Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-11-11

Books mentioned on Part One: Thomas Thistlewood: Slave Plantation Owner and Diarist

1 book · With TT Lee · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Robert walks his former colleague Titi Lee through the life and times of Thomas Thistlewood, a slave owner and monster of the first order who kept a detailed diary of all his crimes against humanity.

TT Lee recommended Scary Stories to Make You Scared of Scary Stories by Zach Broussard and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Scary Stories to Make You Scared of Scary Stories

    Zach Broussard; Nate Fernald · at 1:12:50

    Scary Stories to Make You Scared of Scary Stories by Zach Broussard and Nate Fernald is a humorous parody that plays on the tropes of classic spooky children's literature with a festive holiday twist centered around Christmas.

    Recommended
    “my friend Zach Brousard just came out with a book and I so I'll plug his book. It's it's a it's a what is it called? Oh my gosh. Wait, it's called Spooky Story. It's like kind of like a parody of like those like spooky spooky stories. Um, but it's a Christmas one. It's called Scary Stories to Make”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Arcadia
“I don't know why I thought of Arcadia the play, but that's too obscure of a reference where all the notes being taken are Anyways, I probably shouldn't have even brought it up, but anyways. No, no, no, but they go the Arcadia. It's Tom Stoppper play”