# Soviet-bloc assassinations

> Still possible: Some of the deaths were killings by Soviet or Eastern-bloc intelligence, aimed at British work on submarine detection and the Strategic…

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Answer · Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990

# Soviet-bloc assassinations

Some of the deaths were killings by Soviet or Eastern-bloc intelligence, aimed at British work on submarine detection and the Strategic Defense Initiative.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Deaths would cluster among people with access to the same classified programmes
- Some deaths would show signs of third-party involvement that inquests missed

## What would rule it out

- The contested deaths are each explained by evidence pointing to suicide, accident or an unconnected offender

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[The strongest foul-play case turned out to be an ordinary crime](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGC36QJG8A/the-strongest-foul-play-case-turned-out-to-be-an-ordinary)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Did any of the deaths share a common cause, such as killings by an intelligence service?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/questions/QST0DGG9JVJS6R7/did-any-of-the-deaths-share-a-common-cause-such-as-killings)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Soviet-bloc assassinations [Answer ANS0DGGAF63NYK7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DGGAF63NYK7
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