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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: Radovan Karadžić: The Genocidal Dictator Who Became a New-Age Guru
This episode continues the story of Radovan Karadžić, from his early days as a disgraced psychiatrist and poet to his transformation into a genocidal dictator during the Bosnian War, and finally his bizarre post-genocide life as a New Age energy healer and MLM salesman—before being captured in 2008 and sentenced to 40 years for war crimes.
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Part One: Radovan Karadžić: The Genocidal Dictator Who Became a New-Age Guru
This episode of Behind the Bastards explores the life of Radovan Karadžić, a Bosnian Serb nationalist, poet, and psychiatrist who became a convicted war criminal for orchestrating the Bosnian genocide, including the Srebrenica massacre and the siege of Sarajevo, before living in hiding as a New Age healer. The episode unpacks how historical trauma, nationalist mythology, and personal ambition converged in one of Europe’s most notorious postwar figures.
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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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