Castro Attempts

Join host Raven Thorne as she unravels 638 failed CIA assassination attempts against Fidel Castro—from poisoned cigars to Mafia hitmen. Through declassified documents and Senate testimonies, discover what happens when the world's most powerful intelligence agency stumbles repeatedly, revealing Cold War absurdity.Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTVThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.

Host Raven Thorne examines the 1975 Church Committee hearings exposing the CIA's decades-long assassination campaign against Fidel Castro. The episode explores eight substantiated murder plots involving the Mafia and poison—all failures. Learn how democratic oversight confronted covert power and whether assassination bans truly changed American intelligence.Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGIThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.

Join host Raven Thorne as she examines declassified CIA documents revealing failed attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro—poisoned cigars, exploding seashells, contaminated diving suits, and a lover with poison capsules. How did institutional creativity without competence turn assassination planning into absurdist theater?Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGIThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.

Raven Thorne examines the CIA's 1960 alliance with mobsters Sam Giancana, Johnny Roselli, and Santo Trafficante to assassinate Fidel Castro using botulinum toxin — a plot that collapsed through incompetence, leading to the conspirators' eventual murders while Castro survived all 638 documented attempts.Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGIThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.