Rasputin, the man who wouldn't die (Strange Stories)

On the night of December 29th 1916, Prince Felix Yusupov and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich invited Rasputin to a small party at the Moika Royal Palace.

What happened next is open to debate as much of it has become hearsay...

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Credit:
Created by Daniel Turner
Script; Conan White
With additional artwork by Filip Tacic

Narrator:

Chris Kane

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[CoolerThanFrieza]

Rasputin: *Eats a cake full of poison, chugs three glasses of poison and doesn’t die*
Prince: “So anyway I started blasting”

[c.nasser]

Rasputin: *Dies*
Also Rasputin: Ha! That wasn't even my final form.

[stevenstuart]

Left out the fun fact that when that "crazy lady" stabbed him in his home village, she wanted him dead SO damn badly, that after she stabbed him, she straight up *PULLED OUT HIS INSIDES THROUGH THE STAB WOUND* and the guy STILL lived through it

[lemonman]

People: die

Rasputin: We don't do that here

[directorkrennic]

And after so many years they finally discovered Rasputin’s only weakness: a bath.

[Designed]

River: *Exists*
Rasputin: _Finally, a worthy opponent_

[Echoe]

Rasputin was poisoned, got shot several times, thrown into a river, turned into a song, and turned into a meme that is still somewhat alive to this day. He is really hard to kill, isn’t he

[electropoopoo]

"Did you die"
"Yes"
"What did it cost?"
"My life but not really"
"What the..."

[Simplehistory]

Admit it you were scared of Rasputin's stare

[joyboysplanet]

rasputin: wakes up and stretches


the morgue workers:

[PhoenixRiseinFlame]

Honestly, the peasant woman who stabbed Rasputin might be the most sane person in this story

[timlamb]

Russia: “We did it! We killed Rasputin!”

Rasputin: “good job”

Russia: “What?”

Rasputin: “What?”

[justyouraveragegunguy]

Rasputin in a nutshell: He was killed, but he lived.

He was then killed to death and somehow survived, and finally, death killed him.

[micah]

"did you die?"

"Yes"

"BUT I LIVED"

[richarddoig]

I recently watched The Kingsman, and Rasputin’s portrayal was absolutely hilarious, and pretty true to reality.

[wolftone]

"They shot him in the chest and left"
*Rasputin:* You should have gone for the head

[PlxsmaX]

Rasputin: *dies*
1970's: S O N G

[Adanish-oelf]

Enemy: Shot at him
Rasputin: Dying
Death: *UNO REVERSE CARD*

[silverr_]

"There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the Bible like a preacher
Full of ecstasy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire
Ra ra Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen!"

[totallynotarobot]

Rasputin: *eats enough poison to kill a whole town*
Also Rasputin: I love the seasoning on the food may I have more?