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Let Them Fight: A Comedy History Podcast

Apr 30, 2020

Hello again, dear listeners, we're back with another psycho that loved murder! Rodney Alcala's story has more twists than an M. Night Shyamalan movie and boy does it get kind of bonkers. Also, his outside of murder accomplishments are definitely not what you'd expect. Listen in to find it all out, and to hear Tim's...


Apr 28, 2020

In today's episode we will be going back to the wild west, dear listeners, to talk about Texas John Slaughter. He did all the traditional wild west things. Cattle driving, working as a sheriff in Tombstone, gambling, and shooting people he didn't like. He also collected a couple wives and some kids along the way, some...


Apr 23, 2020

Welcome back, dear listeners, and settle in for an episode about a genuinely good dude, who also kicked a metric ton of Nazi ass, Matt Urban. If you've ever played a video game set during WW2, chances are the crazy shit you did was inspired by some of the real shit this guy did. And boy is it a lot. I don't want to...


Apr 21, 2020

It's time to go back to Mexico, dear listeners, so that we can talk about Juana Barraza. Her life story is pretty much a constant rotation between, "holy shit that's tragic," and events in dire need of being backed by Yakety Sax. One moment she's being abused by damn near everyone in her life, the next she's a clown...


Apr 16, 2020

Welcome back, dear listeners. We're leaving Chicago behind for a little while to take a look in on a mob hitman in New York, Gregory Scarpa. Dude did some wild shit, and after every atrocity you'll be thinking, "Man, I don't like this guy." Then you find out he also beat a Klansman so bad it changed who he was as a...