Episode 645: Ronald Gene Simmons Part I - A Difficult Man
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Who was Ronald Gene Simmons and what crimes did he commit?
What are you doing here? It's time to leave. Siitä tietää, että on ollut hyvä loma, kun tekee mieli mennä piiloon. Aurinkotuolin alle, ettei tarvitsisi vielä lähteä. Tjärebori, lomia joiden et soisi loppuvan. Ikea's winter is only until November 11th. Ikea. Everyone goes home. There's no place to escape to. This is the last podcast. On the left. That's when the cannibalism started.
mothman myth that's right perpetuated by gangsters from jersey that were in the west virginia area growing marijuana to keep them out of it hell yeah i mean you're smart jersey ain't going to west virginia but guess what then they built a whole mothman festival around it so it turns out fucking and then what we do is smoke weed at it yeah Yeah. So everything got fucked. Full circle, man. The more weed you smoke, the more real the Mothman gets. Fuck yeah, dude. That's what I like to hear. You know who could have used weed? Who? Ronald Gene Simmons. This guy. No, he hated weed. That's the problem. Goofy's for queers. Ronald Gene Simmons, I'm going to say, is up there with one of the bigger pricks we've ever covered.
I would say that is easily the truth. I mean, we talk about difficult men because we've been on the stream a lot. We've been showing a lot of videos of difficult men. I've been obsessed with difficult men lately.
I love difficult men from afar. Obviously, same thing. I'm a sovereign citizen. You'd say a fan.
Yeah. You're interested in difficult men. I love difficult men. Yes. Welcome to the last podcast on the left, ladies and gentlemen.
What childhood experiences shaped Ronald Gene Simmons' behavior?
My name is Marcus Parks. I'm here with the difficult man, Henry Zebrowski.
My goal is to be the easiest of difficult men in order to create a sort of bridge to the rest of the world to difficult men in order to then apply dynamite to that bridge and kill us all involved. It is the bridge over the River Kauai.
Yeah, yeah. And we're also joined, of course, with probably the easiest man around, the easiest man in podcasting, Ed Larson. That's right. I'm filthy easy.
You're very easy. I'm sitting on a dick right now. Which also is something Ronald could have used. This guy, man. No redeemable qualities. Not a single one. Even Himmler wanted to be a farmer.
Yes, we are here to talk about Ronald Gene Simmons. And this is in honor of the Christmas season.
Yeah, it is.
Yeah, we're going to be kicking off the month of December with the story of a family annihilator. This man is not just number one when it comes to the holiday mass murder body count. And there's a lot of competition in that arena. That's a big deal. But this guy also has the highest body count of any familicide in American history. Wow. This utter piece of shit's name was Ronald Gene Simmons. No relation to the Kiss frontman.
Also a piece of shit.
Yeah.
I don't want him to get off too easy. No, of course not. Gene Simmons is a massive piece of shit. He was like the Henry Ford of rock and roll. He tried to be so fun, but it just made him unfun. That was the thing. Then he tried to sell the fun. And then his hair got solid. Look at that.
Waterfall.
That wonderful, solid Jewish waterfall.
Oh, God.
How did Ronald Gene Simmons' military career influence his personality?
His hair is just like a gigantic Brillo pad.
And a tongue like a goddamn serpent. If Dee Snider could have had his talent or the other way around, it would be so much better.
So over a period of just one week during Christmas.
I do want to come back to his Dee Snider thing. We'll come back to it later.
We can come back to the Dee Snider thing later. So over a period of just one week during the Christmas of 1987, a 20-year military veteran turned mini-mark cashier named Ronald Gene Simmons murdered 14 members of his own family in two separate mass events at his home outside the small Arkansas town of Ward. Among the victims were his wife, his own adult children, and his young grandchildren, including a child grandchild that had been born of an incestuous relationship with his own daughter. That's just called having a daughter squared.
Laughter
This had all come after his family had started to pull away from him because life wasn't good in the Simmons household even before Ronald killed them all.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who was Ronald Gene Simmons and what crimes did he commit?
0:02–2:35
2
What childhood experiences shaped Ronald Gene Simmons' behavior?
2:35–4:33
3
How did Ronald Gene Simmons' military career influence his personality?
4:33–8:09
4
What were the dynamics of Ronald Gene Simmons' family life?
8:09–11:24
5
How did Ronald Gene Simmons exert control over his family?
11:24–13:17
6
What events led to the Arkansas Christmas Massacre?
13:17–15:43
7
What psychological traits did Ronald Gene Simmons exhibit?
15:43–18:50
8
How did Ronald Gene Simmons' actions reflect broader societal issues?
18:50–1:08:30
Speakers
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