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Production: Joel Duddell, Ed Baranski, Miriam Baines, Tom Pink, George Tapp, Dorry Macaulay, Cian Ryan-Morgan, Anisha Devadasan, Joseph McGann. Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink.

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Real Dictators is the award-winning podcast that explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. Hosted by Paul McGann, with contributions from eyewitnesses and expert historians.

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Episodes

Benito Mussolini Part 5: The Pact of Steel

Benito Mussolini Part 4: A Fine Bromance

Benito Mussolini Part 3: Murder in Broad Daylight

Benito Mussolini Part 2: The March on Rome

Benito Mussolini Part 1: Italy’s Fascist Godfather

General Videla Part 4: Dictator in the Courtroom

General Videla Part 3: God, Football, the Falklands

General Videla Part 2: Mr Clean’s Dirty War

General Videla Part 1: The Skinny One and the Witch

BONUS: Dictators’ Books

Pinochet Part 3: Searching for the Disappeared

Pinochet Part 2: The Caravan of Death

Pinochet Part 1: An Arrest in London

Oliver Cromwell Part 4: The Conquest of Ireland

Oliver Cromwell Part 3: To Kill a King…

Oliver Cromwell Part 2: Civil War Across the Realms

Oliver Cromwell Part 1: The Rise of Ironsides

Enver Hoxha Part 2: Stalin’s Shadow, Europe’s North Korea

Enver Hoxha Part 1: The Albanian School Teacher

Herod the Great Part 2: Murders in the Family

Herod the Great Part 1: Ruler of Galilee

Saddam Hussein Part 5: The War on Terror

Saddam Hussein Part 4: The First Gulf War

Saddam Hussein Part 3: Oil and the Ayatollah

Saddam Hussein Part 2: Enforcer, Frontman, Mafia Godfather

Saddam Hussein Part 1: Son of the Alleyways

Macías Nguema Part 2: Hiding in the Jungle with all the Money

Macías Nguema Part 1: The Dachau of Africa

Hitler: The Bunker and the End (Part 25)

Hitler: Operation Valkyrie, Blowing up the Führer (Part 24)

Hitler: Mussolini’s Prison Break (Part 23)

Hitler: The Battle of Stalingrad (Part 22)

Adolf Hitler: The Final Solution (Part 21)

Attila the Hun Part 2: The Scourge of God

Attila the Hun Part 1: The Sword of Mars

Manuel Noriega Part 3: Bush Invades Panama

Manuel Noriega Part 2: A Tale of Two Spy Chiefs

Manuel Noriega Part 1: The Narco Dictator

BONUS: Dictators’ Chefs

Hitler: Attack on Russia, War with America… (Part 20)

Adolf Hitler vs Winston Churchill (Part 19)

Hitler: A Brush With Death… (Part 18)

Hitler’s Birthday, Poland’s Doom (Part 17)

Hitler: The Gathering Storm... (Part 16)

Adolf Hitler: Unassailable Führer (Part 15)

Robert Mugabe Part 4: A Game of Thrones

Robert Mugabe Part 3: Zimbabwe’s Tsunami

Robert Mugabe Part 2: The Leopard’s True Spots…

Robert Mugabe Part 1: The Young Scholar

Robert Mugabe: Coming Soon on Real Dictators…

Lenin Part 4: Ghost at the Kremlin

Lenin Part 3: First Russia, Then the World…

Lenin Part 2: Underground, On the Run

Lenin Part 1: The Revolution is Born

Vladimir Lenin: Coming Soon on Real Dictators…

Napoleon Part 6: Showdown at Waterloo

Napoleon Part 5: Downfall in Russia

Napoleon Part 4: The Emperor Strikes Back

Napoleon Part 3: The Egyptian Adventure

Napoleon Part 2: The Italian Job

Napoleon Part 1: The Humble Corsican

Napoleon: Coming Soon on Real Dictators…

Pol Pot Part 4: The Killing Fields

Pol Pot Part 3: Vietnam War, Cambodian Revolution

Pol Pot Part 2: Welcome to the Jungle

Pol Pot Part 1: Tyrant in the Shadows

Pol Pot: Coming Soon on Real Dictators…

Julius Caesar Part 3: Murder in the Senate

Julius Caesar Part 2: Rendezvous With Cleopatra

Julius Caesar Part 1: The Roman Dictator

Julius Caesar: Coming Soon on Real Dictators...

Genghis Khan Part 2: Rise of the Mongols

Genghis Khan Part 1: Underdog to Emperor

Hitler: Night of the Long Knives (Part 14)

Hitler: The Reichstag Fire (Part 13)

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