Let Them Fight: A Comedy History Podcast

We have a treat for you today, dear listeners. Our first athlete, Charles "Sonny" Liston. Now you might be saying, "An athlete? They aren't that violent." And to that I say Ray Lewis, Ray Rice, Rae Carruth, OJ Simpson, and Kareem Hunt. But also this guy was a boxer and mob affiliated leg breaker. So he was plenty violent enough for our needs. Also he was a part of a huge historical moment, and die...

We're back with another war hero for your enjoyment, dear listeners. This one is a French Canadian. Yea, we were surprised too. But dear sweet lord this man kicked some major ass. He was probably a psychopath too, but luckily he was on the right side of history fighting against the Nazis in WW2. Between sessions of knocking German dicks into the dirt he also found the time to be petty to his super...

Happy Thanksgiving, dear listeners! You'll need something to do while you sit there not moving after stuffing your face, I suggest listening to us talk about a French psychopath with friend of the show Matt. Now, not all of you are American and thus won't be partaking in the food orgy that is Turkey Day, but listen anyways because it's a great episode. Being a non-Nazi in Nazi occupied France and...

Hello again, dear listeners! Today we're joined by friend of the show, comedian, and notorious alcoholic, Matt Cole, to talk about a real go-getter of a businessman, Khun Sa. This dude sold enough heroin to choke a million Belushi's, fought in a bunch of battles with pretty much every type of southeast Asian, and made enough money to give Jeff Bezos a hardon. Kick back at your desk, put the episod...

Today we're talking about Dick Turpin, which sounds like an Indian burn on your junk. But what he really was, was an old timey English butcher born inside of a pub. So you know his life turned out wonderfully. Complete with pistol spankings, fire torture, and elder abuse wrapped in all the goofy "pip-pip cheerio" British speak that you'd find in a Guy Ritchie film, make Rock n Rolla 2, you schmuck...

By popular demand to do another Civil War guy, today's violent historical figure is Philip Sheridan. This dude was batshit crazy but a damn fine soldier. He kicked Confederate ass up and down the states during the Civil War and dropped some great quotes while doing it. As an aside, I'm not going to say that he hated Native Americans. But he hated Native Americans so much he also hated the animals...

We're back with our second episode featuring junior planeteer, Alfred Konuwa. And today we're talking about a man who refused to die, Adrian Carton de Way Too Many Names. That's not even his full name by the way. I think every time he should have died he got a name added. He was shot, blown up, and I assume full of gremlins as nearly every vehicle he got in crashed. He accomplished so much even Ch...

Today we're talking about badass freedom fighter/revolutionary, Ahmad Shah Massoud. And we're joined by friend of the show, comedian and casual dashiki wearer, Alfred Konuwa. This dude kicked major ass all over Afghanistan for way longer than he probably should have been able to. Ahmad I mean, not Alfred. Alfred mostly just crows about being 5-5 in fantasy football. But we had a lot of fun with hi...

Today we'll be traveling back to Germany in the early 1900s to talk about someone I'm genuinely at a loss for words to describe. One might think, "Germany, early 1900s, that dorky looking Hitler 'stache, I know where this is going!" But no, dear listeners, this man somehow makes the Third Reich look likeable by comparison. Ok well maybe not, but just let me build some drama goddamnit! Anyways, tun...

Hello again, dear listeners! Today we will be returning to Frenchiest part of Canada, Quebec, as another biker proves to us that it's not all just moose hockey, apologies, and maple flavored beer with Canadians, sometimes they can be evil shits too. This dude killed a ton of people, and sometimes got pretty creative about it. Here's a little foreshadowing for you, one of his nicknames was "The Mad...

Happy Halloween, dear listeners. We're celebrating the holiday with a real haunting story as we delve into the life of Aileen Wuornos. Just look at the picture for this episode. Bitch has shark eyes, you know some evil shit is going down. Her story goes from tragic, to gruesome, to bizarre. You're gonna feel conflicted at the end, or maybe not I dunno, I'm not a psychologist. Come for the bar braw...

That's right, we're sticking around Jerusalem, just a few generations after Godfrey. We're talking about the most famous leper in the history of man. It would be the guy Jesus healed, but we stick to real stories on this podcast. This dude kicked a ton of ass until pieces started falling off him, then he kicked some more ass and hobbled his broke ass body back to Jerusalem and ruled over the holy...

Did you enjoy your break from historical monsters with our Tuesday dose of decent person? Well, time to dive back into the dickery with this medieval crusader/17,000th dude that hated the Jews. He was legitimately a pretty good general/leader, aside from the whole antisemitism and hating Muslims thing. But hey, you find me one European in this time period that didn't hate non-Christians, and I'll...

Today we have a nice, wholesome American hero to give you a feel-good break after the king of plagues and weeping sores from the last episode. But have no fear, he lived a life of plentiful violence as a general in the Revolutionary War. He even earned himself the nickname of "Mad" Anthony Wayne. He also may have fucked over some of the Indians that knew Tecumseh but that's neither here nor there!...

There's this long held belief that it's hard to classify someone as objectively evil. One man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter and all that. Well, in this case it's pretty easy, Shiro Ishii is evil as fuck. I'd call him a real life Bond villain, but he makes Bond villains look like a pack of sissies. Tune in and find out how many war crimes one man can commit! And how the hosts feel about...

We have a nice little coincidence for you, dear listeners, as yesterday was Columbus Day and today we are bringing you the story of Tecumseh, Native American leader/warrior who for some reason wanted to live in Ohio. You can probably guess America doesn't come out of this looking so great, but the British also look like shit too so I'll call it a wash. So listen in and hear all about a man that ou...

If you've ever wanted a master class on how to never run a country, well this is the right episode for you. We're talking about an esteemed voodoo practitioner who answers the question, "how evil would Pol Pot in blackface be?" Also, why do all real life Bond villains make their bodyguards wear sunglasses all the time? The guns, torture, and murder is way more terrifying than whether or not I can...

We're kicking off the stories this week with the prodigal son (student) of Socrates. The one your philosophy teachers don't want you to know about! Or you just didn't listen when they talked about him because philosophy is goddamn boring. Anyway. Whatever the case, you missed out on some awesome shit. This dude wandered the desert and then stabbed everything he found. Mostly other people. And he h...

We're back for the second time this week with another Russian. This guy is the poster child for the bourgeoisie class that all the poor Russians hate and the rich Russians also hate but still tolerate. But he was one hell of a soldier and got into a mess of shit in his life. Also the dude was friends with the Mongolians. Seriously, listen in and enjoy his drunken Cossack shenanigans!

No you're not having a stroke reading the title of the episode, that's actually how this Russian dude spells his garbage Eastern Bloc name. This dude has some crazy political connections and more than his share of that fun violence you've come to expect with our show. We also talk about various Russian criminal tattoos in this episode. Tune in, learn about psycho Soviet things, and enjoy! And come...

We're back with another episode featuring our friend and yours, Tom Goss. This week we're talking about Wu Zetian, an old timey Chinese woman who rose from a peasant to an empress. Then apparently to a Civilization playable character. We had a lot of fun recording this, give it a listen and join in on the madness!

This week we're talking about famous Australian criminal, author, and insane person, Mark "Chopper" Read. And as a special treat, joining us is the much less famous but hilarious local comedian, podcaster, and insane person, Tom Goss. As you travel down this path of craziness, mayhem, and blowtorch fun try and guess if this quote is from our topic or our guest, "I know a lot of dead people." Tune...

This week we're starting with Boston Corbett and well, I don't really think there's anything I can say in the limited space available here to describe the insanity of his life, but his story will not disappoint. Then we have John King Fisher, a Texas landowning kinda bandit/kinda sheriff. I still can't tell if he loved Mexicans or hated them. Give the episode a listen and let us know what you thin...

We are very excited to be releasing this episode, because we have two absolutely batshit insane people to talk about. First up is James Burke, a mafia associated criminal who loved three things: murder, money, and even more murder. Then we move on to Larry Thorne, whose incredible hatred for communism led to him serving for three different armies, one of which may surprise you. Or not. Maybe you'r...

This week we're going back to Canada and starting off with possibly the only man with worse lungs than the hosts of this podcast to talk about badass aborigine Francis Pegahmagabow, who pulled some stunts during WW1 that honestly make him almost as creepy as the second guy we're talking about, David Berkowitz, the Jewiest and mediocrest of serial killers. If murderers had a batting average, Berkow...