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Jean-Bédel Bokassa Part 2: The Power Grab, the Châteaux and the Missing Daughter

12/24/2025 • 58 min

A new year brings new beginnings in the Central African Republic. President Bokassa attempts to modernise. But at the same time, the mass incarcerations and torture ramp up and corruption takes hold. And then things get really strange… An imposter infiltrates Bokassa’s homelife. A bizarre public competition is launched to marry off the president’s daughters. And… Play episode

Jean-Bédel Bokassa Part 1: The Butcher of Bangui
Introducing: Charles Dickens Ghost Stories - A Christmas Carol
Fidel Castro Part 10: Emergency on an Airplane
Fidel Castro Part 9: Down With Fidel!
Fidel Castro Part 8: Miami Vice
Fidel Castro Part 7: Che Guevara in the Jungle
Fidel Castro Part 6: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Fidel Castro Part 5: The Bay of Pigs
Fidel Castro Part 4: Havana’s TV Star
Fidel Castro Part 3: The Mountain Guerrillas
Fidel Castro Part 2: Shipwrecked in the Swamps
Fidel Castro Part 1: Rise of ‘The Crazy One’
Introducing: Titanic: Ship of Dreams - Episode 1
Benito Mussolini Part 7: Break for the Border…
Benito Mussolini Part 6: The Road to Perdition
Benito Mussolini Part 5: The Pact of Steel
Benito Mussolini Part 4: A Fine Bromance
Benito Mussolini Part 3: Murder in Broad Daylight
Benito Mussolini Part 2: The March on Rome
Introducing: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
Benito Mussolini Part 1: Italy’s Fascist Godfather
General Videla Part 4: Dictator in the Courtroom
General Videla Part 3: God, Football, the Falklands
General Videla Part 2: Mr Clean’s Dirty War
General Videla Part 1: The Skinny One and the Witch
BONUS: Dictators’ Books
Pinochet Part 3: Searching for the Disappeared
Pinochet Part 2: The Caravan of Death
Pinochet Part 1: An Arrest in London
Introducing: D-Day: The Tide Turns - Episode 1
Oliver Cromwell Part 4: The Conquest of Ireland
Oliver Cromwell Part 3: To Kill a King…
Oliver Cromwell Part 2: Civil War Across the Realms
Oliver Cromwell Part 1: The Rise of Ironsides
Introducing: The Curious History of Your Home - Baths
Enver Hoxha Part 2: Stalin’s Shadow, Europe’s North Korea
Enver Hoxha Part 1: The Albanian School Teacher
Herod the Great Part 2: Murders in the Family
Herod the Great Part 1: Ruler of Galilee
Saddam Hussein Part 5: The War on Terror
Saddam Hussein Part 4: The First Gulf War
Saddam Hussein Part 3: Oil and the Ayatollah
Saddam Hussein Part 2: Enforcer, Frontman, Mafia Godfather
Saddam Hussein Part 1: Son of the Alleyways
Macías Nguema Part 2: Hiding in the Jungle with all the Money
Macías Nguema Part 1: The Dachau of Africa
Hitler: The Bunker and the End (Part 25)
Hitler: Operation Valkyrie, Blowing up the Führer (Part 24)
Hitler: Mussolini’s Prison Break (Part 23)

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