Robert is joined again by Jeff May to continue to discuss Nicolae Ceaușescu.

Robert is joined again by Jeff May to continue to discuss Nicolae Ceaușescu.

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 Two: Nicolae Ceaușescu: The Dracula of Being A Dick

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/67da2c36-3ef5-4253-9f35-af9c016c7d22/transcript

Robert and Joe get into the meat of the Beria story: the invasion of Poland and start of World War 2.

Robert and Joe get into the meat of the Beria story: the invasion of Poland and start of World War 2.

Part Three: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/3abb0e72-bb23-46f7-ad55-b1540029cb0e/transcript

In part two, Robert continues with Joe Kassabian to tell the sordid tale of Lavrentiy Beria, the head of Stalin's secret police, prolific sex criminal and ethnic cleanser, and nuclear weapon entrepreneur.

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In part two, Robert continues with Joe Kassabian to tell the sordid tale of Lavrentiy Beria, the head of Stalin's secret police, prolific sex criminal and ethnic cleanser, and nuclear weapon entrepreneur.
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Part Two: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/9ac29782-dd04-4c14-9fa1-b14f0003754e/transcript

Robert sits down with Joe Kassabian to tell the sordid tale of Lavrentiy Beria, the head of Stalin's secret police, prolific sex criminal and ethnic cleanser, and nuclear weapon entrepreneur.

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Robert sits down with Joe Kassabian to tell the sordid tale of Lavrentiy Beria, the head of Stalin's secret police, prolific sex criminal and ethnic cleanser, and nuclear weapon entrepreneur.
<a href="https://gofund.me/e815d59e">https://gofund.me/e815d59e</a> 
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Part One: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/341f7989-155a-4dea-95f3-b14d00150fb3/transcript

Part Two: Nicolae Ceaușescu: The Dracula of Being A Dick

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