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Sir Basil Zaharoff. One of the most evil men who ever lived. Bigamist, fraudster, international arms dealer. Codename: ZedZed. A real nasty piece of work.
Most likely the real-life template for the James Bond supervillain, Zaharoff's influence on the geopolitics of the 20th Century cannot be overestimated, yet he lived in the shadows and his name doesn't loom over history as much as the man himself did. So why does nobody really know when and where he was born, why did he burn all records of himself and could he really be responsible for World War I?
And is a previous mystery on the show solved in the process?
Let's find out together!
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By Chris Stokes, Masud Milas & Sooz Kempner4.3
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Sir Basil Zaharoff. One of the most evil men who ever lived. Bigamist, fraudster, international arms dealer. Codename: ZedZed. A real nasty piece of work.
Most likely the real-life template for the James Bond supervillain, Zaharoff's influence on the geopolitics of the 20th Century cannot be overestimated, yet he lived in the shadows and his name doesn't loom over history as much as the man himself did. So why does nobody really know when and where he was born, why did he burn all records of himself and could he really be responsible for World War I?
And is a previous mystery on the show solved in the process?
Let's find out together!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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