Let Them Fight Podcast

Today we're kicking off the week of our 2 year anniversary with Miyamoto Musashi, a man surrounded by a fog of legends, but we cut through all that anime bullshit and give you the real stuff because even that is plenty bonkers. He ran around the Japanese countryside alternating between sword and wood, beating the shit outta every badass he could in duels. And even when he earned enough prestige and honor to become a proper samurai, or just chill he said, "fuck that, there's murder to be done!" Enjoy!

Today we got Llewellyn Chilson, another man who proves that if you give a dude a woman's name he'll grow up to fuck some shit up. The amount of Nazi ass he kicked during World War 2 led to him being one of the most decorated American soldiers and probably inspired at least a few video games. How he was never awarded the Medal of Honor baffles me, because he easily did enough to earn one several times over. Enjoy this batshit crazy badass!

Do you like crazy vindictive Welsh pirates with a flair for fancy clothes? Well then this is the episode for you! Bartholomew Roberts got into some wild shit over the course of his 3ish year career. He became one of the most successful pirates ever in terms of ships captured, and showed the people of Martinique why they shouldn't send pirate hunters after him. He wasn't terribly creative with ship names though. But he did create a whole pirate code. Enjoy!

It's been a while since we covered a fun wild west badass, so today we're bringing you Luke Short. Whose life is proof that everyone seemed to know each other back then as he ran around with some familiar names. And shot a few people who also knew people he knew. It's like a big old game of six degrees of separation but with gambling and guns. Also check out that top hat, dude was a classy ass gambling gunfighter.

Today we'll be talking about a horrendously gross man, in pretty much very possible meaning. I don't want to give away everything about Nathaniel Bar-Jonah, but I will say that there was a lot of strangulation. And where he went, children disappeared, and meals were made. And he looks like exactly the kind of person to do all the fucked up shit that he did. Turns out, sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. And this book cover is smeared in well, a lot of things you don't want to touch. But enjoy!

Today we'll be talking about the first guy from the South to show up on this podcast that wasn't super into slavery, Newton Knight. This dude, while admittedly kind of a simpleton based on the way he sounds in his quotes, was anti-Confederacy and managed to lead a whole splinter group of other like-minded swamp folk. They didn't do a whole lot of significant damage, but man did the rebel leadership hate them, and that's good enough for me. Also dude had some comedy gold in his quotes. Enjoy!

Today we're taking another trip to England, dear listeners. This time it's to talk about human Guy Ritchie movie, Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw. Like most of the people we talk about, he started fighting at a young age, and then just didn't stop. He fought in the streets, in the pub, in the boxing ring, in the psych hospital, in the prison, pretty much everywhere you can fight. Hell, he probably didn't fuck so much as throw punches with his dick. He lived a hell of a life and we had a lot of fun talking about it.

It's time for us to go back to Australia to talk about Dennis Allen, and his family, who were frankly, super fucked up. His story is pretty much all over the place. A Mr. T amount of gold chains, glory hole drugs, a sex slave, and blood vomit. Just some of the examples of baffling insanity that Mr. Death got into throughout his short but brutal life. No matter how much of the animal life in that country is crazy deadly, humans always manage to one-up them. Enjoy!

When it comes to terrible names, Claude Percy Lemieux is gonna be at the top of the list. He's also going to be at the top of the list of hated NHL players for all the dirty shots and shenanigans he got into over the years. This dude loved winning, and cheap shotting anybody in an opposing jersey. He was also the cause of probably the greatest brawl in sports history, seriously, that fight had everything short of a murder. Now listen to us make fun of his entire legacy, enjoy!

Now, dear listeners, you know we would never give you back to back monsters right? Well, here's another monster. Oskar Dirlewanger hated commies and Jews, and the things he did as a result of that hate even made other Nazis go, "Hey, man. Like, take it easy ok?" Do you realize how over the top you have to act for Nazis to think you're going too far? Well if not, you'll be learning in this episode as we again subject friend of the show, Derrick Murray, to some awful brutality. Enjoy!

Not gonna lie to you, dear listeners, this was a rough one. David Parker Ray was one seriously messed up dude even for a serial killer/rapist, and the stuff he did combined with the transcript of the tape he played for his victims adds up to be one of our most brutal episodes. So of course we decided to inflict it upon one of our friends by having Derrick Murray back on the show. Listen to him go from, "I've learned about this dude!" to, "I did not know about that..." one horrifying fact at a time, enjoy!

Today we have mixed martial artist and criminal extraordinaire, Lee Murray. He could have had a great career in beating people up if it wasn't for the other career he had in beating people up. Whether it be in the ring, or in the alley of a local pub, Lee just loved fighting. And stealing. That was the other thing that got him into a wee bit of trouble. You'll see what I mean. If you own any Tapout shirts, you're gonna love the name drops in this episode by the way. Enjoy!

General George Armstrong Custer is most famously known for losing the battle at Little Bighorn in the biggest and most impressively stupid way possible. But today we'll be telling you about all his other failings and bad decisions. And about how, up until that last battle, pure dumb luck basically carried him through life. And if you think we're overexaggerating what a bad officer he was, wait until you hear about what his former soldiers had planned. Enjoy!

Despite the fancy title, Thomas Cochrane got down in his day. He spent most of his life sailing around in a goddamn tugboat masquerading as a warship, and still managed to fuck up all of Britain's enemies. Then when his wild shit talking got him into too much trouble, he bounced from the Navy and went into politics. Then when his mouth got him into too much trouble there, he went down to South America to fuck up some more people. Even stole his own payment when they held out on him. Respect.

For any listeners that have been waiting for a pirate episode, today is your lucky day! We're talking about notorious French buccaneer and really terrible person, Francois l'Olonnais. He was great at torturing and killing the Spanish, and taking plunder. So much so he even got a pretty badass nickname (which you'll learn in the episode of course). Hopefully you're not expecting those fun heroic movie type pirates though, because turns out real pirates weren't at all like that. Enjoy!

Hello there, dear listeners. Kick back and relax, and listen to the story of Donald McBane. He was a badass medieval old timey Scottish swordsman who loved fighting and pimping. He fought in some significant battles across several countries, killed a bunch of people, tapped a lot of kegs (and women), and then sat down and wrote a book about it all that also explains how to fight like you're as badass as he is. Enjoy!

Well, dear listeners, it took 165 episodes but it finally happened. We showed up to record and had prepared the same person. And we really picked a top tier scumbag to cross the streams for. Randall Woodfield loved to make people look at his dick. Then things all kinda spiraled out of control from there after football stopped offering him protection from the consequences of his actions. Then of course, the killing started. Enjoy!

Today we'll be talking about notorious Jewish mobster, and possessor of a terrible nickname, Abe "Kid Twist" Reles. Dude did a lot of dirt back in his day, and contributed heavily to a well known group of violent sociopaths, Murder Inc. Then right up at the end he turned out to be kind of a pussy. But hey, at least he'll always have that super awesome nickname. Also we have the first and last great news article title the media ever had. Enjoy!

A question for you, dear listeners. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you combined The Grinch with Charles Manson? Well wonder no more, for we have an answer, and boy is he a nightmare. Ronald Gene Simmons lived a fairly normal life, right up until he decided to become king of a white trash castle down in Arkansas. And it only spiraled further into madness from there. They say not to judge a book by it's cover and all that, but everybody who met, or saw, this guy really should have judged more.

Today we're talking about a Canadian who wore many, many hats throughout his bonkers ass life. Pro wrestler, drug smuggler, knee breaker, biker, and just all around violent crazy person. Imagine showing up to your job as a fake fighter and being told, "Alright you're paired up with Bruiser Bedlam, he beats people for the mob and he's the president of Satan's Choice MC." "Like his gimmick right?" "Nah, that's his real life. Try not to make any sudden moves. Oh, he may have killed a few people too." Enjoy!