In this week's bonus episode, Erin & Steph talk about the chaotic end to the end of a 300 year imperial rule over Russia, and try to uncover the mystery surrounding a possible survivor of the Romanov family massacre -- Anastasia.

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Music:

Dark Hallway by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=Hallway&Search=Search

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

From Russia with Love by Huma-Huma

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Sources:

“Anastasia.” Unsolved Mysteries, performance by Robert Stack, season 6, episode 3, NBC, 6 Oct. 1993.

Blakemore, Erin. “Why Czar Nicholas II and the Romanovs Were Murdered.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 25 Oct. 2018, www.history.com/news/romanov-family-murder-execution-reasons.

Coble, Michael D., et al. “Mystery Solved: The Identification of the Two Missing Romanov Children Using DNA Analysis.” PLoS ONE, vol. 4, no. 3, 2009, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004838.

“Iconic Corpse: The Romanov Family.” YouTube, Ask a Mortician, 19 Oct. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS2xFsK0klw&t=1s.

King, Greg, and Penny Wilson. The Resurrection of the Romanovs: Anastasia, Anna Anderson, and the World's Greatest Royal Mystery. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.

Lawhon, Ariel. I Was Anastasia: a Novel. Anchor Books, 2019.

Miller, Kelsey. “The Real Story Of The Fake Anastasia.” Anna Anderson Anastasia The Romanovs True Story, Refinery 29, 16 May 2016, www.refinery29.com/en-us/2016/05/110617/anna-anderson-anastasia-romanov-impostor.

“Role of the Bolsheviks - Reasons for the Success of the October Revolution, 1917 - Higher History Revision - BBC Bitesize.” BBC News, BBC, www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zyc72hv/revision/6.