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Are historically speaking are assassins a real thing? Like lets say I know a guy who will do a job for such and such money. Or are they all just one offs who gets lucky? (self.askhistorians)

submitted 4 months ago by Don_Dickle to c/askhistorians

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[–] satanmat 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I’d love to see everyone from the Reddit sub move over here. The quality is just so good.

Alas here I am linking to Wiki

Carlos the Jackal

Both is likely the correct answer, there have been a few; but most likely myth overshadows reality

[–] setsneedtofeed 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This is a good hitman figure to highlight. Notable he had KGB and Stasi support, rather than working for random individuals. One off hitmen for random individuals are a thing, and I'm sure at least a few of them have done repeat business, but most prolific hitmen do jobs for organizations for sure.