Fatal Shot: Assassins

The assassinations of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin have something key in common: these political assassinations triggered war, genocide and the deaths of countless others. When politically motivated assassins kill, the outcome is often the same: From One Death Many.

Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Junior, and John F. Kennedy were proponents of peace and progressive ideals. Who, then, were the assassins driven to annihilate their dreams? We examine the lives of these assassins, the events that propelled them to take their fatal shot, and the legacy that those who were killed left behind.

Information is power but it can also be dangerous. People are killed if they know too much. From Mujahideen leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, to former Russian secret service agents Alexander Litvinenko and Sergei Skripal, or Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, Clandestine Killers exposes the secretive world of assassins and the extraordinary methods they use to silence the outspoken.

Minds can be manipulated and triggered to kill. Brainwashing is achieved in many ways, but its target is always a susceptible mind. From suicide squads to murderous cult members, or deluded misfits hellbent on fame, Brainwashed Assassins explores how the mind can be manipulated, transforming ordinary individuals into lethal assassins.