The Ice Axe Assassination: How Stalin Finally Eliminated Trotsky

Even thousands of miles from the Soviet Union, Leon Trotsky was never truly safe. Once one of the architects of the Russian Revolution, he became Joseph Stalin's most dangerous rival and the target of an international manhunt. This episode traces Trotsky's dramatic exile, Stalin's relentless pursuit, and the shocking assassination that silenced one of the twentieth century's most influential revolutionaries. It was more than a murder—it was the final chapter in a bitter struggle for absolute power.