Episode 159 - The Nepalese Royal Massacre

On 1 June 2001 a bloody massacre unfolded within the palace walls of the Nepalese royal family in Kathmandu. It left 10 members of the royal family dead - including the king, the queen and all 3 of their children.

These killings sparked dangerous conspiracy theories across the globe, started a civil war and set in motion a series of events that led directly to the fall of the entire royal dynasty of Nepal. 

But was the right man blamed...? Was this atrocity the work of a son scorned by a love lost, or a secret military coup designed to overthrow the powerful monarchs? 

Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/07/22/meet-the-worlds-other-25-royal-families/

https://thediplomat.com/2015/11/the-india-nepal-crisis/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Nepal_relations#1950%E2%80%931970

https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/nepalese-force-king-accept-democratic-reform-jana-andolan-peoples-movement-1990

https://thediplomat.com/2019/03/are-the-maoists-rising-again-in-nepal/

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/spectre-maoist-conflict-nepal-190404111507371.html

https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/23601/1/Hutt_royal_palace_massacre_conspiracy_theories_and_nepali_street_literature.pdf