The Stories of the Tsar Monk

10/10/23 • 33 min

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In 1836, a stranger arrived to a remote Russian town on a snow-white horse. The man spoke fluent French and had a noble bearing, but he refused to give any information about where he came from or who his family was. And then someone noticed a striking resemblance to the former Tsar, Alexander I. The only problem? Tsar Alexander I had been dead for eleven years.
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Noble Blood - The Stories of the Tsar Monk

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Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of iHeartRadio and Grimm and Mild from Aaron Mankie. Listener Discretion advised. It was a cold September day in eighteen thirty six when the police arrested an enigmatic newcomer to the remote Russian town of Crossnufimsk. The man looked to be about fifty something. He was tall and handsome, regal in comportment, and although he was wearing a peasant's tunic, he had ridden into town on a towering horse of the