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Jean-Bédel Bokassa Part 3: A Coronation for the Ages

12/31/2025 • 63 min

The new emperor of the Central African Republic is introduced to the world in a totally surreal manner - with white horses from Belgium, finery from France and songs from a Broadway musical. The CAR’s finances continue to tumble. A controversial policy about school uniforms leads to one of the most tragic episodes in the country’s history. And as the emperor los… Play episode

Jean-Bédel Bokassa Part 2: The Power Grab, the Châteaux and the Missing Da…
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)

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