Basil Zaharoff: Merchant of Death

About this episode

Rick and Stephen investigate the life and career of Basil Zaharoff, the 'Merchant of Death.'

Rick and Stephen investigate the life and career of Basil Zaharoff — the “Merchant of Death,” one of the most influential arms dealers of the early twentieth century and a man long rumored to be connected to the secretive Green Dragon Society. FOLLOW US: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrangeAsItSeemsPodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7loq8pr Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast Buymeacoffee: Buymeacoffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/StrangeAsItSeemsPodcast

People in this episode

Hosts: Rick, Stephen

Topics covered

• arms dealing
• Basil Zaharoff
• early twentieth century
• history
• influential figures
• secret societies

Keywords

• Basil Zaharoff
• Merchant of Death
• arms dealer
• Green Dragon Society
• history
• twentieth century

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Green Dragon Society

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