Podcast season 1 · True Crime
Good Assassins: Hunting the Butcher
Good Assassins · iHeartPodcasts and Diversion
A propulsive espionage history that uses a postwar Mossad mission to confront the continuing reach of Nazi crimes.
LR score 92 · 1 published rating
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- Self-contained season 1
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- Episodes
- 12 verified main-run episodes
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- This is a verified main-run count, not an all-published feed total; bonus, update, trailer, and epilogue items may be excluded.
- Facts reviewed
- July 21, 2026
- Editorial review
- July 22, 2026
Listening Record verdict
Why we recommend it
The series combines the momentum of a pursuit with the historical stakes of bringing a perpetrator of Nazi violence to account, giving listeners an entry point that is both narrative and contextual.
Best for: Listeners drawn to historical true crime, intelligence operations, and postwar accountability.
Not for: Listeners looking for a contemporary police investigation or wishing to avoid Holocaust and state-violence material.
Strengths
- Turns a historical intelligence mission into a clear narrative pursuit.
- Keeps the mission connected to the crimes that made it necessary.
Caveats
- The espionage frame makes this a true-crime-adjacent history rather than a conventional case investigation.
Sensitivity guidance: Contains discussion of the Holocaust, murder, antisemitism, and state violence.
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