In 1471, King Henry VI died in the Tower of London, just days after his son's death and the fall of the Lancastrian cause. Officially, he died of heartbreak. But few believed it then, and even fewer believe it now. In this episode, we uncover the suspicious circumstances of Henry's quiet death, the political forces that made him expendable, and how one of England's most tragic kings met his end not with a sword, but in silence.

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