The Deadliest Man Alive & The Secret Of The Dim Mak

Bunkum & Ballyhoo returns for Series 2 and Episode 1 takes a look at a legend of comic book ad pages - this is the story of the wild claims and even wilder life of the self-proclaimed Deadliest Man Alive, the Master Of The Dim Mak and the Dance Of Death, Count Dante, and his Black Dragon Fighting Society.

Selected Sources:
The Deadliest Man Alive: Count Dante, the Mob, and the War for American Martial Arts by Benji Feldheim
Selected issues of Black Belt Magazine
Count Dante: The World's Deadliest Myth by Eric Nusbaum
Audio Sources:
CBS Interview with John "Count Dante" Keehan - CBS, 1967
"Kung Fu Fighting" by Dread Zeppelin

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