Behind the Bastards

John Brown: Terrorist, Hero or Terrorist Hero?

Happy Bastards Holiday Episode! Robert is joined in studio by Anderson's mom and executive producer, Sophie Lichterman to discuss John Brown.FOOTNOTES:
<a href="https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2011/spring/brown.html">John Brown: America’s First Terrorist?</a>
<a href="https://www.famous-trials.com/johnbrown">John Brown Trial (1859)</a>
<a href="https://www.americanheritage.com/trial-john-brown#8">The Trial Of John Brown</a>
<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/john-browns-day-of-reckoning-139165084/">John Brown’s Day of Reckoning</a>
<a href="https://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/johnbrown.html">John Brown's Last Speech</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051O9YBQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1">Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War</a>
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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.