Bulgarian umbrella effectively used to assassinate a Bulgarian journalist by poisoning him with ricin delivered through the tip of an umbrella. Bulgarian umbrella A Bulgarian umbrella is an umbrella with a hidden pneumatic mechanism which injects a small poisonous pellet containing ricin. It has a hollowed stalk into which the pellet neatly sits. Such an umbrella was allegedly used in and named for the assassination of the Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov on 7 September 1978 (the birthday of the Bulgarian State Council chairman Todor Zhivkov, who had often been the target of Georgi Markov's criticism) on Waterloo Bridge in London. Markov
Thayer Street, London Thayer Street, London Thayer Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster, London, that contains four listed buildings. Thayer Street runs from the junction of Marylebone High Street, Blandford Street and Marylebone Lane in the north to the junction of Hinde Street, Mandeville Place and Bentinck Street in the south. It is joined by George Street on its western side and Bulstrode Street on its eastern side. In 1936, the London County Council tried to rename the street Marylebone High Street, along with Mandeville Place and James Street so that the whole north-south route from