HeyJaredHorrible Humans in History
A podcast that explores the horrible humans in history that haunt the pages of our history books. We talk about well known historical villains and also dive deep into history to find those lesser known stories.
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Episode 76 - Pedro Lopez (opens the original)
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In this episode of Horrible Humans in History, we talk about Pedro Alonso López—known as the Monster of the Andes—from his birth in 1948 amid Colombia’s violent civil conflict, through a childhood of poverty, abandonment, and repeated abuse that left him homeless on the streets of Bogotá, to his early prison years for car theft and the hardening that followed. After his release in 1978 he embarked on a multi-year killing spree targeting vulnerable young girls across Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador,
Episode 75 - Hermine Braunsteiner (opens the original)
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In this gripping episode of Horrible Humans in History we uncover the full, astonishing life of Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan — the ordinary Austrian woman who became one of the most feared Nazi concentration camp guards, known as the "Stomping Mare" of Majdanek. From her humble Catholic upbringing in 1920s Vienna and frustrated dreams of becoming a nurse, to her voluntary service at Ravensbrück and Majdanek where she earned a reputation for savage brutality, selections, and stomping prisoners with
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