General Tojo Part 4: The Atom Bombs
The walls close in on Hideki Tojo. The General turned Prime Minister takes hands-on control of the military, with catastrophic consequences. Emperor Hirohito pulls the plug. With Tojo forced out of of...
7 Dec 202042min
General Tojo Part 3: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. The Pacific War is underway. In Tokyo, Prime Minister Tojo moves to take every significant government job for himself. Japanese troops sweep through the Malay Peninsula. Th...
30 Nov 202038min
General Tojo Part 2: Terror in China
Major General Hideki Tojo takes command of the secret police - the Kempeitai. The Imperial Japanese Army invades China and terrorises the civilian population. Kempeitai operatives set up a secret lab ...
22 Nov 202041min
General Tojo Part 1: The Young Samurai
General Hideki Tojo led Japan into World War Two and oversaw some of the most horrific war crimes in recorded history. Tojo did not hold absolute power, but he more than earns his place at this table....
16 Nov 202035min
Papa Doc Part 3: Vampire of the Caribbean
François Duvalier puts the finishing touches to his terrifying cult of personality. The President for Life declares himself an immaterial being - a spirit that will hover over Haiti even after his bod...
9 Sep 202032min
Papa Doc Part 2: Haiti’s Dictator vs JFK
Haitian dictator “Papa Doc” Duvalier crushes an attempted coup without mercy. Spooked by this near miss, Duvalier forms his own private militia called the Tonton Macoute. They take their name from a t...
2 Sep 202041min
Papa Doc Part 1: The Voodoo Tyrant
Just a few hundred miles south of Florida, across the Caribbean Sea, lies Haiti. From 1957 to 1971, this tropical island nation was ruled by a would-be demigod. François Duvalier - better known as “Pa...
26 Aug 202050min
Mao Zedong Part 3: The Cultural Revolution
Mao’s ‘Cultural Revolution’ sets out to purge the minds of an entire population. Meanwhile, the Supreme Leader himself leads a life of debauchery and excess - as his former doctor remembers. The Chair...
11 Aug 202048min
