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Missing Mogul: Robert Maxwell Pt. 2

September 11, 2023·42 min·3 clips
A pathologist found a mysterious puncture mark on Robert Maxwell's body, fueling theories of a Mossad poison assassination.
November 5th, 1991, opens on a dead billionaire.

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A death at sea becomes a race between burial law, suspicion, and one small mark.

Robert Maxwell's death at sea is handled less like a headline than a chain of decisions under pressure: a body recovered after a six-hour search, an autopsy compressed into a single day, and a tiny puncture mark that keeps the case unsettled.

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You want a death-at-sea case that hinges on a tiny, suspicious mark.

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