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The story of King Leopold of Belgium’s brutal regime in the Congo Free State, during the late 19th century, is one of the darkest and most important in global history. It is a story of horror - the murky depths of the human soul pushed to its primal limits, European colonialism and the first Scramble for Africa, royalty and politics, celebrity, and modernity. From that pit of depravity, in which the Congolese people endured unimaginable suffering at the hands of their dehumanising western drivers, the first human rights campaign was born, and one of the most seminal novels of all time. So, how was it that the Congo, Africa’s as yet unplundered, un-impenetrable, and deeply mysterious core in the late 1870’s, became the private financial reservoir of one ambitious monarch, while Europe looked on? What occurred during the reign of terror he unleashed there, and why? And, who was King Leopold himself, the troubled, cunning and utterly twisted individual behind it all? Join Dominic and Tom as they lead us - following in the footsteps of Henry Morton Stanley, the explorer who first pierced the shadowy veil of the Congo in Africa’s interior, and let it bleed into the hands of King Leopold himself - deep into the heart of darkness. As the curtain is lifted from the Congo’s formerly obscuring unknowability, her people's grotesque future of abominable exploitation is revealed, along with man’s capacity for evil, and the demonic greed of one man in particular… EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/restishistory Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! _______ Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett + Aaliyah Akude Editor: Vasco Andrade Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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573 - 538. Horror in the Congo: The Nightmare Begins (Part 1) Mon, 10 Feb 2025
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571 - 536. Emperors of Rome: Caligula, Incest and Insanity (Part 3) Mon, 03 Feb 2025
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570 - 535. Emperors of Rome: Tiberius, Slaughter and Scandal (Part 2) Thu, 30 Jan 2025
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569 - 534. Emperors of Rome: Sex Secrets of the Caesars (Part 1) Mon, 27 Jan 2025
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568 - Russian Spies, Pigeons, and The Rest Is Classified… Fri, 24 Jan 2025
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567 - 533. Wojtek: The Bear Who Beat the Nazis Thu, 23 Jan 2025
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566 - 532. Hitler's War on Poland: The Fall of Warsaw (Part 3) Mon, 20 Jan 2025
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565 - 531. Hitler's War on Poland: The Pact with Stalin (Part 2) Thu, 16 Jan 2025
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564 - 530. Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1) Mon, 13 Jan 2025
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563 - 529. The Nazis' Road to War: Showdown in Munich (Part 2) Thu, 09 Jan 2025
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562 - 528. The Nazis' Road to War: Hitler Prepares to Strike (Part 1) Mon, 06 Jan 2025
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561 - 527. Beethoven: Napoleon and the Music of War LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall Thu, 02 Jan 2025
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560 - 526. Mozart: History's Greatest Prodigy LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall Mon, 30 Dec 2024
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559 - 525. Charlemagne: Emperor of the West (Part 3) Wed, 25 Dec 2024
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558 - 524. Charlemagne: Pagan Killer (Part 2) Mon, 23 Dec 2024
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557 - 523. Charlemagne: Return of the Kings (Part 1) Thu, 19 Dec 2024
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556 - 522. Warlords of the West: A Clash of Ice and Fire (Part 3) Mon, 16 Dec 2024
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555 - 521. Warlords of the West: Killer Queens (Part 2) Thu, 12 Dec 2024
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554 - 520. Warlords of the West: Barbarian Heirs of Rome (Part 1) Mon, 09 Dec 2024
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553 - 519. The World's First City Thu, 05 Dec 2024
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552 - 518. Nelson: The Battle of the Nile (Part 5) Mon, 02 Dec 2024
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551 - 517. Nelson: The Hunt for Napoleon (Part 4) Thu, 28 Nov 2024
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550 - 516. Nelson: God of War (Part 3) Mon, 25 Nov 2024
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549 - 515. Nelson: Attack the French! (Part 2) Thu, 21 Nov 2024
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548 - 514. Nelson: Hero of the Seas (Part 1) Mon, 18 Nov 2024
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547 - 513. America in '68: Nixon's Great Comeback (Part 6) Thu, 14 Nov 2024
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546 - 512. America in '68: The Chicago Riots (Part 5) Mon, 11 Nov 2024
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545 - 511. America in '68: George Wallace, The First Donald Trump (Part 4) Thu, 07 Nov 2024
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544 - 510. America in '68: The Killing of Robert Kennedy (Part 3) Mon, 04 Nov 2024
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543 - 509. America in '68: The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (Part 2) Thu, 31 Oct 2024
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542 - 508. America in '68: Nightmare in Vietnam (Part 1) Mon, 28 Oct 2024
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541 - 507. The French Revolution: The Marseillaise, Song of War (Part 5) Thu, 24 Oct 2024
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540 - 506. The French Revolution: Massacre at the Palace (Part 4) Wed, 23 Oct 2024
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539 - 505. The French Revolution: The Shadow of the Guillotine (Part 3) Sun, 20 Oct 2024
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538 - 504. The French Revolution: War to the Death (Part 2) Wed, 16 Oct 2024
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537 - 503. The French Revolution: Bloodbath in Paris (Part 1) Sun, 13 Oct 2024
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536 - 502. The Roman Conquest of Britain: To the Ends of the Earth (Part 4) Wed, 09 Oct 2024
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535 - 501. The Roman Conquest of Britain: Boudicca’s Reign of Blood (Part 3) Sun, 06 Oct 2024
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534 - 500. The Roman Conquest of Britain: The Empire Strikes Back (Part 2) Wed, 02 Oct 2024
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533 - 499. The Roman Conquest of Britain: Julius Caesar’s Invasion (Part 1) Sun, 29 Sep 2024
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532 - 498. Evita: The Mystery of the Missing Body (Part 5) Wed, 25 Sep 2024
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531 - 497. Evita: Death of a Martyr (Part 4) Mon, 23 Sep 2024
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530 - 496. Evita: The World's Most Powerful Woman (Part 3) Sun, 22 Sep 2024
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529 - 495. Evita: The Rise of General Perón (Part 2) Wed, 18 Sep 2024
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528 - 494. Evita: Birth of a Legend (Part 1) Sun, 15 Sep 2024
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527 - 493. Lee Miller: Exposing the Horrors of World War Two Wed, 11 Sep 2024
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524 - 490. Hundred Years' War: England Triumphant (Part 4) Wed, 04 Sep 2024