On September 7, 1978, a man named George Markov stood at Waterloo Bridge, not waiting for Vivien Leigh, or even Mae Clarke for that matter, but for a bus. (Yeah, I know, the bridge seems like an odd place for a station, but then again, the British eat the blood of football, so they go.) George Markov was a writer who escaped from the Bulgarian community where he was born in London. a job working for the BBC Service Desk. Markov was minding his own business when he suffered a stab wound in his thigh without any pain. A punch came from behind, and as Markov suddenly moved around to where he was, he found a man bending over to pick up an umbrella. The man, excused for the accident, took off in a taxi. Markov died less than four days later.
Markov does not bleed to death, nor is there anything physically related to the wound. The following night a mysterious “accident” happened to put Markov in bed with a temperature hovering around 104 degrees. He was also admitted to the hospital. Doctors effectively stopped it when Markov died in the early hours of September 11, 1978, attributing the cause of his death to blood poisoning. In his delirium, Markov cried out that things related to political assassination. Although he had very little stock in what the dying man had to say, he brought her to Scotland Yard to be sure to be searched. the sacrament surrounded the cause. This research finally revealed the plot directed by John Le Carre in the novel or James Bond movie. The very cause of Markov’s death was tick poisoning.
In the case of the unfortunate Mr Markov, it was never really proven who killed him or who was the man with the umbrella. As a side note, an episode of Mythbusters on the Discover Channel confirmed that death by umbrella is possible.
