The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop

The Washington Post

Country USA

Genres True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

Language EN-US

Episodes 9

Latest 18.10.2024

Grenada’s revolutionary leader, Maurice Bishop, was executed in a coup in 1983. Seven other people, members of his cabinet and friends, were killed alongside him. The whereabouts of their remains are unknown. Now, in a series two years in the making, The Washington Post’s Martine Powers discovers new information about the 40-year-old mystery, including the role the U.S. played in shaping the fate of this Caribbean nation.

Episodes

Update: The U.S. Army investigates 18.10.2024 24m

A development in the mystery of Maurice Bishop’s missing remains offers some new answers — and even more new questions.
Episode 7: "A stain on our country" 06.12.2023 47m

There is a cemetery in Grenada where the remains of Maurice Bishop could be buried. But confirming this has proven incredibly challenging. Meanwhile, a member of the U.S. Congress says it’s time for the U.S. government to say more.
Episode 6: "I know what I saw" 22.11.2023 1h 3m

In 2000, a group of teens interviewed a former Jamaican soldier for a class project. They revealed an account that’s shaped the mystery about Maurice Bishop’s missing remains. But the soldier went quiet. Martine Powers asks: Can we trust his testimony?
Episode 5: "An ugly, dirty job" 15.11.2023 54m

When Army rangers launched a raid on a Grenadian military training camp, they expected to find hundreds of enemy combatants. Instead they made a chilling discovery. The Post uncovers a new theory in the mystery of Maurice Bishop’s remains.
Episode 4: "The Army wants to look at some bodies" 08.11.2023 42m

A former anatomy professor in Grenada shares his memory of a grim examination. And some of the men convicted for the murder of Maurice Bishop and his supporters answer questions about the whereabouts of the remains.
Episode 3: “We brought them to Calivigny” 01.11.2023 48m

A soldier tells his story of what he witnessed after the executions. And a missing ring becomes a clue that leads to the empty grave.
Episode 2: “We all had great expectations” 23.10.2023 1h 3m

How does a revolution implode? Martine Powers traces the rise and fall of Maurice Bishop, and the origin of the mystery left behind.
Episode 1: “Somebody knows” 23.10.2023 50m

Forty years ago, the body of a prime minister went missing. The Post’s Martine Powers asks: Who’s responsible?
Introducing “The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop” 11.10.2023 2m

Grenada’s revolutionary leader was executed in a coup in 1983, with seven others. The whereabouts of their remains are unknown. Now, The Washington Post’s Martine Powers uncovers new answers about how the U.S. fits into this 40-year-old Caribbean mystery.