The Man Who Calculated Death
Suzanne Rico
In 2013, journalist Suzanne Rico gets the call. Her mother, Gabriele, is dying. As time ticks down, Gabriele reveals an unfinished memoir about her World War II childhood–and makes a daunting last request: “Finish what I started.” When Suzanne and her sister, Stephanie, dive into their mother’s turbulent past, they come face to face with the truth of their own ancestry for the first time, including mind blowing mysteries that swirl around inventor Robert Lusser–their grandfather–and his work for the Third Reich. As they struggle to bring closure to something as intimate as a memoir, they have no idea of the revelations in store, or the reckoning they will require.
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Introducing: The Man Who Calculated Death
The Man Who Calculated Death
10/23/24 • 2 min
In 2013, journalist Suzanne Rico gets the call. Her mother, Gabriele, is dying. As time ticks down, Gabriele reveals an unfinished memoir about her World War II childhood–and makes a daunting last request: “Finish what I started.” When Suzanne and her sister, Stephanie, dive into their mother’s turbulent past, they come face to face with the truth of their own ancestry for the first time, including mind blowing mysteries that swirl around inventor Robert Lusser–their grandfather–and his work for the Third Reich. As they struggle to bring closure to something as intimate as a memoir, they have no idea of the revelations in store, or the reckoning they will require.
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The Man Who Calculated Death
11/06/24 • 40 min
Suzanne and Stephanie begin at their mother’s childhood home in Augsburg, where they’re faced with a difficult question: as granddaughters of a man who created a weapon of mass destruction for the Nazis, what responsibility do they bear? From tattered letters, photographs, and home movies from their mother’s early days, the sisters piece together their grandfather’s life, and their grandparents’ love story. Then, they discover a well kept family secret with dangerous undertones.
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The Man Who Calculated Death
11/06/24 • 38 min
Suzanne and Stephanie Rico dig through their deceased mother's office searching for clues to their dark legacy--a flying bomb built in World War II by a brilliant Nazi grandfather they've never met. We learn more about their mother's extraordinary life, her death, and how the sisters' quest to understand their own troubled ancestry began. When the tantes, Aunt Heide and Aunt Traute, help create an itinerary through Germany, the odyssey will take Suzanne and Stephanie from the remote ruins of a military base to an underground concentration camp to the Bavarian farmhouse where their grandmother died in 1945.
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How many episodes does The Man Who Calculated Death have?
The Man Who Calculated Death currently has 3 episodes available.
What topics does The Man Who Calculated Death cover?
The podcast is about History and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on The Man Who Calculated Death?
The episode title 'Introducing: The Man Who Calculated Death' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Man Who Calculated Death?
The average episode length on The Man Who Calculated Death is 27 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Man Who Calculated Death released?
Episodes of The Man Who Calculated Death are typically released every 14 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of The Man Who Calculated Death?
The first episode of The Man Who Calculated Death was released on Oct 23, 2024.
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