We conclude the story and life of "Dr. Death", which culminates in, predictably, a lot of dead people.

We conclude the story and life of "Dr. Death", which culminates in, predictably, a lot of dead people.

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

Behind the Bastards

Part Two: Dr. Death: The Texas Death Row Psychiatrist Who Killed So Many People

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/a000e840-e1b0-4cb9-a51d-b32b001f5f94/transcript

Robert sits down with Dr. Dana al-Kurd to discuss how things started going wrong in Palestine, and how terror first came to the Holy Land.

(2 part series)

Sources:

https://www.reddit.com/r/list_palestine/comments/l43xgk/megalist_israels_crimes_controversies_full/

https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421

https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/

https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321

https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849

https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm

https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692

https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/

https://waqarahmed.org/menachem-begin-israeli-terrorist-who-became-prime-minister-won-nobel-peace-prize

https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence=1

https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history

https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/

https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine

https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism

https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/

https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf

Robert sits down with Dr. Dana al-Kurd to discuss how things started going wrong in Palestine, and how terror first came to the Holy Land.
(2 part series)
Sources:
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/list_palestine/comments/l43xgk/megalist_israels_crimes_controversies_full/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.reddit.com/r/list_palestine/comments/l43xgk/megalist_israels_crimes_controversies_full/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1DOv4kEe6UgaB9dytOb9df">https://www.reddit.com/r/list_palestine/comments/l43xgk/megalist_israels_crimes_controversies_full/</a>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw171_Ins6s1YjVWY3GjXG5B">https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421</a>
<a href="https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3dRxU8ubQTiZpKMVG1ocLI">https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/Rdwny%23selection-1141.0-1141.321&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Ugfl9zanrU1Clp8ME6Sry">https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321</a>
<a href="https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3VrTakXECAxfcExzcI-ajA">https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849</a>
<a href="https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1osF9jHFnXMSGNdo90gmSC">https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm</a>
<a href="https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Z79vhs0nxMTdI8tDiPjTD">https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692</a>
<a href="https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0N-lBc3DLxfwDPFg-PzTKz">https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/</a>
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<a href="https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence=1" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0aP_7m3h93uEMXptTSFAvP">https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence=1</a>
<a href="https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0-3cT_q-GkLIKOPhFFrN0n">https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history</a>
<a href="https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1jbIS99sC2dB_t_V_mS6nr">https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/</a>
<a href="https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3vhmOyqOFVk6EdrHDNkwMo">https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine</a>
<a href="https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3FN2svbcDcyfVzKWa9V2XW">https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism</a>
<a href="https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw25trli_EWtggJUYLDMS10K">https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/</a>
<a href="https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format%3Dpdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw06ZfBtkFZjehtRh9SjhC9T">https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf</a>
<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq%3D19wwf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw14x_R5ntxxGSgiWLzkBZ4E">https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf</a>

Part One: The Origins of Terror in Palestine

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f946715e-8e1c-4009-a984-b49c00136d6f/transcript

After the Civil War takes everything from her, Rebecca blames her woes on rich white planters, which weirdly causes her to become a pro-lynching activist.

After the Civil War takes everything from her, Rebecca blames her woes on rich white planters, which weirdly causes her to become a pro-lynching activist.

 Part Two: Rebecca Felton: The First Female Senator (was also a pro-lynching activist)

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/8fc2ef8e-f8b3-4475-ad77-b4960163cc51/transcript

Rebecca Felton was a major suffragette and the first female senator. She was also, at different points, a slave owner and professional racist who became America's #1 pro-lynching advocate.

(2 Part Series)

Sources:

https://www.senate.gov/senators/FeaturedBios/Featured_Bio_Felton.htm

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-nations-first-woman-senator-was-a-virulent-white-supremacist-180981150/

https://archive.is/PpZnj#selection-1919.0-1923.192

https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/10695

https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/1898/item/2278

https://www.nhcgov.com/604/Wilmington-Massacre-1898

https://www.neh.gov/article/wilmington-1898-unsupressed-history-massacre

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/when-white-supremacists-overthrew-government/

https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/apr/27

https://evhsonline.org/native-american

https://archive.org/details/countrylifeingeo0000felt/page/95/mode/1up?q=slaves+caring+for+a+considerable+number+of+slaves

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0674061853?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

 

Rebecca Felton was a major suffragette and the first female senator. She was also, at different points, a slave owner and professional racist who became America's #1 pro-lynching advocate.
(2 Part Series)
Sources:
<a href="https://www.senate.gov/senators/FeaturedBios/Featured_Bio_Felton.htm" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.senate.gov/senators/FeaturedBios/Featured_Bio_Felton.htm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950622000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2L6Si1N7-nmw1iZOnfgxQ-">https://www.senate.gov/senators/FeaturedBios/Featured_Bio_Felton.htm</a>
<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-nations-first-woman-senator-was-a-virulent-white-supremacist-180981150/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-nations-first-woman-senator-was-a-virulent-white-supremacist-180981150/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950622000&amp;usg=AOvVaw03Ah_xehwPIfko0m8ptOHh">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-nations-first-woman-senator-was-a-virulent-white-supremacist-180981150/</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/PpZnj#selection-1919.0-1923.192" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/PpZnj%23selection-1919.0-1923.192&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950622000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0g0RHBUrsNg-fwyd47POFR">https://archive.is/PpZnj#selection-1919.0-1923.192</a>
<a href="https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/10695" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/10695&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950622000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3S9f0MPmBrcYceMe2lFa39">https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/10695</a>
<a href="https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/1898/item/2278" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/1898/item/2278&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950622000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3VQAVTTt3U-PHNnJl-XzWX">https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/1898/item/2278</a>
<a href="https://www.nhcgov.com/604/Wilmington-Massacre-1898" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nhcgov.com/604/Wilmington-Massacre-1898&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950622000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0WTSD7q0VedVDUAi6HrVJn">https://www.nhcgov.com/604/Wilmington-Massacre-1898</a>
<a href="https://www.neh.gov/article/wilmington-1898-unsupressed-history-massacre" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.neh.gov/article/wilmington-1898-unsupressed-history-massacre&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950622000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3PDSZC8PxQaIGBDbFGl-aa">https://www.neh.gov/article/wilmington-1898-unsupressed-history-massacre</a>
<a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/when-white-supremacists-overthrew-government/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/when-white-supremacists-overthrew-government/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950622000&amp;usg=AOvVaw08KXGoSCsAtp2HtXnAniAa">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/when-white-supremacists-overthrew-government/</a>
<a href="https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/apr/27" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/apr/27&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950622000&amp;usg=AOvVaw33DxlbVKZrA0Qbpt89NfSI">https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/apr/27</a>
<a href="https://evhsonline.org/native-american" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://evhsonline.org/native-american&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950622000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0mZsAlx4MnuWcsXOqk8Y9o">https://evhsonline.org/native-american</a>
<a href="https://archive.org/details/countrylifeingeo0000felt/page/95/mode/1up?q=slaves+caring+for+a+considerable+number+of+slaves" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.org/details/countrylifeingeo0000felt/page/95/mode/1up?q%3Dslaves%2Bcaring%2Bfor%2Ba%2Bconsiderable%2Bnumber%2Bof%2Bslaves&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950622000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1f0K4sW2Bkr1xkQJx3im4U">https://archive.org/details/countrylifeingeo0000felt/page/95/mode/1up?q=slaves+caring+for+a+considerable+number+of+slaves</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0674061853?lv=shuf&amp;channelId=500&amp;plpRedirect=mhFallback" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/dp/0674061853?lv%3Dshuf%26channelId%3D500%26plpRedirect%3DmhFallback&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785870950622000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1QDHErWdL-FyybToGn8ADF">https://www.amazon.com/dp/0674061853?lv=shuf&amp;channelId=500&amp;plpRedirect=mhFallback</a>
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Part One: Rebecca Felton: The First Female Senator (was also a pro-lynching activist)

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/90653652-589a-4d51-bd3a-b495000f7c4b/transcript

Part Two: Dr. Death: The Texas Death Row Psychiatrist Who Killed So Many People

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