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On a cold February night in 1820, a group of men gathered together in a dilapidated hayloft in London just off Edgeware Road.

The men were as broken down as the building they were gathered in, but all of that was about to change.

They had a plan that would upend the face of Great Britain, if not the world. The men readied their weapons,

pistols, muskets, knives, grenades, anything they could get their hands on. As they cleaned firearms

and sharpened blades, they talked through last-minute details of their plan.

Most of the men were adrenalized with the idea of changing the course of history and creating a better future for everyone.

But there were others among them who were having cold feet

and struggling to hold it together, trying not to let it show. After all, this was no simple

intimidation mission. From this point on, there would be no turning back. They were about to

ambush a nearby dinner hosted by Lord Harrowby, the president of the Privy Council.

It would be attended by all the British cabinet members, as well as by the prime minister himself.

Once in, the men's plan was simple. Kill everyone.

These men would not stop until every government official had been assassinated.

As they were preparing to leave, they heard a noise in the stable below them. Footsteps, a shout.

It was the police, and they were followed by soldiers. The men were found out.

They looked at one another, wondering who among them had been the mole.

I'm Dana Schwartz, and this is Noble Blood.

When the world is going through, what we sometimes say are unprecedented times,

it's tempting to think that this is the most crazy things in history have ever been.

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