SAD OLIGARCH

About SAD OLIGARCH

RICH RUSSIANS KEEP DYING IN MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES Since January 2022, dozens of Russia's wealthiest oligarchs and power brokers have died suddenly. One was poisoned with frog venom. Two killed their whole families. Several fell out of high windows. Most of the deaths are suspicious. Russia says they're coincidental suicides—that the deceased were simply depressed. We don't think so... Sad Oligarch is an investigative podcast series that looks into the strange deaths of the Russian elite, unravelling a dark tale of Kremlin corruption and Putin's political dictatorship across the world. This is season two—Russian oligarchs are still dying and things have gotten even weirder...

Publisher

Cool Zone Media and H11

Category

society & culture · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Jun 2023

Latest episode

30 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Jan 2026

   A Fired Reporter Falls Out a Window

   Exiled Russian journalist Yevgeny Safranov is extremely stressed out. Inside his Paris apartment he paces up and down, furious that all his devices have been hacked. His phone, his government ID, his social media--everything. By who we don't know, as shortly after Safranov jumped out of his window onto the tarmac below. He died instantly. This is the official story, but there is of course something fishy going on... Jake Hanrahan's projects: www.hanrahan.tv (https://www.hanrahan.tv) See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

2. 

   21 Jan 2026

   Secret Deaths at Russia’s Oil Corporation

   Listeners of Season One will likely remember Lukoil, the Russian energy conglomerate with one foot in the regime and another in international commerce. There are half a dozen mysterious deaths linked to Lukoil, and now, another two... Jake Hanrahan's projects: www.hanrahan.tv (https://www.hanrahan.tv) See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

3. 

   7 Jan 2026

   The Tycoon in a Gulag (Part Two)

   To understand what was truly going on at the heart of the embezzlement ring Igor Kotelnikov was part of, we must understand the conditions of the jail he was held in… Jake Hanrahan's projects: www.hanrahan.tv (https://www.hanrahan.tv) See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

419,108,275

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

229 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

635 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

49

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

67

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