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"We are the people our parents warned us about" is the motto of the Bandidos, one of the world's most feared outlaw motorcycle gangs. For ten years, Steve Utah was a Bandidos insider. He arranged the security of their clubhouses. He 'cooked' ecstasy and ice for them. He was at meetings where interstate and overseas drug and weapons smuggling was planned. He saw stolen military weapons being sold. He witnessed vicious beatings, helped dump corpses.It all became too much and, in an attempt to regain control of his life, Utah resorted to the unthinkable....

Viet Nam may be the only war we ever fought, or perhaps that was ever fought, in which the heroism of the American soldier was accompanied by humanitarianism unmatched in the annals of warfare. And the humanitarianism took place during the heat of the battle. The GI fixed as he fought, he cured and educated and built in the middle of the battle. He truly cared for, and about, those people. What other Army has ever done that? Humanitarianism was America's great victory in Viet Nam.

Are today’s global institutions and norms for peace, democracy, and human rights still alive, or are they just “dead men walking”? In this thought-provoking new podcast series by the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), organised in collaboration with Justice Info, we will try to answer the question. At a time of growing polarisation, geopolitical fragmentation, and declining institutional trust, our Dead Men Walking series aims to open space for honest reflection and serious thinking not only about the problems afflicting 20th century global norms and institutions, but also ...

Dead Men Telling Tales is an original account of the lasting cultural impact made by the autobiographies of Napoleonic soldiers over the course of the 19th century. Focusing on nearly 300 military memoirs published by British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese veterans of the Peninsular War (1808-1814), Matilda Greig charts the histories of these books over the course of a hundred years, around Europe and the Atlantic.

Dead Man WalkingHosted By: Bugsy SiegalGuest: Ryan Michael MarshallProduced By: Dolly LaneCover Art : C. White The TruthBeat: Remorse By: CobraDead Man Walking is the title of this Interview Based on the fact that Ryan Michael Marshall was sentenced to Death. Remorse into action is a way of life and Ryan Michael Marshall found his path to Redemption on California's Death Row. Living Amends is the best effort a remorseful person can take towards restorative justice in hopes to create a path of healing.

This book describes how kids are able to look beyond those labels imposed by people higher in the social order and see the characters that exist in all walks of life. It also offers sketches of life on a farm in the rural Snoqualmie Valley.

A podcast about the remarkable lives and sometimes unusual deaths of the names we all know in whiskey.

Discover the intriguing life of Ernest William Hornung, an esteemed English author born to a Hungarian father in Middlesbrough. He is best remembered for his writings that were heavily influenced by his two-year sojourn in Australia where he worked as a tutor at Mossgiel station. This experience colorized his literary works, from A Bride from the Bush in 1899, to Old Offenders and a few Old Scores, which was published posthumously. Upon returning to England in 1886, he tied the knot with Constance Doyle, the sister of the legendary author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in 1893. Dive into this rich ...

Dead Man Talking, led Alex on an investigation into the crimes and confessions of The Railroad Killer, Angel Resendiz.

During HeatingHelp.com’s Dead Men Tales podcast, industry expert and master storyteller Dan Holohan shares the stories behind the work and fun facts you may not know about heating history.

The West’s darkest stories come to light—and history’s shadows reach far beyond. Ride with us through the untamed frontier, where every ghost town’s past has a story and every outlaw’s body hides a truth. But the tales don’t stop at the Western plains. From brutal battles overseas to forgotten conflicts in in distant lands, we uncover the hidden, often grim stories that history’s textbooks left behind. This isn’t your usual history podcast — it’s a journey into the grit, the blood, and the bones that built the West... and the echoes of war, betrayal, and mystery from around...

Hello and welcome everybody to "Dead Men Do Tell Tales" with Nikita, a history podcast where i talk about individuals and incidents from our past that seem too bizarre to be true. I will be posting new episodes here weekly so do stay tuned and support me by following and sharing this podcast with your friends and family. Thank you for listening and until next time, just like my boy Magellan used to say, "Catch you on the other tide!".

Ben Macintyre’s Agent Zigzag was hailed as “rollicking, spellbinding” (New York Times), “wildly improbable but entirely true” (Entertainment Weekly), and, quite simply, “the best book ever written” (Boston Globe). In his new book, Operation Mincemeat, he tells an extraordinary...

Join our journey as we investigate the original and definitive Wild West gunfighter. Hickok's actual life defied the stereotypes of his legend as much as it lived up to them.GET OUR DOCUDRAMA AND SOUNDTRACK NOW! Use this code to save 50%: B7SLILG We will be examining Hickok through a lens of scrutiny as we attempt to separate fact from fiction. We delve into the McCanles Massacre, one of the West’s most mysterious gunfights, among other key moments in Hickok’s life.We will also be viewing him through the eyes of a man who has been impacted personally by Wild Bill's life: my dad, Jerry ...