We ranged over:
what was history's first assassination?
when and where were the powerful and famous most at risk of assassination?
how negligent were targets about their own safety?
do assassinations work, and what unintended consequences have they had?
what are assassins' favourite methods?
how many victims were not the assassin's first target?
what kind of people become assassins?
what are history's strangest assassinations?
who was the world champion at surviving assassination attempts?
what were the ethical arguments put forward in favour of assassination and who advanced them?
the murder of Wat Tyler, of Mary, Queen of Scots' husband, Lord Darnley, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the assassin who nearly killed Hitler, women assassins
You can hear the podcast here https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-history/assassinations-from-the-ancient-world-to-jfk/
