Grigori Rasputin
publication date: Thursday, March 30, 2006 (part of Round XXVII)
category: Paranormal
clue: He was a healer, a mystic, and a consort to royals... but not mad or a monk.
explanation: Rasputin, nicknamed the Mad Monk, was a mystic and healer who became famously associated with the ruling Romanov family in the early 1900s. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Denise Sawicki, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Scott Horowitz, Megan Baxter, Lori Lancaster, Chris McKinnon, Mihai Rusu, Michael Paul Cote, Todd Brotsch, Josh Paddison, Amir H. Sufyani, and Dan Ecker
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