Georgi Markov people in the inner circles". Georgi Markov was assassinated on a London street via a micro-engineered pellet containing ricin, fired into his leg from an umbrella wielded by someone associated with the Bulgarian Secret Service. It has been speculated that they asked the KGB for help. Georgi Markov was born on March 1, 1929, in Knyazhevo, a Sofia neighbourhood. In 1946, he graduated from the "Gymnasium" (high school) and began university studies in industrial chemistry. Initially, Markov worked as a chemical engineer and a teacher in a technical school. At the age of 19 years he became ill with tuberculosis
Ricin James Mattis, and the other to Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral John Richardson. Ricin has often been used as a plot device, such as in the television series "Breaking Bad" (Season 2, Season 4 and Season 5). Ricin pellets were also used as the murder weapon in the "NCIS Season 7 Episode 21 – Obsession" The popularity of "Breaking Bad" inspired several real-life criminal cases involving ricin or similar substances. Kuntal Patel from London attempted to poison her "controlling and selfish" mother with abrin after the latter interfered with her marriage plans. Daniel Milzman, a 19-year-old former Georgetown University student,