Introducing The Butterfly King, a World War II murder mystery from Blanchard House and Exactly Right Media, home of My Favorite Murder, premiering Thursday, March 21.
Award-winning journalist Becky Milligan follows a trail of dissidents, poisoners, soldiers and spies to unravel eighty years of lies and cover-ups around the mysterious death of King Boris III of Bulgaria. The Second World War is raging when the king suddenly dies amid mysterious circumstances. There’s no shortage of suspects. This tragic family saga of a doomed royal dynasty is a story of treachery, deceit and a quest for the truth. Who killed the Butterfly King?
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Episode Transcript
It's nineteen forty three in the Kingdom of Bulgaria and
Boris the Third is on the throne. He's a gentle
king who likes catching butterflies until he's brutally unseated.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
This blameless king has fallen a victim the Moss Vulgar Murder.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
The official story is that he dies of a heart attack, but.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
We have this ghastly suspicion that something was wrong. I'm
convinced that something was put into his soup.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
As the Second World War rages, King Boris is dead.
But why killer King?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
We're talking about powerful people in a very difficult point
in history. I think there may be something underhand gone on.
I really do.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Every nation is a suspect.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
It was wartime. There were many many people who would
have been happy to get rid of him.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
I'm investigative journalist Becky Milligan and This is The Butterfly King,
a new podcast from Exactly Right and Blanchard House. It's
a cruel tale about buried truths and historical cover ups.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
It's a falsifying history. It's quite a lot of blood.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
About a man who's been hunted his whole life.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
He survived ambush, he was the original James Bond of
Bulgaria in many respects.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
And it's a haunting family drama about her doomed royal dynasty.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Who would want to cover up after so many years?
It's disturbing.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
The truth is out there and I'm determined to find it.
The Butterfly King premieres on March the twenty first on
the Exactly Right Network. New episodes Thursdays. Follow The Butterfly
King on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Hosts And Creators
Emma Jane Kirby
Becky Milligan
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