Rasputin: The drunk Russian monk who refused to die | ASSASSINS

It’s said that Rasputin, the so-called ‘mad monk’, had supernatural abilities, could hypnotise people, and was quite a philanderer... It’s also said that he was incredibly tricky to assassinate… But how much of that is true? And what’s with people claiming to have preserved his severed penis in a...

22 min - History - ABC News In-depth

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