"Radioactivate-dead", Way to Die #304, is the fourth death to be featured in "Cure for the Common Death, Part II", which aired on December 15, 2010.
Plot[]
Anatoli was a traitorous Russian spy who sold Russian secrets to the USA, but his former bosses had a plan to eliminate him, Anatoli always had a coffee in the same place. When he arrived he asked for one and the seller added a lethal dose of Polonium-210, a radioactive substance 250,000 times more toxic than cyanide, seven days later, Anatoli was in the hospital for radioactive poisoning, twenty-one days later, he took his last breath and died, then a doctor covered this traitor with his blanket sending him to hell.
"Do svidaniya, Comrade."
Transcript[]
(The heartrate of this bald man lowers)
Narrator: They say that just before you die, your whole life flashes before your eyes.
(This guy remembers the past before he dies)
Narrator: Anatoli spent the last seconds of his life, trying to figure it out the last month.
(Back then, Anatoli was well and healthy)
Narrator: That's because 4 weeks earlier, he was a perfectly healthy Russian intelligence agent.
(Someone takes photos of Anatoli)
Narrator: But, Anatoli let the double-dealing double life.
(Anatoli takes the elevator)
Narrator: He was actually a traitor. Who sold Russian secrets to the United States.
Danno Hanks: A spy... becomes a spy, either for money...
(An American female agent appoints Anatoli on the roof of the building)
Danno Hanks: or because... they're not satisfied with the job the government is doing. So they decide to... feed information...to the opposition, hopes of overthrowing the government that's running the country.
(Anatoli gives the file to the female agent, someone takes the picture of it weirdly without being seen; the next scene, the electric pallet jack lowers without a reason)
Narrator: Anatoli didn't realize it,
(Split between Anatoli and his old employer who spies on Anatoli)
Narrator: but his old employer had been onto him. Now they had the proof they need it, to terminate his position, permanently.
(Dreamy and Dark Death is playing)
Narrator: The first rule of espionage is: never be a creature of habit.
(Anatoli's old employer disguises himself as a vendor)
Narrator: And that was Anatoli's fatal flaw. He stopped for coffee at the same stand everyday.
Anatoli: Coffee black with sugars.
(Anatoli's old employer makes coffee for Anatoli, with some "addition")
Narrator: Today's blend featured a lethal dose of Polonium-210.
(Addition name: Polonium-210. The "vendor" adds it in with some sugars the coffee)
Narrator: A radioactive isotope, 250,000 times more toxic than cyanide.
(The "vendor" gives Anatoli the coffee)
Danno Hanks: Polonium-210 is... a dangerous...radiation poison.
(Anatoli takes a sip of coffee)
Danno Hanks: You take several days for someone to die. Which allows the person who administrators it to get away...
(Week later, Anatoli is now at the hospital, radio activated)
Narrator: A week later, Anatoli was in the hospital for acute radiation poisoning. 21 days after that, he took his last breath...
Anatoli: (BREATHES)
Narrator: and died.
(The doctor puts the sheet on his face as the sign of death; CGI Polonium-210 enters to the kidney, destroying cells, enters in the bone marrow, destroying every organs)
Dr. Vahe Ghazikhanian: Polonium-210 is an alpha meter. The alphas at these energies, they can attack kidneys, they can destroy cells, it can destroy the bone marrow, so it's a multiple organ failure type of situation.
(Villain Death is playing, recap of Anatoli takes the elevator)
Narrator: When a spy goes bad, bad things happened.
(Anatoli gives the file to the female agent)
Narrator: For Anatoli,
Anatoli: Coffee black with sugars.
Narrator: he got lit up,
(Anatoli takes a sip of coffee; Week later, Anatoli is now at the hospital, radio activated)
Narrator: and then went lights out.
(The doctor puts the sheet on his face as the sign of death)
Narrator: До свидания (Do svidaniya) (Goodbye), Comrade.
Cast & Interviewees[]
- Ken Lyle - Anatoli (Lead: Intended victim)
- C.J. Stussi - Female Agent (Lead)
- Danno Hanks - FBI Contractor
- Dr. Vahe Ghazikhanian - Nuclear Physicist
Alternative Name[]
- Also known as "Red Scare" on the Spike TV website
Segment Description[]
Description as seen on the Spike TV website
- "A Russian spy dies of radiation poisoning caused by a lethal dose of Polonium-210."
Trivia[]
- In 2006, Aleksandr Litvinenko, who is a former officer of the Russian State security service and later a dissident and writer, died from acute radiation syndrome after being poisoned with Polonium-210. One of his children was named Anatoly interestingly enough.
- Do svidaniya means Goodbye in Russian.
- The actor who played Anatoli also played Sergio in The Day The Magic Died
- Polonium-210 Destroy DNA Reference quinolone antibiotic.
Segment Nicknames[]
- Red Scare (Spike TV)
Foreign name[]
- Muerte Radioactiva (Radioactive Dead) - Spanish dub
- Radio-desactivado (Radio-unactived) - Latin American Spanish dub
Gallery[]
