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Morning Cup of Murder

The Bizarre Assassination Of An Outspoken Writer - March 1 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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March 1st: Georgi Markov Born (1929) When someone speaks out against a dangerous group they put their life on the line. On March 1st 1929 a man who spoke freely about the Communist regime in Bulgaria was met with a mysterious end. And, though there is a good idea about who exactly wanted him dead, no one has been charged and his case remains a cold one.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Markov, https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2020/sep/09/georgi-markov-killed-poisoned-umbrella-london-1978, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-04/gerogi-markov-bulgarian-dissident-umbrella-assassination/100084600, https://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/blogs/article/who-killed-georgi-markov/, https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/markov-georgi-murder-investigation, https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=221821881, https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/georgi-markov-murdered-by-a-bulgarian-secret-service-assassin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders.

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15 miles away.

0:32.7

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:36.1

We have a weird homicide.

0:38.9

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:42.3

When someone speaks out against a dangerous group, they put their life on the line.

0:50.2

On March 1st, 1929, a man who spoke freely about the communist regime in Bulgaria was met with a mysterious end.

0:59.5

And though there is a good idea about who exactly wanted him dead, no one has been charged and his case remains a cold one.

1:08.0

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day

1:12.6

with a morning cup of murder. Georgie Ivanov Markov was born on March 1st, 1929, in a neighborhood

1:22.1

in Sofia, Bulgaria. After graduating from the equivalent of high school in 1946, he began his college career studying industrial chemistry before working as a chemical engineer and teacher at a technical school.

1:35.8

Unfortunately, at the age of just 19, Georgie was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and from that point on, was forced to have extended stays at various hospitals.

1:47.1

Now stuck in bed, Georgie began writing, and in 1957, he wrote a novel titled The Night Sacium.

1:55.4

Two years later, came another book, The Ajax Winners, along with a collection of short stories in 1961, all published,

2:03.6

and in 1962, he wrote and published another novel, Men, which won an annual award with the

2:11.1

Union of Bulgarian Writers. This win earned him an acceptance into the Union, which was a prerequisite for a professional

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