In the last episode of our second season, we re-examine the case of Alexander Litvinenko. A vocal critic of Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, he died of poisoning in London in 2006. It took the British ten years to release a report into his apparent assassination, which gathered a huge quantity of evidence relating to his death. However, the inquiry was riddled with inconsistencies— and it kept Litvinenko's relationship with British intelligence in the shadows.

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Creator, Host, Writer, & Researcher: Niall Cooper

Producer, Editor, & Sound Designer: Lindsey Morse

Theme Music: Graeme Ronald