Let Them Fight: A Comedy History Podcast

Ep. 312 Carl Williams

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're taking another trip down under to talk about Australian gangster and inventor of the dad bod, Carl Williams. He put a lot of people in...

Ep. 311 Manuel Blanco Romasanta

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Well, we certainly have something for you today, dear listeners. Manuel Blanco Romasanta seemed like mostly your average run of the mill Spanish dude....

Ep. 310 Peter Francisco

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We have another fun one for you today, dear listeners! And no trick this time, just good old fashioned Portuguese fun. You'll probably be able to figu...

Ep. 309 Vito Rizzuto

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back, dear listeners! This week we'll be taking a trip back to America's hat to talk about Montreal based mobster, Vito Rizzuto. He tried to h...

Ep. 308 Mary Bell

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're closing out this week with a nice, relaxing episode. Just kidding, it's nightmares! Mary Bell's life story is just one tragedy after another, fo...

Ep. 307 Colin Anson

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have a nice, fun episode for you, dear listeners. Colin Anson wasn't his birth name, but he changed it for a pretty damn good reason. Then he...

Ep. 306 Richard Speck

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ahh, Richard Speck. This guy is a real piece of shit. And boy was he inept at being a criminal, don't let the body count fool you. Also, I won't say w...

Ep. 305 Thomas "Mad Mike" Hoare

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're talking about this tiny Irish nutball who decided to become the poster child for people who crank it to Soldier of Fortune. "Mad Mike" dec...

Ep. 304 Jackie Arklov

19 May 2022

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We have a bit of a confusing guy for you today, dear listeners. Jackie Arklov is in many ways just like every other neo-Nazi. A war criminal, mentally...

Ep. 303 Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You know that alphabet soup nightmare of a name in the title can only mean one thing, we're talking about someone from Poland today. This guy will nev...

Ep. 302 Klaus Barbie

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The week of shitbags continues today with Klaus Barbie, the "Butcher of Lyon." What can we say about this Nazi scumbag that a French military tribunal...

Ep. 301 Paul Bernardo

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After the fun of the week of episode 300, we're back with another request from you animals, and this one is a doozy. Paul Bernardo, AKA The Scarboroug...

Ep. 300 Danny Trejo

05 May 2022

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Welcome to 300, dear listeners! We're dropping a real special episode for you today. Beloved actor and national treasure, Danny Trejo. For those of yo...

Ep. 299 Teddy Roosevelt Jr

03 May 2022

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It's the week of our 300th episode and we managed to find something new for you, dear listeners. Today we have Teddy Roosevelt Jr, the son of a person...

Ep. 298 Karl Denke

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Well dear listeners, if you were hoping for a fucked up German today, then your prayers have been answered. We've got Karl Denke for you, a man who ev...

Ep. 297 John Justin Bunting

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're talking about Australian psychopath John Justin Bunting. This dude was probably the most incompetent serial killer I've ever heard of. But...

Ep. 296 Prince Rupert of the Rhine

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're going to talk about Prince Rupert of the Rhine. A pretty innocuous sounding name, for a dude that wound up being one of the most badass ca...

Ep. 295 William Alexander Morgan

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

William Alexander Morgan lived a pretty bonkers ass life, and one day while chilling in Miami he looked out across the water and saw an island, and de...

Ep. 294 Frank Spisak

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Well, dear listeners, we have another awful garbage monster for you today. Frank Spisak had a lot of things going on, and they were all pretty awful. ...

Ep. 293 Ian Brady

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Well, where do I start with this one. Ian Brady was a real gigantic piece of shit, and I don't make that claim lightly. I mean, you know a person is t...

Ep. 292 Varg Vikernes

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alright you bloodthirsty monsters, you asked for him and now you're getting him. Today we're talking about garbage person and even worse musician, Var...

Ep. 291 Liver-Eating Johnston

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're talking about a man shrouded in myth and legend, which is pretty unnecessary since the dude was a fucking badass for real. So why make up ...

Ep. 290 George Rowe

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for another batshit biker, dear listeners! Though George Rowe is a bit different than the run of the mill, as you shall soon find out. The e...

Ep. 289 Yoo Young-Chul

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're covering one of the rarest of scumnut pursuers, a South Korean serial killer. Yoo Young-Chul put in some serious work once he realized how...

Ep. 288 Teddy Roosevelt

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're closing out anniversary week strong for you, dear listeners, with one of the most famous Americans who ever lived. Teddy motherfucking Roosevelt...

Ep. 287 The Kray Twins

22 Mar 2022

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Welcome to anniversary week, dear listeners! It's been 3 whole years since the start of this podcast, and we're starting the week off with an episode ...

Ep. 286 New Jack

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have a man that I severely underestimated when it came to level of psychoticness. This dude brought a level of violence to wrestling that is ...

Ep. 285 Hans-Joachim Marseille

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have a military guy that you're going to have a pretty tough time rooting for (I hope). Since even though he was an incredibly badass pilot, ...

Ep. 284 Henry Rathbone (Guest: Matt Cole)

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're closing out the week with another visit from an increasingly drunk Matt Cole to talk about Henry Rathbone. An old timey man from the 1800s...

Ep. 283 Serhiy Tkach (Guest: Matt Cole)

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Background noise Matt Cole joins us again today to talk about a real fun piece of Ukrainian trash, Serhiy Tkach. Over the course of his life Serhiy go...

Ep. 282 Buford Pusser

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we may have our worst named person that we've ever covered, Buford Pusser. A man so renowned for stomping out crime in his Tennessee county that...

Ep. 281 Bob Probert

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have another fun doofus in the sports world, Bob Probert. A man who loved fighting, cocaine, and hockey. Probably in that order too. He lived...

Ep. 280 Banastre Tarleton

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have another Englishman for you, dear listeners. This time it's one of the limey pricks we kicked out of America during the Revolutionary War...

Ep. 279 Nicky Crane

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have quite the interesting story. Nicky Crane may have started out as just a simple violent, street level, racist asshole, but he built up a ...

Ep. 278 Alexander Pearce

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we'll be going to the oft forgotten land of Tasmania, after a very short stop in Ireland. And we'll be talking about Alexander Pearce, a real ba...

Ep. 277 Jan Zizka

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have some good, clean, eastern European fun for you, dear listeners. Jan Zizka was one badass Czechoslovakian. Which isn't a sentence I ever ...

Ep. 276 Patrick Kearney

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Well, dear listeners, we have another garbage monster for you today. Patrick Kearney is proof that you can be a sickly near-midget and still put up re...

Ep. 275 Vernon Baker

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have another badass motherfucker for you, dear listeners. Vernon Baker overcame a whole grip of racism to get an opportunity to fight in Worl...

Ep. 274 Lorne Campbell (Guest: Stefanie Michele)

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Stefanie Michele joins us again today to talk about one of Jacob's favorite topics, bikers. Specifically Lorne Campbell who lived one hell of a life a...

Ep. 273 Seung-Hui Cho (Guest: Stefanie Michele)

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're joined by friend of the show, Stefanie Michele, to tell her all about notable garbage person Seung-Hui Cho. After years of people around h...

Ep. 272 John List

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today's person of interest is John List, a real creepy looking bastard. Which is appropriate because he was a real creepy bastard. A pretty smart dude...

Ep. 271 Al Sieber

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a minute since we've covered a wild west badass, so today we're bringing you Al Sieber, one of the most famous Indian fighters of the late 1...

Ep. 270 Bartley Gorman (Guest: Kyle Clark)

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Friend of the show Kyle Clark is back with us again to talk about King of the Gypsies, Bartley Gorman. Not only did he live a bonkers life, but it tur...

Ep. 269 Ray Lambert (Guest: Kyle Clark)

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We brought back friend of the show Kyle Clark to talk about Ray Lambert, a dude that lived through some of the worst shit World War 2 had to offer. An...

Ep. 268 Harald Hardrada

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we got a type of badass we haven't covered in a while, viking. Harald Hardrada traveled all over the old world and honed his killing abilities. ...

Ep. 267 Peter Sutcliffe

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We got a long one for you today, dear listeners. We even thought we were gonna have to split this one into two episodes, but it all worked out and we ...

Ep. 266 Valentine Strasser

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, dear listeners, we have a tale of great success, and even greater failure. A story both fun and sad. We're talking about Valentine Strasser. At...

Ep. 265 Russell Williams

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the first episode of the new year, dear listeners! We're bringing you another military man from up Canada way, a pilot this time. But Russe...

Ep. 264 Frederick Townsend Ward

30 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the last episode of 2021, dear listeners. We have another man with three names for you, which historically means prepare for awfulness. But...

Ep. 263 Joseph Winston "Pat" Glover

28 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're talking about another Joseph, but this one was dope as hell. He found probably the bonkerest way to deal with all the stress leading up to...

Ep. 262 Josef Fritzl

23 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Well, dear listeners, (one of) you asked for it, so you got it. Today's episode is Josef Fritzl and well, he is a monster of a piece of shit. His stor...

Ep. 261 "Hardcore" Rick Rescorla

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have a real treat for you, dear listeners. A real pipe hitting badass named Rick Rescorla, and the only person in history nicknamed "Hardcore...

Ep. 260 Ken Rex McElroy

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back, dear listeners. We continue this week of charming individuals with Ken McElroy, a man beloved in his community. Nah, just kidding, he's ...

Ep. 259 Charles Rodman Campbell

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Well, dear listeners, we have a real garbage monster for you today. Charles Rodman Campbell (three names is always a bad sign) was what is referred to...

Ep. 258 Robert Jay Mathews

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we bring you a man you will happily root against as we tell you his story. Robert Jay Mathews may not have been a good person by any metric, but...

Ep. 257 Samuel Brady

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're covering renowned Indian fighter, Samuel Brady. I'm not saying the Brady family hated Native Americans, but the back and forth between the...

Ep. 256 Sada Abe

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for another trip to Japan, dear listeners. This time we're going to be talking about notable crazy person, Sada Abe, who answers the questio...

Ep. 255 Nieves Fernandez

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're talking about badass Filipina, Nieves Fernandez. When the Japanese showed up in the Philippines during WW2 and started taking over and doi...

Ep. 254 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Happy turkey day, dear listeners. After you're done stuffing your face and arguing with your family, kick back and enjoy this episode on badass German...

Ep. 253 Roch "Moses" Theriault

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What can I say about Canadian cult leader Roch Theriault except, ew. When a dude shits on people as punishment and that doesn't even come close to the...

Ep. 252 William Laws Calley Jr.

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back, dear listeners! Today we are talking about a real grade A piece of shit, William Calley. A lot of bad stuff was done over the course of ...

Ep. 251 Willem Frederik Holleeder

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I know most of the time when you think about the Netherlands you don't think about criminals, murder, and crazy kidnapping plots, but that's exactly w...

Ep. 250 Daniel "Snake Dog" Boone

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we bring you another trip to jolly old England, but this time it's to talk about some biker mayhem. Daniel "Snake Dog" Boone may not be the bigg...

Ep. 249 Marie-Therese Figueur

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Another round of badasses starts today, and we're kicking things off with Marie-Therese Figueur AKA le petit Sans-Gene, "the little unconstrained one....

Ep. 248 Gary Michael Heidnik

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode we'll be covering another big fan of the scumnut, Gary Michael Heidnik. He may not have displayed all the red flags in his youth, b...

Ep. 247 Jorge "Rivi" Ayala

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for another trip to Florida, after a short stop in Chicago, to talk about one of the OG cocaine cowboys, Jorge "Rivi" Ayala. Dude loved him ...

Ep. 246 Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we'll be giving Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson, the godfather of Harlem, his due. He may have started his life as just a simple country lad, but by t...

Ep. 245 Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for another Civil War guy on the Confederate side. This time we're talking about "Stonewall" Jackson, who was a pretty great soldier, but al...

Ep. 244 John Brown

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we'll be talking about John Brown, a man who was so fervently anti-slavery that at one point even Frederick Douglass was all, "Damn, bro. You're...

Ep. 243 Earle Leonard Nelson

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode we went back to our big bag of requested scumnut creators to pull out Earle Leonard Nelson. If you've been listening to us for a wh...

Ep. 242 Alfredo Stroessner

14 Oct 2021

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Today we'll be traveling to the oft ignored country of Paraguay to talk about a type of person we haven't covered in a while, a dickhead dictator. Alf...

Ep. 241 Amedeo Guillet

12 Oct 2021

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Today we're covering a true rarity, a badass Italian. Pre-World War 2 he ran all over Spain fighting commies and North Africa kicking in the teeth of ...

Ep. 240 Bud Day (Guests: Dave Apkarian and Matt Cole)

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Friends of the show Dave Apkarian and Matt Cole join us again to talk about a man with the most old timey American name ever, Bud Day. Also, one hell ...

Ep. 239 Tommy Lynn Sells (Guests: Dave Apkarian and Matt Cole)

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're bringing in two previous guests, Dave Apkarian and Matt Cole, to talk about garbage monster/walking nightmare, Tommy Lynn Sells. He may no...

Ep. 238 John Nicholson

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Now, when you hear that a man is a crazy religious member of the East India Company you might not think he's going to be a badass. But you'd be wrong....

Ep. 237 Lou Diamond

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're talking about a man who loved killing so much he decided to fight in two world wars, Lou Diamond. He also refused being promoted from enli...

Ep. 236 Issei Sagawa (Guest: Joey Kuriki)

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Friend of the show Joey Kuriki joins us again today. This time to talk about his fellow countrymen, Issei Sagawa. Issei was born fairly well cursed an...

Ep. 235 Daniel "Mad Dog" Morgan (Guest: Joey Kuriki)

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're joined by friend of the show Joey Kuriki for a trip down under to talk about infamous outlaw, Daniel "Mad Dog" Morgan. Danny boy ran/rode ...

Ep. 234 Charles Bronson

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're talking about the only thing British that's better than the American version, Charles Bronson. Not his born name, but I'm pretty sure the ...

Ep. 233 Uday Hussein

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have a real fun monster for you, dear listeners. We're talking about Uday Hussein. And if you thought his dad Saddam was bad, well you'd be r...

Ep. 232 Sir John Hawkwood

09 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have a story that adds more evidence to the fact that Italy sucks militarily (as if we needed more evidence). Sir John Hawkwood was English a...

Ep. 231 Casimir Pulaski

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're taking a trip to the country with the most garbage names per capita, Poland, to talk about a dude that loved killing people from horseback...

Ep. 230 Robert Rozier

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have another cultist for you, Robert Rozier AKA Neariah Israel. This guy had a shot at being a professional football player and decided he'd ...

Ep. 229 Ivan Milat

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're bringing you a good old fashioned Australian garbage monster. Ivan Milat may not sound like an Aussie name, because it's not, he was half ...

Ep. 228 Bruce Lindahl

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today's person of discussion is Bruce Lindahl. And it's hard to figure out if he was a rapey murderer or a murdering rapist, but either way he was sup...

Ep. 227 Albert Pierrepoint

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're covering a famous Brit with one of the highest kill counts we've seen on this podcast. Of course, all those kills were state sanctioned si...

Ep. 226 Kendall "Stinky" Francois

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're talking about The Poughkeepsie Killer, Kendall Francois. A dude that loved strangling hookers and living in his own filth. To such an exte...

Ep. 225 Ernest Hemingway

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What can one say about one of the world's most famous writers that he hasn't already drunkenly typed onto a page at some point in his career? Ernest H...

Ep. 224 Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (Guest: Kyle Clark)

12 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for round two with our friend Kyle Clark, this time to talk about Thomas-Alexandre Dumas. This dude kicked some major ass for France. Even w...

Ep. 223 Chuck Zito (Guest: Kyle Clark)

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Boy have we got an episode for you today, dear listeners. Friend of the show, and fellow comedian, Kyle Clark joins us to talk about Chuck Zito. A man...

Ep. 222 William "Bill the Butcher" Poole (Guest: Shaun Arredondo)

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined again by friend of the show Shaun Arredondo for round two, this time to talk about notable racist and bare knuckle fighter, William Poole...

Ep. 221 Katherine Knight (Guest: Shaun Arredondo)

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by friend of the show, and perfectly toasted marshmallow, Shaun Arredondo to talk about psycho Australian broad Katherine Knight. Even b...

Ep. 220 Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're talking about Prussian badass Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, which is a hell of a name and boy does he live up to it. He stomped aro...

Ep. 219 Bernie Guindon

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for another trip to Canada, dear listeners. This time we're talking about Bernie Guindon, one of the country's most infamous bikers. Also, b...

Ep. 218 Frank Hamer

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a while since we covered a Texan, so today we're going to talk about probably the most famous one who ever lived. Frank Hamer, known by many...

Ep. 217 Simo Hayha

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're finally covering one of our most requested badasses, Simo Hayha. This crazy sniper is probably the only reason why any Americans even know...

Ep. 216 Henry Tandey

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're heading back to a regular visit of ours in history, World War 1. This time we're talking about badass British shitkicker Henry Tandey, who...

Ep. 215 George "Machine Gun Kelly" Barnes

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're talking about one of the most infamous old timey American gangsters, George Barnes, AKA "Machine Gun Kelly." Sounds pretty fearsome right?...

Ep. 214 Alton Knappenberger

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have a nice soul palette cleanser of an episode for you, war hero Alton Knappenberger. They called him the "one man army" but all he wanted t...

Ep. 213 William Bonin

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we've got a real asshole of a monster from our neck of the woods, William Bonin. This dude had a real awful childhood, so of course he grew up t...