0:45.7	How are you, man?
0:46.4	A lot of Pope talk lately.
0:47.7	Got our first American Pope from Chicago.
0:51.0	My favorite thing I've seen is when you sent me somebody made a video of him coming out to like the 96 Bulls intro music.
0:58.4	So pretty excited about that.
1:01.2	We are not Catholic, but it's still intriguing.
1:04.1	And I guess because of all the publicity about the new Pope, you and I stumbled upon this little story here that we're going to
1:11.5	tell in 10 minutes or less. Why don't you get us rolling? I do want to ask, have you heard about
1:15.3	this before we stumbled upon it? I've not. And this is, like you said, a pope, an attempted
1:21.6	assassination of a pope. And I have a lot of questions about why you would do this. Yeah.
1:27.7	Well, we're,
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