Robert concludes the story of the Fake Autism Cure Industrial Complex and tells Mangesh about a doctor who tried to get rich selling spoiled blood to deranged parents.

Robert concludes the story of the Fake Autism Cure Industrial Complex and tells Mangesh about a doctor who tried to get rich selling spoiled blood to deranged parents.

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: The Grifters Behind The Fake Autism 'Cure' Industry

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Robert concludes the story of fake psychic investigator Sylvia Browne with a surprise story about the World Trade Center bombing.

Robert concludes the story of fake psychic investigator Sylvia Browne with a surprise story about the World Trade Center bombing.

Part Two: Sylvia Browne: Fake Psychic Detective

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Robert and Kal Penn discuss the life and times of Sylvia Browne, the first famous psychic detective who spent most of her life committing crimes rather than stopping them.

Robert and Kal Penn discuss the life and times of Sylvia Browne, the first famous psychic detective who spent most of her life committing crimes rather than stopping them.

Part One: Sylvia Browne: Fake Psychic Detective

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/c31637dd-92f8-420d-8659-b40f0175e5a5/transcript

Robert explains how incel terminology met the social internet, particularly reddit, and became tied inexorably with Gen Z slang.

Robert explains how incel terminology met the social internet, particularly reddit, and became tied inexorably with Gen Z slang.

Part Two: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

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Part Two: The Grifters Behind The Fake Autism 'Cure' Industry

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