Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2026-10-27
Books mentioned on Part One: Peter Rachman: King of the Slumlords
Peter Rachman was a London landlord so bad, his last name became an internationally recognized synonym for "shitty slumlord". In these episodes, Robert explains how he went from fleeing the Nazis, to fleecing the British.
Robert Evans discussed Slumlord by Neil Root.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Slumlord
Discussed“Now, my sources for these episodes include two biographies, one written by Shirley Green in 1979 called Rokman, and another from like this year by Neil Root called Slumlord.”
Where to get it