Let Them Fight: A Comedy History Podcast

Today is part two of our week with Jay Light, and to close out the week we have Orrin Porter Rockwell. Orrin isn't too well known a name outside of Mormondom, but if you're Mormon and don't know who …

Words do not do enough justice to explain the anger I feel at not having heard of General Butt Naked until 2020. This dude was bananas ass crazy in the funnest way that war criminals can be. If the n…

Today we're talking about badass sky warrior, Charles McGee. He flew with the Tuskegee Airmen and fucked up some Axis forces in World War 2. Then he went to Korea and Vietnam and kept up his hard cha…

It's time for another trip into old timey Chicago's mobland, because there's no shortage of goombas and boy do they bring the violence. Today it's Harry Aleman, whose nickname of "The Hook" is for th…

Round 2 of our week of monsters featuring Sasha is here, and we are closing out this week strong. Robert Hansen was a hyper self aware psychopath who knew he was trash, but boy did he love rape, and …

Another guest edition for you today, dear listeners! Our comedian friend Sasha joins us after requesting some monsters for this week's episodes and boy do we deliver, so strap in. First we're visitin…

Look, I think we can all agree that baseball is the worst sport ever created and it'd be more fun to watch two blind amputees play badminton. That being said, Billy Martin brought something to the sp…

Today we have a full family of psychos for you, the Benders. They left quite an impact on the state of Kansas back in the old timey days. And it's like that old saying goes, the family that murders t…

Whew boy, do we have a monster for you today, dear listeners. Carl Panzram did a lot of terrible things throughout his life while riding the boxcars like all the old timey hobos did. I don't want to …

This week we're taking a break from the war heroes to bring you some real top shelf garbage monsters. First up is Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins, a serial killer who was best known for (aside from the, ya …

We're gonna close out the week with another World War 2 soldier from the UK, this time Scotland. Tommy Mac was a dedicated and hilarious psychopath. And man am I glad he was on the Allied side during…

Today we're gonna talk about Digby Tatham-Warter, which is the most British name I've ever heard in my life. Also he's further proof that during World War 2 every British person was a goddamn psychop…

We opened this week up with a Russian that loved killing and we're closing it out with an American who could not be killed until he decided he was done with life. Jack Lucas decided that he was old e…

Welcome back, dear listeners! It is time for us to journey back to the land the gods have forgotten, Russia. This time we're gonna talk about Roza Shanina, a Russian sniper from World War 2 who looks…

Come with us, dear listeners, back to Mexico to talk about baby farming ogress, Felicitas Sanchez Aguillon AKA The Crusher of Little Angels. Yes that's a real nickname, and yes you'll probably be see…

Today we'll be going in a far different direction than we did in our last episode. We're going to talk about Robert F. Williams, a black activist that inspired other black activists who went on to be…

Today we'll be visiting the great (ha!) city of Sacramento to talk about Richard Chase. I won't lie to you dear listeners, this one gets rough. It starts off bonkers crazy and somehow always manages …

Over the years I've learned about a lot of people who kept lists. Santa Clause (from other kids, I was raised Jewish so we just had a shitty candle holder), repo men, that weird kid in high school wh…

Today we have another fun prohibition era psychopath, Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll. If you know anything about how nicknames work, "Mad Dog" is usually not a great sign for a person's mental state after al…

It's time again to go back to the 1800s, this time to talk about Chief Victorio of the Apache. All he wanted to do was chill on his people's land in New Mexico, and not to spoil anything but, the US …