S1 E18: Dark Biography: King Leopold II of Belgium

King Leopold II ruled over Belgium from 1865 to 1909. Today, the memory of his reign still lives on, and he is glorified with golden statues of his likeness in every major city in Belgium. In history classes, each generation is taught that he was a humanitarian who brought Christianity and the wonders of civilization to The Congo Free State. However, the truth has been kept away from the Belgian people. The reality is that King Leopold II is responsible for the murder and mutilation of 10 million Congolese people. This just may be the biggest cover-up in European history.Hi everyone and welcome back to the dark history podcast hope everyone is well I’m Rob your host as always. For episode 21 as you may have guessed is the dark biography of king Leopold the 2nd of Belgium we’ve not looked at an evil person for a while so I though who better to do then the person I spoke briefly about way back in episode one. now I will warn you this will get dark and there will be descriptions of death and mutilation in this episode, but if your a long time listener you know that pretty much all we talk about here . so without further ado please sit back and relax for more dark history. LinksEmail: [email protected]: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLSvwJJV/YouTube :https://youtube.com/c/DarkHistory2021Instagram: @dark_history21