Let Them Fight Podcast

Welcome back, dear listeners. We continue this week of charming individuals with Ken McElroy, a man beloved in his community. Nah, just kidding, he's a giant piece of shit just like the last guy was and everyone hated him. Turns out, years of stealing, beatings, and threats does not make people want to be your friend. Ken answers the question of, "what if a high school bully never got the ass kicking he deserved that would also fix him, then grew up?" Anyways, enjoy!

Well, dear listeners, we have a real garbage monster for you today. Charles Rodman Campbell (three names is always a bad sign) was what is referred to as a revenge killer, but man does his reason for wanting revenge suck. This episode also features one of the most egregious failings by the criminal justice system we've ever covered, but it isn't the cops being incompetent this time at least. So strap in, and enjoy the ride!

Today we bring you a man you will happily root against as we tell you his story. Robert Jay Mathews may not have been a good person by any metric, but what he lacked in that department he more than made up for in crazy. When he had successfully recruited some likeminded crazies to his cause, he took to the rural area of the Pacific Northwest to start pursuing his plan of kicking off a race war, you know, like a normal person would do. I don't want to spoil anything, but you won't hate the ending. Enjoy!

Today we're covering renowned Indian fighter, Samuel Brady. I'm not saying the Brady family hated Native Americans, but the back and forth between the two groups made the Hatfields and McCoys look like a petty squabble. There's a lot of fun in this episode: scalping, great escapes, and the most unique use of a campfire I've heard before. Enjoy!

It's time for another trip to Japan, dear listeners. This time we're going to be talking about notable crazy person, Sada Abe, who answers the question, "What happens when the dick is TOO good?" Horror. That's what happens. But her exploits made her a bit of a celebrity/nightmare in Japan, to such an extent that Asa Akira played her in a porno. So strap in and listen to how bad the Japanese justice system failed, and enjoy!

Today we're talking about badass Filipina, Nieves Fernandez. When the Japanese showed up in the Philippines during WW2 and started taking over and doing all their evil shit, she took the quote, "Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats," to heart and took a break from teaching to do exactly that. Armed with a bolo machete, and homemade guns and grenades, she made the Japanese pay in blood for their invasion. Enjoy!

Happy turkey day, dear listeners. After you're done stuffing your face and arguing with your family, kick back and enjoy this episode on badass German, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. I know, I'm as surprised as you that I'm calling a German a badass, but he was pretty dope. The whole colonization of Africa thing was a bit...not so dope, but given the times, he was still the best of the bunch. His men, both German and African, loved him. And his enemies respected him, some later even became his friends. Enjoy!

What can I say about Canadian cult leader Roch Theriault except, ew. When a dude shits on people as punishment and that doesn't even come close to the worst thing about him, there's really no better way to describe him than "gross." He's also a dude whose appearance is way too on the nose for the kind of person he is. While a lot of the things he does are pretty par for course when it comes to psycho religious fanatics, he does manage to sneak in a few surprising moments. Enjoy!

Welcome back, dear listeners! Today we are talking about a real grade A piece of shit, William Calley. A lot of bad stuff was done over the course of the Vietnam War, and Calley was right at the heart of one of the instances where some bad stuff occurred. He should have just stuck with being an incompetent officer instead of graduating to full blown dickhead, but what are ya gonna do? Well if you're the US government, almost nothing! There's no bitterness here, I swear. Anyways, enjoy!

I know most of the time when you think about the Netherlands you don't think about criminals, murder, and crazy kidnapping plots, but that's exactly what we have for you today. Willem Holleeder even had a dumb nickname like so many American criminals. Of course nobody was going to tell him that it was dumb, since he was a goddamn murderer and pretty much everyone was terrified of him. But you don't have to be scared like them, so laugh away. Enjoy!

Today we bring you another trip to jolly old England, but this time it's to talk about some biker mayhem. Daniel "Snake Dog" Boone may not be the biggest name in the biker world, but he was there for many of its significant moments. He runs into some people we've previously talked about, and is there for some stuff that will be in future regular and/or Patreon episodes as well. But for now just enjoy all of his schenanigans!

Another round of badasses starts today, and we're kicking things off with Marie-Therese Figueur AKA le petit Sans-Gene, "the little unconstrained one." From a very early age she decided that simply existing in France would not be enough of a life for her, oh no. She wanted to get out on the battlefield and kill the hell out of some people. And that's exactly what she did, at barely over 5 feet tall. And she was damned good at it too. Enjoy!

In today's episode we'll be covering another big fan of the scumnut, Gary Michael Heidnik. He may not have displayed all the red flags in his youth, but he certainly had more than enough that someone should have kept an eye on him. Instead he got to spread his crazy wings and fly, and become the grossest amateur prison warden. Enjoy!

It's time for another trip to Florida, after a short stop in Chicago, to talk about one of the OG cocaine cowboys, Jorge "Rivi" Ayala. Dude loved him some crime, especially murder. But even this psychopath with a penchant for machine gunning people seemed sane when compared to his boss, and he's proof that even hitmen get micromanaged. Anyways, this dude's life story is like a class on why you probably shouldn't fuck with Colombians. Enjoy!

Today we'll be giving Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson, the godfather of Harlem, his due. He may have started his life as just a simple country lad, but by the end of his life he was a massive part of the history of New York City, especially Harlem. "Bumpy" lived a bonkers life, from fighting the mob to yelling at magazine editors, with some fun cameos from people we've covered on the podcast previously. Enjoy!

It's time for another Civil War guy on the Confederate side. This time we're talking about "Stonewall" Jackson, who was a pretty great soldier, but also a racist that loved slavery so not really a good person. He was also apparently weird as hell and ridiculously over the top with his religion. Anyways, he did a lot of shit in his life so join us in making fun of all of it. And listen in for what is probably the worst reason ever for wanting to teach people about Christianity. Enjoy!

Today we'll be talking about John Brown, a man who was so fervently anti-slavery that at one point even Frederick Douglass was all, "Damn, bro. You're pretty extreme." John Brown is famous for a small paragraph we all had to read one time in our history books in school but they just don't do his whole bonkers life justice with that little coverage. Enjoy!

In today's episode we went back to our big bag of requested scumnut creators to pull out Earle Leonard Nelson. If you've been listening to us for a while you know what three first names means, an awful garbage monster. And you'd be right. Earle spent his life traveling around the US, and a little bit in Canada, proving what a "badass" he was by choking the shit out of old ladies. And doing other stuff, but I wouldn't want to ruin that surprise. Enjoy!

Today we'll be traveling to the oft ignored country of Paraguay to talk about a type of person we haven't covered in a while, a dickhead dictator. Alfredo Stroessner did a lot of dirty shit in his days as evil despot of the country, and we're here to tell you about all of it. And what is a South American fascist regime without a little help from the United States? So don't worry, we pop up in this story too. Enjoy!

Today we're covering a true rarity, a badass Italian. Pre-World War 2 he ran all over Spain fighting commies and North Africa kicking in the teeth of various locals from horseback. Then things got kinda wonky when World War 2 kicked off proper and he found himself pretty well abandoned. So he decided it was time to fight the British. While also kinda, sorta doing blackface. But just ignore that part cuz he did some wild shit that makes up for it. Enjoy!