Let Them Fight: A Comedy History Podcast

Today we have a person that left us feeling a little conflicted on whether or not he sucks. Ernst Junger loved his country, being a soldier, and writing a bunch of flowery bullshit and poetry. And boy was he active in all those things. As his life progressed he sided with some questionable people, had some questionable thoughts, but also did some real cool stuff. So maybe it all balances out. Or m...

Today we're talking about Harry Kendall Thaw, who's a member of one of the worst types of scumbag groups. The rich kind with power and influence. Dude got to do pretty much whatever he wanted his whole life and kept skating by, so big surprise that he kept doing more and more messed up stuff. Get ready for a story where almost everyone sucks and there is only one sympathetic character, and their n...

Another pile of human garbage for you today, dear listeners! We're traveling to the fantasy realm of Scotland. Sure, it probably has cities, but to me the whole country is just a Dungeons and Dragons setting full of people with accents so thick they're barely speaking English anymore. Peter Tobin is one of their worst murderers, which is sad because he did messed up stuff and hurt people, but also...

Well, happy fucking Yom Kippur to me I guess. If you were wondering what Tim was going to do as revenge for covering Albert Fish on his birthday, here you go. We're talking about the big dickhead Nazi scientist himself, Josef Mengele. If you don't know anything about him, well, you're in for a real harsh lesson with this episode. Enjoy! Or well, try.

We're closing out this week with another bad motherfucker, dear listeners. Presley O'Bannon, like most Marines, did not go for half measures when it came to winning battles. This crazy bastard went all out, and he was damn good at it. Even some of the people who should have been in charge stepped out of his way so he could do his thing. And without spoiling anything, that was a good idea. One of t...

Today we have another hard charging, pipe hitting, motherfucker for you, dear listeners. Richard Cavazos didn't join the Army to just ride a desk. He may have been an officer, but he went out and stacked bodies in Korea and Vietnam, with short breaks to rescue wounded men under his command himself. Then once he had been promoted too many times to keep shooting fools in the face, he came back state...

Anna Valenzuela joins us again to talk about Ken Croke, a dude who lived one bonkers ass life as a federal law enforcement officer. Then he turned 40 and slowed down a bit. Which is of course when life throws him the case of his career and shakes his entire world up. Strap in, because we went long for this one. But you're in for a good time. Enjoy!

Today we're joined by the always hilarious Anna Valenzuela to talk about Jeanne de Clisson. Who yes, unfortunately is French. But she was a badass. Also kind of a bad luck charm, everybody died around this broad. I mean, sure, partly because she killed a whole lot of people, but also people just seemed to drop like she had some curse from stealing some French gypsy's croissant or whatever. Enjoy!

Well, where the fuck do I start with this one? Peter Scully has a pretty good claim at being the worst person we've ever covered on this podcast. Really, he's a huge piece of shit and we can all blame Australia for bringing this nightmare into the world. If you haven't listened to us before, well, go listen to Tuesday's episode before you check this one out. And if you have, well then strap in bec...

Turns out France is playing a part in a lot of our episodes lately, as our person of interest today, Charles Sobhraj, spent a lot of time there. Of course he also traveled around a ton of places in Europe and Asia too though. Doing normal tourist things like meeting new people, enjoying the resorts and casinos, and also lots of crime. All sorts of crime too, he was a pretty well rounded scumbag. H...

Today we're taking a trip down to the Central African Republic, where nothing bad has ever happened, and it's certainly not plagued with rampant poverty or anything. And we're gonna talk about Jean-Bedel Bokassa, a man who definitely didn't commit any atrocities or anything during his time as the country's black Napoleon after rising to power and throwing the most insane coronation ever. So make l...

Today we have a guy who might have been a giant dick, depending on who you asked. Raynald of Chatillon got busy in a lot of different places, mostly because he just really liked fighting, but also partly because of the whole being a dick thing. Sometimes he won, and sometimes he lost. Those losses were pretty significant though, so overall I think he lost, but damn were his antics fun. Enjoy!

We're following up our Frenchy episode with one of their natural enemies, a Brit. Now, Douglas Bader was technically a pilot, but based on all the pictures of him I saw I'm gonna start referring to him as a sky pimp instead. Whatever his title though, dude was a goddamn crazy person, but in a fun way. Dude lived one hell of a life and you really root for him, until things take a bit of a turn at t...

Today we're bringing you a French, and maybe Jewish, pirate who got into all sorts of shenanigans down in the Gulf of Mexico. Jean Lafitte was crazy successful at what he did, and all without being nearly as brutal as other successful pirates. In fact, he was actually a pretty good dude, with a patriotic side that led to him taking a break from piracy to play a significant role in a pretty huge mo...

Today we're bringing you a man who left the frozen wasteland of Canada for greener pastures, America. Then after all those years of enjoying our sweet, sweet freedoms, he decided it was time to give back. He didn't care what Jane Fonda said, he got balls deep in the Vietnam War. Then he decided it wasn't enough to be one of the biggest, baddest swinging dicks in the country. He became a goddamn wa...

That's right, dear listeners, you read that name right. We're talking about an Italian today. Rodolfo Graziani was a real piece of shit. His story starts off so normal too. Then suddenly it's all, "Oops, war crimes. My bad." And good news, the guy who loved genocide was constantly given positions of power, so everything worked out just peachy. Enjoy!

Another day, another garbage monster for you, dear listeners. Today we're talking about Samuel Little, AKA a nickname that I don't want to spoil because it's glorious. He's the kind of guy that woke up each day thinking, "I like killing people here, but I also want to kill them way over there in that other state." So he did! A real go-getter and jet setter, this one. Enjoy! (Addendum, not the Grim...

We have a fun one for you today, dear listeners. Matt Cole joins us on a trip to the land of mediocre furniture and tasty meatballs, Sweden. We're talking about Clark Olofsson, a man renowned for his charm, charisma, and hatred for staying inside a prison. It seems like all this guy did was get sent to prison, escape, repeat. With plenty of shootings and robberies in between. Enjoy!

It's time for another trip to the great white north, dear listeners. Today we're talking about something Canadians do almost as well as us here in America, fucked up bikers. Wayne Kellestine is not what you would call, a good person. But what he lacks in decency, he more than makes up for with hurting people. Wait, that's not better. Ok, he's a giant piece of shit. Anyways, enjoy!

Well, dear listeners. You asked for him, and now you got him. Christopher Dorner lived a pretty simple life, then became a champion of the people. Or a psychopath. Really depends on how you feel about the police I suppose. But either way, it's undeniable that he became an internet sensation given that he spawned a ton of memes and quotes, and a couple of them were actually decent. Also, best manif...

Another entry in the book of Eastern European garbage names for you today, dear listeners. Our man of the hour, Jozef Rohac, has lived one hell of a life. And man does his story veer off into a direction I did not expect it to go when we starting out, but it is a pretty great story. Also, there should be some accent marks or whatever in that name, but I refuse to respect whatever terrible language...

Today we make a return to Australia to talk about a group we've overlooked a bit, the aborigines. Specifically Jimmy Governor. He tried to make the best of his life, but was often the subject of mockery and mistreatment due to his aborigineness, or whatever you'd call it. Now I don't want to give away the end, but that mistreatment does come back to bite some people in the ass. Enjoy!

We're closing out the week with a good old fashioned cowboy story for you, dear listeners. We're talking about Sam Bass, an outlaw who admittedly was almost more legend than man. In fact, his reputation was so hyped up that influenced the actions of the lawmen tracking him down. And his story crossed the Atlantic at a time when people got all their news from some guy on a horse. But now we have th...

Well, we certainly have an episode for you today, dear listeners. Gwen Graham and Cathy wood, a shittier pair of murderous lesbians I've never seen before. These two may have had real shitty upbringings, I say may because nobody really knows because in addition to their love of murder and bad poetry, they also love lying their gross tits off. Either way, it's still no excuse for, ya know, murder....

Continuing with our accidental theme of the week, we have another badass dude that led his people in killing a whole bunch of other people for the freedom of their nation. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk kicked ass for a long time, then saw an opportunity to create an independent Turkey, and boy did he seize that opportunity. This guy's life was dope, so give the episode a listen and enjoy!