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Real Dictators is the award-winning podcast that explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. Hos

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The ‘White Terror’ continues. Spain’s strongman assumes power in Madrid, herding his defeated enemie

In July 1936, Spain erupts into civil war. But Francisco Franco is marooned far away in the Canary I

In 1917, Franco is posted to northern Spain. He courts a local schoolgirl named Carmen. But soon, a

Today, Spain is Europe’s holiday capital. But under the sand lie sinister secrets. From 1939 to 1975

In the final part of Hitler’s Early Years, the Nazi leader launches his very own assault on power: t

The Nazis kickstart their media operation. Desperate to be an icon, Hitler pens a secret autobiograp

Hitler decides he needs an army of his own. The Nazis create a new paramilitary unit – the Sturmabte

Hitler is sent undercover, tasked with spying on a band of extremists. But he soon falls under their

The Great War ends. Hitler despairs. The Kaiser does a runner. Revolutions break out across Germany.

June 1914, Sarajevo. An assassination on the street disrupts the entire balance of power in Europe.

You may know something of the Hitler story. But there’s a decent chance you don’t know the half of i

From the creators of Real Dictators comes Real Narcos, the show that takes you to the front line of

The walls close in on Hideki Tojo. The General turned Prime Minister takes hands-on control of the m

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. The Pacific War is underway. In Tokyo, Prime Minister Tojo moves to take

Major General Hideki Tojo takes command of the secret police - the Kempeitai. The Imperial Japanese

General Hideki Tojo led Japan into World War Two and oversaw some of the most horrific war crimes in

François Duvalier puts the finishing touches to his terrifying cult of personality. The President fo

Haitian dictator “Papa Doc” Duvalier crushes an attempted coup without mercy. Spooked by this near m

Just a few hundred miles south of Florida, across the Caribbean Sea, lies Haiti. From 1957 to 1971,

Mao’s ‘Cultural Revolution’ sets out to purge the minds of an entire population. Meanwhile, the Supr