The Deadliest Man Alive & The Secret Of The Dim Mak

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Bunkum and Ballyhoo

Patrick W. Reed

16 episodes

5 days ago

A podcast about bullsh*t - join your host, author and professional wrestling historian Patrick W. Reed, as he takes a look back at the lives and lies of some of history's greatest showmen, con artists, grifters, hustlers and bullsh*tters of all kinds, from pro-wrestling to politics, and from sideshows to pseudoscience.

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The Deadliest Man Alive & The Secret Of The Dim Mak

Bunkum and Ballyhoo

16 minutes 6 seconds

9 months ago

The Deadliest Man Alive & The Secret Of The Dim Mak

Bunkum & Ballyhoo returns for Series 2 and Episode 1 takes a look at a legend of comic book ad pages - this is the story of the wild claims and even wilder life of the self-proclaimed Deadliest Man Alive, the Master Of The Dim Mak and the Dance Of Death, Count Dante, and his Black Dragon Fighting Society.

Selected Sources:
The Deadliest Man Alive: Count Dante, the Mob, and the War for American Martial Arts by Benji Feldheim
Selected issues of Black Belt Magazine
Count Dante: The World's Deadliest Myth by Eric Nusbaum
Audio Sources:
CBS Interview with John "Count Dante" Keehan - CBS, 1967
"Kung Fu Fighting" by Dread Zeppelin