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
Tip on a Dead Jockey arrested at the scene of the crime. The thankful authorities elect not to punish Lloyd, who returns to Phyllis' open arms. At one stage, Orson Welles was going to direct the film. According to MGM records the film earned $400,000 in the US and Canada and $650,000 elsewhere resulting in a loss of $886,000. Tip on a Dead Jockey Tip on a Dead Jockey is a 1957 film drama directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor and Dorothy Malone. It is based on "The New Yorker" 1954 short story by Irwin Shaw. Phyllis Tredman is shocked when husband Lloyd,