Russian rocket scientist Vitaly Melnikov has been picking wild mushrooms his whole life. Somehow though, at 77-years-old, he picks a bad one and eats it up. This kills him. His body shuts down and he's entered the eternal cosmos for real. Coincidentally, this happens just after the extremely important Kremlin Lunar 25 mission he worked on malfunctioned and crashed into the surface of the moon... Jake Hanrahan's projects: <a href="https://www.hanrahan.tv" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="e54fc7cd-6103-41d3-b6a5-25ea59c6e984">www.hanrahan.tv</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Russian rocket scientist Vitaly Melnikov has been picking wild mushrooms his whole life. Somehow though, at 77-years-old, he picks a bad one and eats it up. This kills him. His body shuts down and he's entered the eternal cosmos for real. Coincidentally, this happens just after the extremely important Kremlin Lunar 25 mission he worked on malfunctioned and crashed into the surface of the moon... Jake Hanrahan's projects: www.hanrahan.tv See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Russian rocket scientist Vitaly Melnikov has been picking wild mushrooms his&nbsp;whole life. Somehow though, at 77-years-old, he picks a bad one and eats it up. This kills him. His body shuts down and he's&nbsp;entered the eternal cosmos for real. Coincidentally, this happens just after the extremely important&nbsp;Kremlin Lunar 25 mission he worked on malfunctioned and crashed into the surface of the moon... Jake Hanrahan's projects: <a href="https://www.hanrahan.tv" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.hanrahan.tv</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="noopener noreferrer">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Rocket Scientist's Poison Mushroom

RICH RUSSIANS KEEP DYING IN MYSTERIOUS&nbsp;CIRCUMSTANCES&nbsp; Since January 2022, dozens of Russia's wealthiest oligarchs and power brokers have died suddenly. One was poisoned with frog venom. Two killed their&nbsp;whole families. Several fell out of high windows. Most of the deaths are suspicious. Russia says they're coincidental suicides&mdash;that the deceased were simply depressed. We&nbsp;don't think so... Sad Oligarch is an&nbsp;investigative podcast series that looks into the strange deaths of the Russian elite, unravelling a dark tale of Kremlin corruption and Putin's political dictatorship across the world. This is season two&mdash;Russian oligarchs are still dying and things have gotten even weirder...

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RICH RUSSIANS KEEP DYING IN MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES  Since January 2022, dozens of Russia's wealthiest oligarchs and power brokers have died suddenly. One was poisoned with frog venom. Two killed their whole families. Several fell out of high windows. Most of the deaths are suspicious. Russia says they're coincidental suicides—that the deceased were simply depressed. We don't think so... Sad Oligarch is an investigative podcast series that looks into the strange deaths of the Russian elite, unravelling a dark tale of Kremlin corruption and Putin's political dictatorship across the world. This is season two—Russian oligarchs are still dying and things have gotten even weirder...

RICH RUSSIANS KEEP DYING IN MYSTERIOUS&nbsp;CIRCUMSTANCES&nbsp; Since January 2022, dozens of Russia's wealthiest oligarchs and power brokers have died suddenly. One was poisoned with frog venom. Two killed their&nbsp;whole families. Several fell out of high windows. Most of the deaths are suspicious. Russia says they're coincidental suicides—that the deceased were simply depressed. We&nbsp;don't think so... Sad Oligarch is an&nbsp;investigative podcast series that looks into the strange deaths of the Russian elite, unravelling a dark tale of Kremlin corruption and Putin's political dictatorship across the world. This is season two—Russian oligarchs are still dying and things have gotten even weirder...

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