History's Greatest Idiots
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Episodes: 160
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This hilarious history podcast explores the epic failures, disasters, and terrible decisions that have shaped our world, providing us with memorable lessons to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. Hosts Lev and Derek uncover the funniest blunders, scandals, spectacular mistakes, and jaw-dropping screw-ups from the dawn of time to today. Perfect for history buffs who love a little comedy with their knowledge! New episodes bi-weekly featuring famous disasters, military blunders, political scandals, and legendary bad life choices. Educational entertainment at its finest!
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A Brief History Of Outrage (Season 7 Episode 4)
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May 24, 2026 |
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The Internet Is Hell (Season 7 Episode 3)
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May 17, 2026 |
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History vs The Gig Economy (Season 7 Episode 2)
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May 10, 2026 |
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Why The Last 10 Years Have Sucked (Season 7 Episode 1)
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May 03, 2026 |
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This Is Why You're Exhausted (Season 6 Episode 25)
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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The Cult Of Personality (Season 6 Episode 24)
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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Robert Byrd: The Ultimate Redemption Story (Season 6 Episode 23)
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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Rumi: The Poet Who Changed The World (Season 6 Episode 22)
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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Hulk Hogan's Lifetime of Lies: Metallica, Andre the Giant, and Wrestling 400 Days a Year (Season 6 Episode 21)
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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Trad Wives: What History Actually Tells Us
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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The Burglar, The Fraudster, and The Prime Minister (Season 6 Episode 20)
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Chernobyl: How a Safety Test Destroyed the Soviet Union (Season 6 Episode 19)
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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The Millars Episode: Redemption and Controversy in Cycling and Comics (Season 6 Episode 18)
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Gallagher - Comedy's Melon Smashing Outcast (Season 6 episode 17)
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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J. Paul Getty - The Miserable Billionaire (Season 6 Episode 16)
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Tech's Biggest Mistakes (Season 6 Episode 15)
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Special Announcement
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Bunny Roger: The War Hero Who Fought in Blush and a Silk Scarf (Season 6 Episode 14)
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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ChatGPT and the $500 Billion House of Cards (Season 6 Episode 13)
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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History's Worst Cults (Season 6 Episode 12)
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Larry Summers: The One Scandal That Ended Everything - Part Two (Season 6 Episode 11)
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Larry Summers: The Man Who Crashed the World Economy...Then Got Hired to Fix It - Part One (Season 6 Episode 10)
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Y2K: The Apocalypse That Wasn't (Season 6 Episode 8)
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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History's Worst Monarchs (Season 6 Episode 7)
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Crime's Greatest Idiots (Season 6 Episode 6)
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Lord Palmerston: Britain's Most Scandalous Statesman - Part Two (Season 6 Episode 5)
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Lord Palmerston: Britain's Most Scandalous Statesman - Part One (Season 6 Episode 4)
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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William Buckland: The Man Who Ate A King's Heart and Discovered Dinosaurs - Part Two (Season 6 Episode 3)
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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William Buckland: The Man Who Ate Everything...including a King's Heart. Part One (Season 6 Episode 2)
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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The Controversial Rise of Daniel Ek and Spotify - Part Two (Season 6 Episode 1)
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Spotify: The Controversial Rise Of A Music Empire - Part One (Season 5 Episode 25)
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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The Vanderbilts Part Two: The Remnants of a Fortune
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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The Vanderbilts: The Aristocratic Guide to Burning Money - Part One (Season 5 Episode 23)
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Pets.com: The $300M Dot-Com Disaster That Predicted The AI Bubble (Season 5 Episode 22)
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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The $30 Million Ponzi Scheme That Shocked Australia - Melissa Caddick (Season 5 Episode 21)
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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The Man Who Designed Dystopia: Norman Bel Geddes (Season 5 Episode 20)
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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David Hahn - The Radioactive Boy Scout Who Built a Nuclear Reactor in His Backyard (Season 5 Episode 19)
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Hollywood's Greatest Idiots: Randy Quaid, Errol Flynn, and John Belushi (Season 5 Episode 18)
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Music's Greatest Idiots: Rick James, Keith Moon, Malcolm McLaren, and Morrissey (Season 5 Episode 17)
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Karl Marx - World's Greatest Philosopher and Revolutionary, or Lazy Hypocrite? (Season 5 Episode 16)
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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Tim Lambesis - Metal's Biggest A**hole! (Season 5 Episode 15)
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Harvey Milk: LGBTQIA+ Icon and Political Genius (Season 5 Episode 14)
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Keith Moon - The Out Of Control Rock Legend (Season 5 Episode 13)
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Hetty Green - America’s Richest Woman (Season 5 Episode 12)
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May 25, 2025 |
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Blockbuster - How To Ruin The Perfect Business! (Season 5 Episode 11)
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May 11, 2025 |
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Season 5 Episode 10: George Santos - The Most Notorious Liar In Washington
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Season 5 Episode 9: G Gordon Liddy - The Watergate Burglar
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Season 5 Episode 8: Dr Dozy Mmobousi - The Billionaire Conman Who Fooled Everyone (Almost)
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Season 5 Episode 7: Wesley Weber - Canada's Most Infamous Counterfeiter
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Season 5 Episode 6: A Re-telling of the MacGregor Tale and Who’s John Darwin
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Episode Delayed By 24 Hrs (apologies)!
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Season 5 Episode 5: Adrian Carton De Wiart - The Unkillable Soldier
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Season 5 Episode 4: "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig - Wrestling's Greatest Prankster
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Season 5 Episode 3: John "Jake The Barber" Factor - The Greatest Con-Man and Mobster you’ve never heard of!
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Season 5 Episode 2: Akhenaten - The 'Heretic' Pharaoh
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Holiday Special: The Never Ending Tangent!
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Season 5 Episode 1: No Cults Please, We're British!
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Episode 100: Margaret Thatcher!
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 24: John Belushi - SNL's Most Insane Cast Member!
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 23: The Great Australian Emu War!
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 22: Halloween Special Featuring The First Ever Killer Clown!
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 21: The Formula One Mogul With A Complicated Legacy (Max Mosley)
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 20: The Surprisingly Dark History of Monopoly
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 19: The 1960s Television Icon (Adam West)
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 18: The Man Who Brought Down Lance Armstrong (Floyd Landis) Featuring Peter Barnes of In The Wheels Podcast Podcast
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 17: The Man Who Nearly Ruined Apple (John Sculley III)
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 16: The Biggest Financial Scandal In Asian History (Trương Mỹ Lan)
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 15: The Musical Genius Who Took On The French Establishment And Won (Adolphe Sax)
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 14: The Landmark Case (Ernesto Miranda) & The Chaotic Flight (The Plane Ride From Hell
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 13: The Genius Auteur (Alfred Hitchcock) and The Tiny "Country" (Sealand)
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Episode Delayed By 24 Hours (sorry)!
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 12: The Notorious Filmmaker Who Punches His Critics (Uwe Boll) & Our Own Lovely Critics!
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 11: The Racist Industrialist (Henry Ford) & The Narcissistic Child King (Richard II)
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May 27, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 10: The Female Serial Killer (Nannie Doss) & The WeWork CEO (Adam Neumann)
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May 13, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 9: The Real-Life Scrooge (Daniel Dancer) and The Infamous DJ (Bubba The Love Sponge)
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 8: The Weird Nobleman (William Henry Miller) & Baseball's Most Hated Man (Angel Hernandez)
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 7: The Giant Wrestling Icon (Andre The Giant) and The Underwear World Record
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 6: The Redeemed Actor (Mark Whalberg) and The Nicest Crime Lord/Spy Ever (Howard Marks)
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 5: The Unhinged Actor (Charlie Sheen) and The Manipulative Music Manager (Malcolm McLaren)
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 4: The ShamWow Guy (Vince Offer) and The "Performance Enhancing" Bracelet (Power Balance)
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 3: The Legendary Skateboarder (Christian Hosoi) and The Insane Tailor (Franz Reichelt)
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 2: The Genius Comedian (Andy Kaufman) and The 80s Music Icon (Morrissey)
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Season 4 Episode 1: The Crazy Dutch King (William III) and The Social Media Icon (Tila Tequila)
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Season 3 Episode 25 Season Finale: The Genius Artist (Vincent Van Gogh) & The Psycho MMA Thug (Lee Murray)
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 24: The Most Violent NHL Player Ever (Link Gaetz) & The Scandalous Liberal Politician (Jeremy Thorpe)
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 23: The Evil British Explorer (Thomas Hunt) and Martial Art's Greatest Liar (Frank Dux)
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 22: The Psycho NFL Player (Bill Romanowski) and the original Great Gatsby (George Remus)
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 21: The Halloween Special! America's First Serial Killer (HH Holmes) and a Giant Mystery/Hoax (The Cardiff Giant)
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 20: The Genius Hoaxer (Alan Abel) & The Hollywood Icon/Lunatic (Errol Flynn)
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 19: The Dogmeat General (Zhang Zongchang) & The Infamous Conspiracist (Alex Jones)
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 18: The Sexist Professor (Edward H Clarke) & Japan's Idiotic Wrestling Icon (Rikidozan)
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 17: The Worst American General Ever (Braxton Bragg) & The Insane Pope (Steven VI)
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 16: The Communist Dictator (Nicolae Ceaușescu) & The Deadly Music Producer (Phil Spector)
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 15: The American Eugenicist (Henry H. Goddard) & One of the Worst CEOs Ever (Bernie Ebbers)
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 14: The French Conman (Christopher Rocancourt) & The Notorious British Trader (Nick Leeson)
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 13: The Psychotic Outlaw (Wild Bill Longley) and The King of Conspiracy Theories (David Icke)
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 12: The Twisted Surgeon (Leo Leonidas Stanley) & The EPO Obsessed Cyclist (Riccardo Riccò)
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 11: The Founder of The Church of Satan (Anton LaVey) & The Worst Pirate Ever (Stede Bonnet)
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 10: The Troubled Boxing Icon (Mike Tyson) & The Paranoid Movie Star (Randy Quaid)
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May 28, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 9: The Wandering Corpse (Elmer McCurdy) & The Lying Health Influencer (Belle Gibson)
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May 14, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 8: The Alt-Right Outcast (Milo Yiannopoulos) & The Crazy Retailer/Fraudster ("Crazy" Eddie Antar)
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May 01, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 7: The Original Mobster (Arnold Rothstein) & The North Hollywood Shootout Robbers (Larry Eugene Phillips Jr. and Decebal Ștefan Emilian "Emil" Mătăsăreanu)
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 6 The French Alien Cult Leader (Claude Vorilhon) & The James Bond Actor (George Lazenby)
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 5 The Slave Trader Senator (James DeWolf) & The Angry Billionaires (the Barclay Brothers)
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 4 The Failed CEO (Gerald Levin) And The Killer Conman Who Had Seven Different Identities (Clark Rockefeller)
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 3 The Young Assassin (Gavrilo Princip) and The Botched Football League (The XFL)
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 2 The Communist Cult Leader (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) & The Vindictive Lawyers (The Easters)
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 1 The Hellraising Actor (Oliver Reed) and The Incompetent Spy/Politician (John Stonehouse)
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Holiday Special!
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Season 2 Episode 25 The Great Inventor (Walter Hunt) & The Best Prank Ever (The Berner's Street Hoax)!
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 24 The Murderous Priest (Tomás de Torquemada) & The Corrupt President (Warren G Harding)
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 23 The White Nationalist (Nick Fuentes) & The Jewellery Mogul (Gerald Ratner)
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 22 The "Obscene" Metal Icon (Oderus Urungus) and The Hard Partying Wrestler (Marty Jannetty)
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 21 The Halloween Special! (Ed Gein and McKamey Manor)
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 20 The Con Artist Special! (May Otis Blackburn and Allen Stanford)
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 19 The Scientist With The Worst God Complex Ever (Santiago Genovés)
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 18 The Angry Anti-Semite (Mel Gibson) and the Worst Welsh Politician Ever (Neil Hamilton)
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 17: The Psychotic Mobster (Sam DeStefano) and The Out Of Control Footballer (Paul Gascoigne)
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 16: The Incompetent Spy Chief (George Tenet) and The Paralympic Cheats (Spain's Men's Basketball Team)
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 15: Featuring Laurel Rockall of Hightailing Through History and Some of the Worst Liars in History (Joseph McCarthy and E Bruce Harrison
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 14: The Deadly Cult Leader (David Koresh) and The Out Of Control Banker (Paul Flowers)
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 13: The Management Consultant/Pimp (Charles Bedaux) & The Scariest Wrestler Ever (New Jack)
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 12: The Sweatshop Owner (Kil Soo Lee) and The Angriest Man Ever (Harlan Ellison)
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 11: The Creator of Thalidomide (Heinrich Mückter) and The Lying Actor (Jussie Smollett)
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 10: The Raw Food Conspiracy Theorist (David "Avocado" Wolfe) & Baseball's Banned Legend (Pete Rose)
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May 29, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 9: The 10,000 All Time Plays Special Episode
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May 15, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 8: The Papal Pornocracy (Pope John XII) & The Canoeing Fraudster (John Darwin)
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May 01, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 7: The Over Confident General (John Sedgwick) & The Dancing Marquess (Henry Paget)
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 6: The Crypto Fraudster (Ruja Ignatova) and God's Banker (Roberto Calvi)
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 5: The Payday Loan shark (Scott Tucker) and Bin Laden's Man in London (Omar Bakri)
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 4: The Hyena of Auschwitz (Irma Grese) and Hollywood's Worst Couple (Tom and Erika Girardi)
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 3: The Insane Pillow Guy (Mike Lindell) and The Fyre Festival Guy (Billy McFarland)
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 2: The Racist Author (William Pierce) and The Worst President Ever (James Buchanan)
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Season 2 Episode 1: The Mad Sheriff (Joe Arpaio) & The Inventor of Sea Monkeys (Harold Von Braunhut)
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode 25: Malaysia's Most Hated Man (Jho Low) and YouTube's Most Successful Idiot (Logan Paul)
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Episode 24: the Over-Confident Explorer (Robert O'Hara Burke) and The Vulgar President (Lyndon Baines Johnson)
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Episode 23: Baseball's Bad Boy (Jose Canseco) and The Anarchic Artists (Michael Townsend)
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Episode 22: The January 6th Cult Leader (Sean Moon) and The Prime Minister's Son (Mark Thatcher)
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Episode 21: The Psychotic Civil War Hero (George Armstrong Custer) and The Out Of Control Footballer (Joey Barton)
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Episode 20: The Deadly Chemist (Frederick Guthrie) and The King of Good times (Vijay Mallya)
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Halloween Special: The Lying Witch Hunter (Matthew Hopkins) and The Female Serial Killer (Elizabeth Bathory)
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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Episode 18: The Racist Cult Leader (Ben Klassen) and The Iconic Footballer (Diego Maradona)
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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Episode 17: The Guillotine Guy (Maximilien Robespierre) and The Crazy Musician (Rick James)
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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Episode 16: The Original Conman (Charles Ponzi) and The Fake Band (Threatin)
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Sep 12, 2021 |
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Episode 15: The Closeted Cult Leader (Marshall Applewhite) and The Insane Internet Legend (John McAfee)
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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Episode 14: The Frustrated Emperor (Kaiser Wilhelm II) and The Most Suspicious Man Ever (Ian Bailey)
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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Episode 13: The Conspiracy Theorist Politician (Marjorie Taylor Greene) and The Astronomer Who Wouldn't Pee (Tycho Brahe)
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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Episode 12: The Worst Bank Robber Ever (Terry Cole) and The Notorious Enron Executive (Ken Lay)
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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Episode 11: The President Emperor (Jean-Bédel Bokassa) & The Delusional Actor (Steven Seagal)
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Jul 03, 2021 |
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Episode 10: The Bad Paleontologist (Sir Richard Owen) & The Coughing Major (Major Charles Ingram)
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Jun 19, 2021 |
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Episode 9: The NXIVM Cult Leader (Keith Raniere) and The Baritone Con-Artist (Elizabeth Holmes)
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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Episode 8: The Abdicator (King Edward VIII) and The Pharma Bro (Martin Shkreli)
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May 23, 2021 |
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Episode 7: The Scottish Conman (Gregor MacGregor) and The Fastest Knife In The West End (Robert Liston)
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May 09, 2021 |
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Episode 6: The Doomsday Predictor (Harold Camping) and The Fake Doctor (Malachi Love-Robinson)
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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Episode 5: The Poop Covered Punk (GG Allin) and The CEO Who Never Shut Up (Tony Hayward)
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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Episode 4: The Planet Destroyer (Thomas Midgley Jr) and The Insane Wrestling Promoter (Herb Abrams)
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Episode 3: The Luckiest Man in History (Timothy Dexter) and The Useless Captain (Francesco Schettino)
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Episode 2: The Stubborn Agitator (Ala ad-Din Muhammad II) and The Lesser Brother (King John)
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Episode 1: The Gluttonous King (Adolf Fredrick) and The Mad President (Andrew Jackson)
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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History's Greatest Idiots Launch Trailer
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Mar 24, 2021 |