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📚 When you're done learning about the Historical Tyrant Leopold II of Belgium, head on over to Nebula and get 50% off https://go.nebula.tv/extrahistory , see Extra History episodes 1 week early, watch them without ads, and get exclusive content! Welcome to Tyrant Scene Investigation, where we examine how power is gained, used, and remembered by history’s most infamous rulers. In this episode, we investigate Leopold II of Belgium, a constitutional monarch at home who became an absolute tyrant abroad as the personal ruler of the Congo Free State. Remembered domestically as the “Builder King,” Leopold engineered a brutal colonial system built on forced labor, rubber extraction, corporate partnerships, and propaganda, resulting in the deaths of millions of Congolese people, and what early human rights advocates would later call crimes against humanity. * Watch Extra History ad-free & get 1-week early access on *NEBULA* https://go.nebula.tv/extrahistory * Suggest & Vote on our next episodes, get exclusive content & 24-hour early access on *PATREON* https://bit.ly/EHPatreon * Show off your fandom with *MERCH* from our store! http://extracredits.store/ * Interested in sponsoring an episode?* Email us: extracredits@standard.tv https://twitter.com/extracreditz | https://www.facebook.com/ExtraCredits/ | http://instagram.com/extracredits | https://www.tiktok.com/@extracreditz GAMING: https://www.youtube.com/@extracredits | http://www.twitch.tv/extracredits/ https://bsky.app/profile/extracredits.bsky.social *Miss an episode in our Series?* Part 1 - https://youtu.be/99dygZ98Krg Part 2 - https://youtu.be/FaHQNoC5NZU Part 3 - https://youtu.be/XtzQ2J8m3hs Part 4 - https://youtu.be/p2-miHSltwM Recommended Reading / Lies Episode - Release Date: February 26th Thanks for the high-quality conversations & for following our community guidelines here: https://bit.ly/ECFansRNice Artist: David Hueso | Writer: Robert Rath | Researcher: A. Siso | Showrunner & Narrator: Matthew Krol | Video Editor: Devon House Creative | Audio Editor: Clean Waves | Studio Director: Geoffry Zatkin | Social Media: Kat Rider | ♪ Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 | ♪ "Across the Pacific" by Tiffany Roman #ExtraHistory #European #History