ASSASSINS

In the year 40 AD, the Trung sisters led one of the most incredible rebellions against China, taking on the powerful Eastern Han dynasty. 
Born into an aristocratic family in what’s now northern Vietnam, the sisters were trained from an early age in combat and military strategy. 
Sparked by an assassination, they went to war. 
But history holds different accounts of how this story ended. 
Host: Aslan Pahari 
Producer: Hannah Jose 
Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls 
Video Producers: Dylan Behan, Tejas Bhat 
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research 
Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven 
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn 
To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world’s most shocking assassinations – from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you’ll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end.

When Daniel Pearl touches down in Karachi, Pakistan, he knows he's taking a risk.
A big one.
He's a Jewish American reporter for the Wall Street Journal, investigating terrorism in a country hostile to America.
He’s also highly experienced and well-versed in security protocols.
So how does it all go so wrong?
Host: Aslan Pahari
Producer: Hannah Jose
Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls
Video Producers: Dylan Behan, Tejas Bhat
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn
To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world's most shocking assassinations — from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you'll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end.

Magistrate Giovanni Falcone should have been too scared to take on the Sicilian mafia.
After all, many of his colleagues had died trying to bring the Cosa Nostra to justice.
So how did he do it? And why was victory, when it came, so bittersweet?
This is the second in a two-part series about mafia assassinations in Italy.
Host: Aslan Pahari
Producer: Hannah Jose
Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls
Video Producers: Eve Cogan, Dylan Behan, Tejas Bhat
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn
To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world's most shocking assassinations — from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you'll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end.

The Italian mafia once held regular meetings to decide which public figure needed to be assassinated.
Some decisions were because of long-held grudges by these Sicilian "men of honour".
Other killings were about stopping someone from challenging the mafia's power in southern Italy.
For Sicilian magistrate Cesare Terranova, both of those reasons made him the target of the notorious Cosa Nostra.
This is the first in a two-part series about mafia assassinations in Italy.
Host: Aslan Pahari
Producer: Hannah Jose
Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls
Video Producers: Dylan Behan, Tejas Bhat
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn
To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world's most shocking assassinations — from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you'll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end.

Would-be assassins have tried to kill or abduct Masih Alinejad at least three times. 
Somehow, she's still alive.
The former Iranian journalist fled her home country over 15 years ago.
From America, she started a hugely popular global campaign against Iran's hijab laws.
But why do people want her dead? 
Host: Aslan Pahari
Producer: Hannah Jose
Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls
Video Producers: Dylan Behan, Eve Cogan, Tejas Bhat
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn
To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world's most shocking assassinations — from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you'll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end