Three Assassins Who Got Up Close And Personal

With assassination being in the news last week, I take a look at three infamous assassinations where the killer didn't mind getting up close and getting his hands dirty. No long shots from sloping roofs here.... these killers got in close to do the job...
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[@jospi2]

Congratulations on surpassing 100.000 subscribers. 😃

[@JoeJaJoeJoe]

2:56 a wild Frida Kahlo appeared

[@gingataisen]

Good catch. I did notice her unibrow, too.

[@bffvintage8162]

And in the next photo is Diego Rivera

[@disconnected22]

Ok, so I wasn’t hallucinating

[@teel714]

I saw a video about Frida Khalo where it mentioned that she and Trotsky had an affair.

[@simonpearn479]

I thought it was her?

[@iamrichrocker]

love your style..narration and editing..and obscure events from the past that many are not aware of, or if i did, you filled out the story with solid facts..ty

[@psykat9816]

i agree. And iv said before he deserves way more subscribers. but i notice his subscriptions seem to be taking off nicely. def. deserve 1mil+ subs

[@riinak7212]

Congratulations on the 100,000 subscribers, You deserve it; I love this channel and the videos you make.

[@abid5087]

5:30 the ice pick/ax is now on display at the spy museum in Washington DC

[@deeayenn]

Always a pleasure to see an upload from you. A combination of topic chosen, narration style & tone taken make these videos something to look forward to. I thank you very much for your continued efforts.

[@CathodeRayNipplez]

Simp 🙄

[@brettd2318]

You have a top quality channel sir, thank you.

[@smedleyx]

My family has a wakizashi (short katana) as a family heirloom, probably a hundred years old; I'd been interested in sharpening tools recently, checked out the sword and even after all these years it was shaving-razor sharp, way better than anything I could do at the time. If Yamaguchi's blade was similar, a single strike could do immense damage. I was handling it like I would a loaded firearm or unexploded bomb

[@fwfs]

The last part of Yamaguchi's last message ("Would that I had seven lives to give for my country!") is a reference to Kusunoki Masashige, a famous samurai who died in 1336. Seen as an exemplar of loyalty, he is believed to have said that before his death. In a way, very similar to Nathan Hale's last words "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country," before being executed by the British during the American Revolution. (although it's unlikely Hale was referencing Kusunoki Masashige.)

[@fourstringbuck]

You're channel is really amazing and well done. I'm always eagerly awaiting the next video. Thanks!

[@DaveSCameron]

Brilliant upload and I love the cultural references and how you throw them in to perfect placement in your script. Keep them coming. 📚🇬🇧☘️

[@maxelldenomie6131]

Lenin said Stalin was NOT to have power but that message got out too late...

[@Shannon_Dobbs]

Awesome video, Brother! On a side note, Congrats on 101,000 subs!

[@sirrodney3443]

Excellent. Born 63. had that album and wondered about quite a few lyric's. But now I know about the ice pick. Classic Stranglers.

[@danielkarlsson9326]

The assasinations of Swedish Primeminister Olof Palme 28th February 1986 and Swedish Foreign minister Anna Lindh 10th September 2003 could both also be on this list Whilst Palme was shot from point blank outside the Cinema whilst next to his wife. Anna Lindh was Knifed down in NK shopping center.

[@leesimmons5453]

Still unsolved after all these years.

[@MM22966]

I always wondered what the background to the Asanuma killing was.

[@rjs1138]

Fascinating! The background of the Japanese assassination was particularly interesting, it draws parallels to more recent attempts...great content, well spoken and delivered.

[@SteveLombardi58]

Yikes. I always thought "he got an ice pick" meant the small one people use on blocks of cocktail ice (like in Goodfellas).

[@akeman21]

Great work as always sir! 👍

[@militaryav8r]

Figured I’d hurry up and watch before KZbin decided to demonetize this. 🙄

[@takewhatugive9495]

Just subbed and I love your channel!

[@WendyDarling1974]

This was a good one! ☝🏼

[@NyanyiC]

In Zimbabwe there was an attempt using ice-cream on President Mnangagwa🤦🏽‍♀️

[@rolfsinkgraven]

A great video again and Congratulations on the 100,000 subs.

[@Cameron12416]

Great video! Awesome job

[@elmin82]

good video

[@lyedavide]

It's dangerous to be perceived as dangerous for expressing one's opinions against other dangerous people.

[@gepmrk]

At 3:11 Trotsky, Diego Rivera and Andre Breton, one of the founders of the Surrealist art movement.

[@markmaki4460]

Actually, Trotsky was done in with an ice axe, not an ice pick.

[@StephenLuke]

That’s what they keep calling it, an ice pick!!! But yes you’re 100% correct! It’s called an ice axe.

[@cmc2550]

No shit, I always thought it was an ice pick! Thank you for setting me straight. Ice axe is a whole different visual

[@markmaki4460]

@@cmc2550 Yes; the graphic (dramatic drawing) in this video even clearly shows the assassin with an ice axe. It's much more dramatic than sneaking up on someone and plunging an ice PICK into him XD. Oh and there is a picture of the actual weapon at the end of the segment too.

[@disconnected22]

I think the terms are interchangeable with most people

[@markmaki4460]

@@disconnected22 I have never heard a mountaineer described as employing an ice PICK in his or her climbing endeavors, but i am sure i haven't seen every documentary and other production done on the subject.

[@iamabuki]

Yay! New video just in time

[@Truckngirl]

You're a Stranglers fan? I love you even more!

[@wayneeligur7586]

Markov - I thought it was Polonium? Similar effects.

[@foreverpinkf.7603]

That´s what I´ve read too.

[@amandad802]

Maybe you're thinking of Alexander Litvinenko, his tea was poisoned with polonium.

[@wayneeligur7586]

@@amandad802 yes! It was so toxic that all that were near it died.

[@foreverpinkf.7603]

@@amandad802 You´re right. KGB and FSB are killing so much people so I was confused who died of what.

[@nlwilson4892]

As soon as he said Leon Trotsky I thought "ice pick", then wondered how I knew that. Ah. yes, The Stranglers, I had that album, in fact I still do but it is on a cassette tape so hasn't been played for years.

[@marlenegreyling8620]

Keep up the good work! You are excellent 🎉

[@mavallor]

I was watching a documentary years ago and I swear I heard of someone being assassinated with an explosive box of candy. Wish I could remember who it was

[@ckvon9644]

Please cover the "Maui Fires"👍 thanks for these vids.

[@strfltcmnd.9925]

Hari-Kari with assistance

[@yakacm]

That same part of The Stranglers lyric caught my ear too, and Sancho Panza, I just really liked the sound of the phrase, Sancho Panza, it was only when I read Don Quixote a few years later that I found out who Sancho was.

[@cosmosrunner2468]

Love your content.

[@nix1059]

Thank you Ravens eye

[@mupty]

So wait, they found the umbrella that killed Markov but not the guy that killed him? How?

[@vincentcadena7651]

I wish Markov would’ve stopped the man before he got away, the man stabbed him with the umbrella and just said sorry.

[@Ilbangurfriends]

Well it's obvious that markov was killed by none other than Oswald Cobblepot. 🐧 😂

[@frogman9989]

The 2nd story was what Walter White talked about, the reason for making the ricen.

[@sayhey7482]

jezus ICE PICK ? more like a TOOTHPICK for godzirra ! really had ALWASE thought ice picks as mucho smaller !

[@louisquatorze9280]

Stalin had great hair.

[@HR_PaperStacks]

I am disappointed by the lack of “Yoooooooooooooooooo” in this video 😢

[@johnrust592]

So basically, the political scene in 1950s Japan was similar to the political scene in the U.S. in the 2020s. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@NeuroDeviant421]

You missed the assassination attempt on Imelda Marcos in 1972. She survived, maybe that’s why.

[@davidmillar2594]

Awesome - but, that's an ice ax, not an ice pick.

[@jorgezarco9269]

I thought John Steed of The Avengers was a good guy!

[@jessicamilestone4026]

😢

[@fifteens6337]

Markov looks like Brick Top

[@stusmith1074]

You bet your b*llocks to a barn dance he does. I said "Brick Top" when that photo came up 🙂👍🏼

[@kennaljo]

gratuitous use of "exotic".

[@kuidaorekitchen5850]

Proven again that the Japanese just do everything cooler. haha

[@Astorath_the_Grim]

Never let evil take root.

[@mg-ew2xf]

america has already tried to and looks to be getting ready to vote that way again

[@Astorath_the_Grim]

@@mg-ew2xf no I have faith Donald will win and peace will reign.

[@mg-ew2xf]

@@Astorath_the_Grim "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect." Matthew 24:24 I'll pray for you.

[@Astorath_the_Grim]

@DoubleMonoLR no I'm anti communist.

[@mushyroom9569]

@@mg-ew2xfNo one thinks Trump is Christ. He’s the funny orange man who makes the authoritarian leftists froth at the mouth, that’s enough to make me want him in the White House.

[@joethebrowser2743]

1👍🏻🇬🇧👀...

[@user-mr7uk5wh6c]

Constant vigilance, you can never let your guard down...

[@Manx123]

WHAT HAD TO BE DONE

[@eddjordan2399]

For Japan!

[@OffendingTheOffendable]

Yeah lets celebrate communism

[@jorgezarco9269]

In the South Korean action film Shiri(1999), a woman stabs a guy with a poisoned needle.

[@bryanpetersen1334]

Japan has never expressed gratitude for the tens of millions of Japanese citizens that were spared by the nukes. The Emperor likely would not have surrendered until Japan was a smoldering graveyard. I’ve often wondered if the nuclear proliferation that followed WW2 might have saved many lives and prevented more wars. It’s definitely come close to ending us all, and annihilation remains a threat today. The really horrific result has so far been the forever chemicals that lurk inside every person and everything on the planet. Gotta love that Teflon.

[@calebbean1384]

Soviet Union declaring war at the same time kinda sealed the deal

[@BuddyThePyro]

There's no right or left, there's only good and evil.in that order.

[@MM22966]

So we can't reverse it, and make it Evil AND Good?

[@mushyroom9569]

⁠@@MM22966That makes mustard gas.

[@calebbean1384]

There's a lot of grey A person who kills children is obviously different than someone who commits petty theft for example