Behind the Bastards

Documentary series exploring the bizarre lives of history's worst figures AI summary

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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.

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Part Two: Don Simpson: The Producer of Top Gun Also Ruined Hollywood

2026-11-12 · 1 hr 25 min

Don Simpson rises to the top of Hollywood by co-opting gay culture and doing every drug imaginable. But then things take a turn on the set of a doomed Tom Cruise movie.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part One: Don Simpson: The Producer of Top Gun Also Ruined Hollywood

2026-11-10 · 1 hr 10 min

In this week's harrowing episode, Robert and Soren Bowie explore the life and times of Don Simpson: the man who produced Top Gun and most of the other big hits of the 1980s while being a coked-up devil behind the…
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Part Two: Dennis Hastert: The Longest-Serving Republican Speaker of the House

2026-11-05 · 1 hr 12 min

In part 2, Dennis Hastert lucks his way into becoming Speaker of the House and helps Congress redefine corruption for the 21st century. And then, after his retirement, it all comes crashing down.See…
Part One: Dennis Hastert: The Longest-Serving Republican Speaker of the House

2026-11-03 · 50 min

Robert tells Miles Gray the tangled story of Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House, pioneer of congressional corruption, and pedophile. Sources: Prosecutors detail sex abuse allegations…
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Part Two: Peter Rachman: King of the Slumlords

2026-10-29 · 1 hr 10 min

Robert concludes the thrilling tale of the life of Peter Rachman by explaining how his death was used by even worse Slumlords to evade any responsibility for their crimes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
Part One: Peter Rachman: King of the Slumlords

2026-10-27 · 56 min

Peter Rachman was a London landlord so bad, his last name became an internationally recognized synonym for "shitty slumlord". In these episodes, Robert explains how he went from fleeing the Nazis, to fleecing the…
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2026-10-22 · 1 hr 16 min

Robert explains how live streamers went from pranks, to acts of insane violence and public cruelty, and eventually turned them into a lucrative industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Owner: iHeartPodcasts
Oldest episode in feed: 04/2018 · over 8 years
Typical length: 1 hr 39 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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