A rebellious teenager who tripped servants, cheated at games and stuffed her face with chocolates in white opera gloves was erased by history and replaced with a Disney fairy tale. The real Grand Duchess Anastasia is far more compelling than the cartoon.

This episode strips away a century of imposters and mythology using court diaries and declassified DNA reports. We trace Anastasia's life inside a Spartan imperial household consumed by her brother's hemophilia and Rasputin's influence, the brutal 1918 execution, and the forensic science that finally closed a 90-year-old mystery.

• Her birth as a fourth daughter was a geopolitical letdown under laws barring female succession
• Diamonds sewn into the daughters' corsets acted as accidental armor, deflecting bullets during the execution
• Imposter Anna Anderson was conclus ...