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A quick note about our show.

We do a lot of research for our stories, but we also aren't your boring high school history class.

So some details and scenes are dramatized.

Today's story contains descriptions of murder and some cursing.

Please be advised.

So, Brooke, pop quiz, high level.

What did we talk about in the last two episodes?

Okay, as my best friend, this is unacceptable behavior.

I know, it is. Blame producers. They're literally sitting next to me this is unacceptable behavior. I know. It is.

Blame producers. They're literally sitting next to me and they're like, ask her. Ask her.

So, oh boy, Raspi wouldn't get off that family's dick. I don't know. You got to catch me up.

I'm sorry. Yes. You were right in the sense that the last two episodes are about Rasputon. So, partial points. That's basically what I said. Yep, verbatim, essentially. Yeah. And for our royalists who didn't catch those episodes, check them out. But if you're here to meet Rasputin's killer,

you've come to the right place. Bonus points if you're also looking for masquerade balls,

murder plots, and a whole lot of mayhem, because we've got those too. Wow. Before we get into it,

though, a quick refresher, if Brooks very detailed retelling wasn't enough.

Oh, no. Rasputin was a drunk whose life was going nowhere until a saint came to him in a dream.

And then after that, he became a spiritual guru.

Thank Gwyneth Paltrow meets Joel Austin with a healthy dose of hypnosis.

Now, Rasputin's new path led him to St. Petersburg, where he eventually caught the

attention of the Tsar and Zarina, who at the time were in need of a miracle, because their only son

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