Did you watch the 1997 classic “Anastasia” as a kid? We’re willing to bet the villain Rasputin – who sells his soul to kill the Romanov family in the movie – showed up in your nightmares.

His corpse was emasculated. What is myth here and what is truth? Who was the real Rasputin? Why did so many people want him dead?

In reality, Felix Yusupov (real-life Paul) did plan the assassination of Rasputin along with a few other royal relatives. He invited the mystic for dinner, made him eat a cake containing cyanide ...