Robert is joined by James Stout to discuss Alfredo Stroessner. 

(2 Part Series)

Robert is joined by James Stout to discuss Alfredo Stroessner. 
(2 Part Series)

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

Behind the Bastards

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.

Part One: Alfredo Stroessner: The Luckiest Dictator

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/2af3b680-2a02-4a7e-811e-afcc003d6b48/transcript

Robert builds to the thrilling conclusion of the other Kevin Smith's story: the mass slaughter of his own flock.

Robert builds to the thrilling conclusion of the other Kevin Smith's story: the mass slaughter of his own flock.

Part Two: The Throat-Slitting Evangelical Minister of Jamaica

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f659469b-58f3-4878-a26b-b2eb0143d481/transcript

Robert tells the story of Kevin Ontoniel Smith, a Jamaican-Canadian minister who created an apocalyptic Christian sect and slit his follower's throats in a COVID related panic.

Sources;

“Is Your Blood Clean?”: The Paranoid Pastor Who Turned His Church into a Violent Cult | The Walrus

Ontario college mum on cult pastor's PhD - Jamaica Observer

The power of religion to abuse, distort and control the realities of susceptible persons | Toronto Caribbean Newspaper

Preacher Kevin O. Smith, parishioners arrested for alleged human sacrifices

‘It was like prison’ | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Naive Christians slammed for missing Kevin Smith red flags | News | Jamaica Gleaner

Kevin Smith’s money trail | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

‘He left a trail of pain and debt’ | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

‘Kevin Smith will return’ | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Kevin O. Smith’s social media footprint | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Kevin Smith had great prophetic powers, says Henley Morgan | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

I’m a scholar of the “prosperity gospel.” It took cancer to show me I was in its grip. | Vox

Book Review: Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel, by Kate Bowler - 9Marks

Robert tells the story of Kevin Ontoniel Smith, a Jamaican-Canadian minister who created an apocalyptic Christian sect and slit his follower's throats in a COVID related panic.
Sources;
<a href="https://thewalrus.ca/is-your-blood-clean-the-paranoid-pastor-who-turned-his-church-into-a-violent-cult/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thewalrus.ca/is-your-blood-clean-the-paranoid-pastor-who-turned-his-church-into-a-violent-cult/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw19xQYGqDmdg6hQXniE0mpu">&ldquo;Is Your Blood Clean?&rdquo;: The Paranoid Pastor Who Turned His Church into a Violent Cult | The Walrus</a>
<a href="https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2021/10/27/ontario-college-mum-on-cult-pastors-phd/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2021/10/27/ontario-college-mum-on-cult-pastors-phd/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0V-21GvXhckOPceF17Hzt_">Ontario college mum on cult pastor's PhD - Jamaica Observer</a>
<a href="https://torontocaribbean.com/the-power-of-religion-to-abuse-distort-and-control-the-realities-of-susceptible-persons/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://torontocaribbean.com/the-power-of-religion-to-abuse-distort-and-control-the-realities-of-susceptible-persons/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1flqW2WPNUv-ZupZdEr42a">The power of religion to abuse, distort and control the realities of susceptible persons | Toronto Caribbean Newspaper</a>
<a href="https://nypost.com/2021/10/23/preacher-kevin-o-smith-parishioners-arrested-for-alleged-human-sacrifices/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://nypost.com/2021/10/23/preacher-kevin-o-smith-parishioners-arrested-for-alleged-human-sacrifices/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2S5FmhHwzV5Cb9-8FLtwrr">Preacher Kevin O. Smith, parishioners arrested for alleged human sacrifices</a>
<a href="https://web5.jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211019/it-was-prison#slideshow-1" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://web5.jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211019/it-was-prison%23slideshow-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw081aOi6kbpZQ7jdwgOC-GJ">&lsquo;It was like prison&rsquo; | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner</a>
<a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20220107/naive-christians-slammed-missing-kevin-smith-red-flags" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20220107/naive-christians-slammed-missing-kevin-smith-red-flags&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw06yMTSwX4P-_VKOJMEKh9R">Naive Christians slammed for missing Kevin Smith red flags | News | Jamaica Gleaner</a>
<a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211107/kevin-smiths-money-trail" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211107/kevin-smiths-money-trail&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1TSmMmB0oE-cadcBxo-9zz">Kevin Smith&rsquo;s money trail | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner</a>
<a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211031/he-left-trail-pain-and-debt" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211031/he-left-trail-pain-and-debt&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0m_Pna0Im31sdZ5yibYd9H">&lsquo;He left a trail of pain and debt&rsquo; | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner</a>
<a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20221113/kevin-smith-will-return" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20221113/kevin-smith-will-return&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw38gVMx5f3PHpBWctmWv0dZ">&lsquo;Kevin Smith will return&rsquo; | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner</a>
<a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211020/kevin-o-smiths-social-media-footprint" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211020/kevin-o-smiths-social-media-footprint&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0jckxCOjpiS5JBaftC85Fi">Kevin O. Smith&rsquo;s social media footprint | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner</a>
<a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211031/kevin-smith-had-great-prophetic-powers-says-henley-morgan" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211031/kevin-smith-had-great-prophetic-powers-says-henley-morgan&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3igR7VmYyLFgUCWUl6I20X">Kevin Smith had great prophetic powers, says Henley Morgan | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner</a>
<a href="https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/3/12/17109306/prosperity-gospel-good-evil-cancer-fate-theology-theodicy" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/3/12/17109306/prosperity-gospel-good-evil-cancer-fate-theology-theodicy&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1XO_JPkG1GlJuL1gvSD8fy">I&rsquo;m a scholar of the &ldquo;prosperity gospel.&rdquo; It took cancer to show me I was in its grip. | Vox</a>
<a href="https://www.9marks.org/review/blessed-history-american-prosperity-gospel/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.9marks.org/review/blessed-history-american-prosperity-gospel/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0hkEcYEpi-UCeY8snxFyiK">Book Review: Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel, by Kate Bowler - 9Marks</a>

Part One: The Throat-Slitting Evangelical Minister of Jamaica

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/ff0383d4-9aa8-48da-b9a4-b2e901524056/transcript

In this episode we follow Carl Schmitt through the disillusionment of WW1, and breaking up with his con artist wife, to his creation of the Death Star of liberal democracy.

In this episode we follow Carl Schmitt through the disillusionment of WW1, and breaking up with his con artist wife, to his creation of the Death Star of liberal democracy.

Part Two: Carl Schmitt: The Mind Behind Modern Fascism

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/acb3622d-8a7b-4a45-8af1-b2e4014e13f4/transcript

Part One: Alfredo Stroessner: The Luckiest Dictator

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