The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop: ‘Somebody knows’
Post Reports
The Washington Post
4.4 • 5.1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Forty years ago, the body of a prime minister went missing. The Post’s Martine Powers asks: Who’s responsible?
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Every 19th of October, Grenadians mark a somber anniversary: the 1983 execution of the country’s former prime minister and revolutionary leader, Maurice Bishop, and others who died alongside him. The people of this Caribbean nation still have no closure 40 years later. The remains of Bishop and his supporters were never returned to their family members and are missing to this day.
In the first episode of “The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop,” The Washington Post’s Martine Powers takes us on the personal journey that led her to learn about Grenada’s history. Martine delves into why Bishop was such an influential figure, what made the United States nervous about him and why the mystery of his missing remains continues to haunt so many on the island.
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You can find photos and documents from the investigation in our special episode guide here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Post Reports, listeners. |
| 0:04.2 | It's Martin, you're a long-lost co-host. |
| 0:07.0 | You may have heard me recently talking about my new show. |
| 0:10.1 | It's called The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop. |
| 0:12.9 | It just published last week, |
| 0:14.3 | and it's a story about a mystery in the Caribbean |
| 0:16.8 | that has defined so many people's lives. |
| 0:19.4 | We have been investigating this all year, |
| 0:21.9 | and we have found some new answers. I'm so excited for you to hear |
| 0:25.9 | this, so I wanted to share the first and second episode with you here in the post-report |
| 0:31.0 | speed. If you want to hear more, we will put a link in our show notes |
| 0:34.7 | where you can find the show and follow it or subscribe. |
| 0:37.7 | The third episode is out now. |
| 0:39.8 | Okay, here it is. |
| 0:41.2 | Episode 1 of the Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop. |
| 0:44.8 | You will hear episode 2 here tomorrow. |
| 0:47.5 | Or if you can't wait, you can find it now by following my show wherever you listen to podcasts. So I just want to ask, to be clear, did you ever see the body of Maurice Bishop? |
| 1:01.6 | No. You're sure. Absolutely. Did you see Maurice Bishop's body? |
| 1:10.8 | No, I didn't see his body. |
| 1:13.2 | Not at the fort. |
| 1:14.9 | Not at all. |
| 1:15.6 | Did you see the bodies of anyone else who? |
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