From ageless counts who dined with kings but never ate, to mad monks who survived poison and bullets, prepare to question everything you thought you knew about mortality.

Immortal charlatans? Demonic survivors? Minds from the future? History's glitches defy logic and rewrite reality. 🤯👑🧪🕊️😵‍💫🕰️

Welcome, fellow history nerds and connoisseurs of captivating trivia, to your weekly dose of historical oddities – welcome back to the HISTORY STORIES PODCAST, the only place where "useless knowledge" becomes the most fascinating obsession!

This week, prepare for a deep dive into the lives of individuals so bizarre, so packed with unbelievable events, that they seem to have stepped out of a different dimension altogether. We'll unravel the enigma of a European count who seemingly never aged, captivating royal courts while claiming to be centuries old and possessing the elixir of life. Imagine the whispers in Parisian salons as the Count St. Germain moved effortlessly through decades looking perpetually middle-aged, even baffling those who swore they'd met him fifty years prior. Why did he never eat in public? Was he truly immortal, or a master of illusion?

Then, brace yourselves for the tale of a Siberian peasant who rose to exert a seemingly supernatural influence over the Russian Tsar. Grigori Rasputin, the "Mad Monk," whose scandalous behavior horrified the aristocracy, yet his interventions miraculously seemed to alleviate the Tsarevich's hemophilia. Was he a holy man, a charlatan, or something far stranger? And the story of his assassination… prepare for a tale of poison, bullets, and a resilience so unbelievable it fueled legends of demonic power.

Consider these mere appetizers on our weekly road trip into the weirdest corners of recorded time. From potential immortals to figures who defied death, we’re unearthing the glitchy breadcrumbs that make history far stranger – and infinitely more entertaining – than fiction.

Because sometimes, history isn't just written… it's whispered in disbelief.

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