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A podcast about villains. It’s very good.

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Is doing the time worth doing the crime? That is the question every villain has to keep in the back of their mind.

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From Behind The Mask with Ryan & Tony Episode 29: I Love The 70’s

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We need nominees for the first annual Baddie Awards. Follow us on Instagram @behindthepod to nominate and vote for your favorite villains from 2019.

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‪Turns out God is just a big sticky weed nug in the sky who wants you to get high and think about how far out everything is.‬

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Whoa man, this is a wild one, like, wow. Weeds a hell of a thing.

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‪You can just tell by the way he sits in chairs that Black Adam is an asshole.‬‬

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‪Black Adam NEVER says ‘please’ OR ‘thank you’ because he’s a bad man with no manners. ‬

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‪BlackAdam will beat up animals because he’s such a nasty man. ‬

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UK HOUSES OF HORRORS: THEN & NOW

[1] Although Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are renowned for murdering and burying most of their victims on Saddleworth Moor, 17 year old Edward Evans and 10 year old Lesley Ann Downey were both killed at the home pictured above. 16 Wardle Brook Avenue in Hattersley, Manchester was searched by police and Edward’s body was found along with the hatchet used to beat him to death. A tape was also found containing Lesley Ann Downey’s terrifying last moments, during which she begged to be returned to her mum. There were also photos of her naked, bound and gagged located in a suitcase at the property. The house was demolished in 1987 and there now remains a space where it once stood.

[2] Fred and Rose West murdered at least 12 young girls and women between 1967 and 1987. After police searched their property, 8 were discovered buried in the cellar and under the paved garden at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucestershire. Bought in 1973, the cellar was used as a physical torture chamber where the couple would also inflict brutal sexual assaults upon the girls. The top floor was used by Rose for prostitution, where she even invited men to rape her underage daughter, all the while claiming she was 16; Rose would be present during the rapes to ensure that her daughter did not disclose her real age. The body of their other daughter, Heather, was amongst the 8 dug up at the address, and it emerged that the couple would often scare their other children by threatening “you’ll end up under the patio like Heather.” At present, the house no longer stands and has been replaced by a public walkway.

[3] Up until his arrest in 1953, John Christie murdered at least 8 women and hid them in various places at 10 Rillington Place (pictured above). Some were buried in the garden, while others were concealed beneath floorboards or hidden away in a secret alcove located in the kitchen. One of the victims was his own wife. Upon being discovered, John Christie was executed by hanging for his crimes, and 10 Rillington Place has since been demolished. A memorial garden has now been grown in the space where the house once stood.

[4] Between 1981 and 1983, Dennis Nilsen killed 3 of at least 12 male victims at his 23 Cranley Gardens in London. As a serial killer and necrophile, Nilsen was notorious for strangling or drowning his victims to death before sexually violating the corpses. He would also leave the bodies lying around in his apartment for days, even in his bed, before dissecting them and attempting to dispose of various body parts. It became a common practice for Nilsen to boil the heads of his victims in large cooking pots in order to remove the flesh, and then he would attempt to flush the remains down the toilet. After some time had passed, the smell of rotting flesh began to infiltrate Nilsen’s apartment, as well as the apartment underneath, and complaints were made. There were also complaints that the house’s drainage system had become blocked. Upon further inspection, the human remains were discovered and Nilsen was subsequently arrested. To this day, the apartment still exists and has since been renovated and resold. Following a lack of interest due to the dark history attached to the property, it was eventually sold in 2015 for almost £100,000 below the initial price. 

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‪There aren’t many “non-violent” aspects to Harley Quinn, but there’s at least this one.‬

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Was Ma Barker the most ruthless criminal mastermind of her time or just a loving mother who let her shitty kids take advantage of her?

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If you listen carefully you might hear us mention The Bride of Frankenstein in the latest episode of Behind The Mask.

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Cocaine cowgirl, Griselda Blanco ruled the Miami drug scene in her day and is probably the most punk rock thing to happen to Florida ever.

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Ringing in the holiday season with these lethal ladies. This one is all Villainesses (and Frankenstein’s Monster).

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Some people just want to feel a part of something. Other people just want to justify their immense sexual appetite. Listen to us talk about those people.

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Evil Lairs: “How ‘Bout I Drag You Back To My Place”

Everyone, villain or otherwise, needs a place to call home. In episode 1 of Behind The Mask we explore some of the dark and creepy lairs villains have made their home. A villain’s lair serves as more than just four walls and a place to lay their heads at night, however. A good lair can provide the villain with a sort of home court advantage against would be heroes or victims. H.H. Holmes, Bowser, and Joker loaded their lairs with tricky traps to keep their homes safe and their enemies dead. The trouble is that these things are only valuable if said enemies are already inside your home. The longer a villain’s lair remains a secret the better. Your lair should be a place you can retreat to. A place to hide and recover, not to do battle. Fred Stunk hid his lair in plain sight. To the naked eye The Tennessee Pot Cave was just another home in the neighborhood. Even the emergency exit was disguised to keep his dank secrets. Carlos Lehder understood the value of isolation in a lair, and though his presence and crimes on Norman’s Cay weren’t exactly secret, he spared no expense in keeping away anyone he didn’t want around. Charles Manson tired to disappear into the desert with his ‘family’, and his failure to do so is one of his biggest downfalls. The Murder Castle that Holmes built in Chicago doubled as a major business venture, bringing in plenty of fairly legal income and an air of respectability to the massive maze of murder and mayhem. Conversely Fred Stunk stole the electricity that powered his elaborate pot growing operation from a local power company which drew a fatal amount of attention to the otherwise normal looking home. Inconspicuousness is the name of the game. A truly valuable lair will be self sufficient and secret because a truly great villain is offensive, not defensive.