Let Them Fight: A Comedy History Podcast

Today's episode is a fun episode for you, dear listeners. We're headed to the frozen north of the US to talk about "Roaring" Dan Seavey. This man has committed crimes on land, sea, and ice. He's also knocked people out on land, sea, and ice. He was a bad motherfucker and he made Lake Michigan his own personal playground. So kick back and relax, there's no awful shit that's gonna drop in this episo...

We're back, dear listeners, excited to be joined again by AJ Santos for a very special episode. We're talking about the rock and roll terrorist, GG Allin. Now some of you may think you know about this man, and let me tell you, you don't know shit. Insane quotes, insane lyrics, insane song names, surprising name drops, this episode has it all. Oh yea, and plenty of violence. There's something here...

Today we're joined by a great comic and the only Filipino that isn't a nurse or in the Navy, AJ Santos. And Tim brought out some real upsetting shit to inflict on him for today's episode. Apparently some of y'all have been clamoring for Paul Schafer, and after hearing about this dude's life I gotta say, y'all are fucked up. If you're wondering how bad well, his being a nazi isn't even top 5 of his...

Today we're talking about one badass, scrappy little Jew. Barney Ross wasn't the name he was born with, but he made damn sure it was a name that was remembered. Dude overcame a lot of shit in his early life to become the warrior he did. And he's for sure going on the Jewish Mount Rushmore, right next to the guy that invented the space lasers. This story didn't go where I thought it would, several...

Boy do we have a fun episode for you today, dear listeners. We're off to old timey Germany to talk about a pair of Peters, Niers and Stumpp, respectively. One of these guys was a for-sure real murderer, the only things in question are how many people he killed, and one other thing that I'm not going to spoil. The other person however, his story is a bit trickier. But just as bonkers, if not more s...

Well, dear listeners, we have a doozy for you today. This episode is kind of like shitting your pants in public. It's sad, gross, and you're gonna think about it for a while. Marcus Wesson is definitely a giant piece of shit, literally and figuratively. And he was crazy to boot, not a good combination. While he may not have the body count that some of the other people we've covered have, he makes...

You're reading that right, dear listeners, three names. And you know what that means. Something scumnut this way comes. I'm not even going to pretend this episode goes in a positive direction, Gerard John Schaefer was a huge piece of shit, and I'll never look at rope the same way again. Also, dude should win the award for worst excuse anyone has ever said, you'll know it when you hear it. So strap...

We're closing out our week with Tom Goss strong for you, dear listeners. Specifically those listeners that have been missing the garbage people. Because well, Akku Yadav was a gigantic piece of shit. Dude basically ran his own little fiefdom, and what did he do with all that power? Well, it rhymes with cape and it turns out Indian authorities don't really care about it. Here's hoping the soothing...

Hello, dear listeners! We are joined again by friend of the show and always a delight, Tom Goss, to talk about famed adventurer and somewhat controversial figure, Sir Henry Morton Stanley. Turns out, he was great at helping to explore and map out big chunks in Africa. And also at helping the various European countries with their colonization efforts. Oops. Modern people don't exactly look on that...

Today we're bringing you badass Native Canadian Tommy Prince, a dude that spent his free time terrifying Nazis when he wasn't shooting them in the face. And occasionally doing things that had his officers completely baffled. It's like they say though, if it's stupid and it works then it ain't stupid. But all his badassery is only half the story. After all, he was Native and a soldier, so you know...

Today we're bringing you a real fun story, dear listeners, Robin Olds, one of America's most badass pilots. The guy was basically born to fly, he might as well have gone straight from the womb to the cockpit. And once he decided he wanted to see combat, nothing was gonna stop him. Not surprisingly, once he got the opportunity he proved he should have been up in the sky way earlier. But flying in o...

Today we're going way back in time to the Byzantine empire to talk about a man who hated the Bulgarians to a level that most people would still consider normal. Sure, Basil did other badass shit, like basically lead the army for decades straight in near constant battle, but what he did to the Bulgarians earned him his nickname. Though you will enjoy his full story, dude was dope. Enjoy!

Now I don't want to spoil anything about how bad of a scumbag Boone Helm was, but you don't get nicknamed The Kentucky Cannibal by being a swell guy. He was really less of a person and more of a plague upon everyone who happened to be in his vicinity. This dude loved killing, and he did it in what was essentially the wilderness so we don't even have an accurate scoreboard. We just know that every...

Today we'll be taking a little trip to Jamaica to talk to about a woman so badass she's literally money. Nanny of the Maroons left Africa and showed up on the island during the time it was occupied by the British, and boy was she not happy with how they were running the show. So she decided to fuck with everything they did. And she was great at it. Between her skill as a leader and maybe some magi...

As our longtime listeners are probably aware, sometimes one of us will cover a person the other has on their list, and said person will be very upset. Today is not one of those times. Robert Berdella was on both of our lists, but boy am I glad Tim had to do the research on this guy. The Collector, as he liked to call himself was one sick pile of shit, which is why the media decided to call him the...

Ugh, these two fucking guys. Look we get it, you're book smart, you fucking nerds. Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. and Richard Albert Loeb planned the perfect crime. Perfect because clearly these two were going to be successful at anything they tried since they know math and shit. That's right, the perfect crime. Well I don't want to spoil how the plan goes, but suffice it to say that perfect crime...

What's this? Another Russian woman who winds up being a badass soldier? They really do breed 'em different over there. Maria Bochkareva was inspired by the kickoff of World War 1 to well, go to war. Where she saw the men faltering and decided, "Well, women will do it then." And she put in some serious work. Unfortunately, if you know anything about what happened in Russia around the end of WW1, yo...

Good news, dear listeners, today is a special two for one episode! We'll be traveling to the land of apartheid and Elon Musk's dad's slavery mine, to talk about two locals who got into some shady things. Cedric Maake and Moses Sithole either loved murder, or really hated other black people. Either way the result were the same,. a lot of bodies dropped. But hey, enjoy!

It's not often that I get to say this, dear listeners, but this French dude was fucking awesome. The Marquis de Lafayette came to America and helped us throw off the yoke of those dumb British. His reasons? He just really, really hated the English and saw it as a perfect opportunity to kill some. Hell yea, welcome to the team, Frenchie! Then he still went on and did a bunch of other shit after tha...

Well dear listeners, it didn't take long for ol' Timmy G to take his revenge for the Mesrine episode. We're off to Japan, the land of anime, robots, and public transit gropers, to talk about Futoshi Matsunaga. His story started off seemingly pretty normal, but it didn't take long for him to become the fucking worst. And every time you think, "Surely somebody is going to stop him now," he just. Kee...

It's time for a trip to France, dear listeners. Today we're talking about Jacques Mesrine, a man of many hats. Soldier, poet, bank robber, and now bane of Tim's existence (I know you monsters will enjoy all his rage this episode). Also he literally wore a bunch of hats, dude loved disguises. Anyways, this dude may be one of the ballsiest criminals we've ever talked about. He went all jetsetting ar...

Welcome to episode 400, dear listeners! We're celebrating surviving this long by answering the numerous requests to cover a biker again, by covering one of the biggest ones over here in California. Terry the Tramp may not have founded the Vagos, but boy did he help shape them and determine the direction the club took for a long time. Also, I already double checked and Shovels were 1966 to 1984, so...

We have made our stance on Italians pretty clear at this point, and everyone knows Romans are just proto-Italians, so we're big fans of the subject of today's episode, Hannibal Barca. This dude ran rampant all over those toga wearing fools. And everybody knows about the whole war elephants thing, but that's just the start. He made some incredible war innovations and really was one of the greatest...

Well dear listeners, it's time for another criminal that gets compared to Robin Hood to make them seem like a better person, and because people aren't original. This time it's the Robin Hood of the sea, Samuel Bellamy. Also known as Black Sam, which sounds like a character in a minstrel show, but it's only because he had black hair so it's ok. That being said, Black Sam was dope as hell and accomp...

Welcome back, dear listeners, today we'll be taking a trip to Africa, Uganda specifically, to talk about one of the biggest names in crimes against humanity, Idi Amin. His story starts off in the classical way, with a few lies and moments of brutality, then ramps up to less lies, but waaaaay more brutality. Now I don't want to spoil how the rest of the story goes, but suffice to say he had more th...