Today we're heading over to Chicago, IL to talk about a fairly infamous figure in the city's history. Jon Burge had a pretty normal start to his life, then wound earning himself a place in the memory of everyone who lived in Chicago by being one of the biggest pieces of shit their police department has ever seen. And because this is Chicago, there's also plenty of corruption to go around as a cherry on top of our regularly scheduled violence. Enjoy!

Another fun episode for you today, dear listeners. We're talking about a man who looked nothing like his name, James Beckwourth. Mountain man, explorer, and frontier pimp. This dude may have exaggerated his exploits from time to time, but enough of his claims have been corroborated that he's still a badass who lived a bonkers life. And he always seemed to turn up where some significant shit was taking place. Enjoy!

It's time for another trip to that part of Europe where all the war crimes hang out. Today we'll be talking about Mr. Alphabet Soup, aka Arkan. He's a man of many hats, and all of them are ones you wear while killing somebody. As far as what kinda crazy shit we'll be getting into while discussing this guy, well, the picture for the episode is him holding a gun and a tiger. This is a fun one, and every time you think you know where his bonkers life story is gonna go, it goes in a completely different direction. Enjoy!

We have a nice fun episode for you today, dear listeners. We're talking about the world's most badass midget, Richard Flaherty. This dude may have needed a stepstool to get it done, but he kicked a lot of ass. Then things got pretty dark for him, or did they? Who knows, it's a mystery. I never thought I'd wish that someone was really an undercover government operative, but it's way less sad than the alternative. Anyways, enjoy!

Today we're bringing you the ever so rare lady scumnut, this time from notable trash person Dorothea Puente. This old broad put on the appearance of being a sweet grandmother type, but goddamn was she evil. And yea, her childhood sucked, but that excuse is getting pretty played out. Especially when she tried to pretend that said childhood encouraged her to help people. Well, it doesn't take a lie detector test to figure out that is supreme bullshit. Enjoy!

There have been a lot of times where I've said, "I wish I could have found more on this person." Today is not one of those days. I know more than I ever need to know about this gross German troll. Joachim Kroll. Even his name is gross. This little prick did move away from some of the usual stereotypes about serial killers, so I guess he's at least a bit unique. But yet again, his success was more about police incompetence. Enjoy!

Today we have one of those good, clean, fun episodes for you, dear listeners. We're covering naval badass Stephen Decatur. This dude put in work and kicked ass across all the seas America needed him to. Side note, don't worry about that buzzing at the beginning, it goes away before the intro is done. Anyways, despite the kind of disappointing ending, this dude's whole life was dope, so enjoy!

Today we have a person that left us feeling a little conflicted on whether or not he sucks. Ernst Junger loved his country, being a soldier, and writing a bunch of flowery bullshit and poetry. And boy was he active in all those things. As his life progressed he sided with some questionable people, had some questionable thoughts, but also did some real cool stuff. So maybe it all balances out. Or maybe not, I'm not an expert on morality. And yes I know there's supposed to be some accent marks or whatever in his name, but suck it, Germany. Enjoy!

Today we're talking about Harry Kendall Thaw, who's a member of one of the worst types of scumbag groups. The rich kind with power and influence. Dude got to do pretty much whatever he wanted his whole life and kept skating by, so big surprise that he kept doing more and more messed up stuff. Get ready for a story where almost everyone sucks and there is only one sympathetic character, and their name isn't in the title. Pretty interesting trial though. Enjoy!

Another pile of human garbage for you today, dear listeners! We're traveling to the fantasy realm of Scotland. Sure, it probably has cities, but to me the whole country is just a Dungeons and Dragons setting full of people with accents so thick they're barely speaking English anymore. Peter Tobin is one of their worst murderers, which is sad because he did messed up stuff and hurt people, but also sad because his numbers would barely crack the charts here in America. Get your shit together and get a real high score, Scotland.