Robert goes through the colorful life and backstory of future Trump administration official Steven Hatfill, who went from Rhodesian military volunteer to biological weapons expert to (innocent) suspect of a major terrorist attack.

Robert goes through the colorful life and backstory of future Trump administration official Steven Hatfill, who went from Rhodesian military volunteer to biological weapons expert to (innocent) suspect of a major terrorist attack.

There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.

There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.

Everything you don't know about History's greatest monsters

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How The FBI Botched the 2001 Anthrax Scare (Part 1)

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There are a few candidates for the title "the real Indiana Jones" but Percy Fawcett is the man whose reputation most inspired our favorite fictional archaeologist. Unfortunately, he was a racist, a murderer and a weirdo occultist who led his own son to a horrific death for reasons of Magic.

There are a few candidates for the title "the real Indiana Jones" but Percy Fawcett is the man whose reputation most inspired our favorite fictional archaeologist. Unfortunately, he was a racist, a murderer and a weirdo occultist who led his own son to a horrific death for reasons of Magic.

Part One: Percy Fawcett: Real-Life Indiana Jones, or Deluded Psychic Racist?

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Robert continues telling James Stout about the story of the worst military leader in human history: Francisco Solano Lopez. Also known as 'El supremo', he nearly annihilated his own country through sheer incompetence.

Sources:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494384?googleloggedin=true&seq=22

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/11/22/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-1-francisco-solano-lopezs-earlier-life

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/8/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-2-the-start-of-the-war-of-the-triple-alliance#.YcJFwy2cZAY=

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/23/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-3-devastating-battles-for-both-sides#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2022/1/12/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-4-how-the-war-ended#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/war-of-the-triple-alliance-bloodbath-in-paraguay/

https://www.thecollector.com/francisco-solano-lopez-paraguayan-war/

https://countrystudies.us/paraguay/10.htm

https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9780742537552

 

Robert continues telling James Stout about the story of the worst military leader in human history: Francisco Solano Lopez. Also known as 'El supremo', he nearly annihilated his own country through sheer incompetence.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494384?googleloggedin=true&amp;seq=22" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494384?googleloggedin%3Dtrue%26seq%3D22&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Slajk37QV7TM2UlDawZYR">https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494384?googleloggedin=true&amp;seq=22</a>
<a href="https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/11/22/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-1-francisco-solano-lopezs-earlier-life" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/11/22/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-1-francisco-solano-lopezs-earlier-life&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3B6JjyfSAbQdjTnt1-msja">https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/11/22/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-1-francisco-solano-lopezs-earlier-life</a>
<a href="https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/8/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-2-the-start-of-the-war-of-the-triple-alliance#.YcJFwy2cZAY=" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/8/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-2-the-start-of-the-war-of-the-triple-alliance%23.YcJFwy2cZAY%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2PrG_m2N1ey19kDd_WzFz0">https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/8/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-2-the-start-of-the-war-of-the-triple-alliance#.YcJFwy2cZAY=</a>
<a href="https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/23/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-3-devastating-battles-for-both-sides#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/23/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-3-devastating-battles-for-both-sides%23.Yd9N0i2cZAY%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2LFFFNOfmvXD3QglpF4jUI">https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/23/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-3-devastating-battles-for-both-sides#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=</a>
<a href="https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2022/1/12/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-4-how-the-war-ended#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2022/1/12/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-4-how-the-war-ended%23.Yd9N0i2cZAY%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0b6pSeSOxXvsCbOHIm-60x">https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2022/1/12/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-4-how-the-war-ended#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=</a>
<a href="https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/war-of-the-triple-alliance-bloodbath-in-paraguay/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/war-of-the-triple-alliance-bloodbath-in-paraguay/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2q6RwdRAW1D3a1TJTCxKo4">https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/war-of-the-triple-alliance-bloodbath-in-paraguay/</a>
<a href="https://www.thecollector.com/francisco-solano-lopez-paraguayan-war/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thecollector.com/francisco-solano-lopez-paraguayan-war/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1aD5GeZfeJ2Qu8lab6e3nf">https://www.thecollector.com/francisco-solano-lopez-paraguayan-war/</a>
<a href="https://countrystudies.us/paraguay/10.htm" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://countrystudies.us/paraguay/10.htm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw26Zb3au0yoEloHnrJl0mnc">https://countrystudies.us/paraguay/10.htm</a>
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Part Two: Francisco Solano Lopez: The Worst Military Leader In Human History

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/cdec9ba9-a62a-47dc-b768-b4ab015d0e6f/transcript

This week Robert sits down with James Stout to weave the story of the worst military leader in human history: Francisco Solano Lopez. Also known as 'El supremo', he nearly annihilated his own country through sheer incompetence.

Sources:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494384?googleloggedin=true&seq=22

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/11/22/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-1-francisco-solano-lopezs-earlier-life

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/8/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-2-the-start-of-the-war-of-the-triple-alliance#.YcJFwy2cZAY=

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/23/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-3-devastating-battles-for-both-sides#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2022/1/12/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-4-how-the-war-ended#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/war-of-the-triple-alliance-bloodbath-in-paraguay/

https://www.thecollector.com/francisco-solano-lopez-paraguayan-war/

https://countrystudies.us/paraguay/10.htm

https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9780742537552

 

This week Robert sits down with James Stout to weave the story of the worst military leader in human history: Francisco Solano Lopez. Also known as 'El supremo', he nearly annihilated his own country through sheer incompetence.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494384?googleloggedin=true&amp;seq=22" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494384?googleloggedin%3Dtrue%26seq%3D22&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Slajk37QV7TM2UlDawZYR">https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494384?googleloggedin=true&amp;seq=22</a>
<a href="https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/11/22/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-1-francisco-solano-lopezs-earlier-life" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/11/22/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-1-francisco-solano-lopezs-earlier-life&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3B6JjyfSAbQdjTnt1-msja">https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/11/22/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-1-francisco-solano-lopezs-earlier-life</a>
<a href="https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/8/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-2-the-start-of-the-war-of-the-triple-alliance#.YcJFwy2cZAY=" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/8/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-2-the-start-of-the-war-of-the-triple-alliance%23.YcJFwy2cZAY%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2PrG_m2N1ey19kDd_WzFz0">https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/8/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-2-the-start-of-the-war-of-the-triple-alliance#.YcJFwy2cZAY=</a>
<a href="https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/23/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-3-devastating-battles-for-both-sides#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/23/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-3-devastating-battles-for-both-sides%23.Yd9N0i2cZAY%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2LFFFNOfmvXD3QglpF4jUI">https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/23/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-3-devastating-battles-for-both-sides#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=</a>
<a href="https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2022/1/12/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-4-how-the-war-ended#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2022/1/12/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-4-how-the-war-ended%23.Yd9N0i2cZAY%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0b6pSeSOxXvsCbOHIm-60x">https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2022/1/12/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-4-how-the-war-ended#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=</a>
<a href="https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/war-of-the-triple-alliance-bloodbath-in-paraguay/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/war-of-the-triple-alliance-bloodbath-in-paraguay/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2q6RwdRAW1D3a1TJTCxKo4">https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/war-of-the-triple-alliance-bloodbath-in-paraguay/</a>
<a href="https://www.thecollector.com/francisco-solano-lopez-paraguayan-war/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thecollector.com/francisco-solano-lopez-paraguayan-war/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1aD5GeZfeJ2Qu8lab6e3nf">https://www.thecollector.com/francisco-solano-lopez-paraguayan-war/</a>
<a href="https://countrystudies.us/paraguay/10.htm" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://countrystudies.us/paraguay/10.htm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw26Zb3au0yoEloHnrJl0mnc">https://countrystudies.us/paraguay/10.htm</a>
<a href="https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9780742537552" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9780742537552&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787021922984000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1y_K4wsFHgy-mFcz26j3sM">https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9780742537552</a>
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Part One: Francisco Solano Lopez: The Worst Military Leader In Human History

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/5891e83b-a3d4-4968-8cbf-b4a9016379bf/transcript

How The FBI Botched the 2001 Anthrax Scare (Part 1)

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