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Talk Murder To Me

192 | Human-Skin Lampshades: 'Bitch of Buchenwald' Ilse Koch Nazi

Talk Murder To Me

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True Crime

3.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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0:00.0

The atrocities of World War II and Holocaust in itself demonstrate the most horrific

0:06.4

cruelties amongst humans one can ever conceive. The millions of lives tortured, starved,

0:14.3

and who ultimately perished at the hands of Nazis will forever be a stain on human history.

0:21.2

Some of the most infamous names of evil, ultimately responsible, or

0:26.0

Hitchler, Mengele, Hess, Himmler, and Goebles just to name a few. However, not all of these

0:32.8

evil monsters were male or even members of the SS. Ilsa Koch may be the most appraved woman to

0:41.2

ever walk the earth, gaining the title of The Bitch of Buchenwald, and after this story,

0:48.0

you'll never look at a tattoo or lampshade the same again.

0:57.7

All right guys, that is the rock band Sabaton with their hit single, Up Rising. That song is about

1:19.1

when the Nazis invaded Poland. And remember if you're listening to this, you owe me 100 Nazi scouts

1:27.0

I'm just kidding. Let's make it 200, Joey. Taken from the heads of 100 dead Nazis.

1:33.5

Or you will die trying. All right, so tonight's story was one of those stories that I was researching

1:41.0

for the podcast that I'm putting out that I've already put out. I don't know if you guys noticed

1:46.5

it yet, but and I'll put a link to it in the show notes, but the podcast is called Gull,

1:53.1

G-H-O-U-L, and it is about the life and times of Edgene. Woo! And I know I said I would do episodes

2:00.8

related to that, and I am. I just put out the podcast way earlier than I thought. So I'm putting the

2:07.7

link to that podcast in the show notes as well as on talkmurder.com. Be sure to subscribe to that and

2:13.9

give me a review. The next episode will be out this Thursday or Friday, so you don't want to miss

2:20.4

that. It's a four-part series based entirely on Edgene's life and the atrocities that he committed.

2:28.6

It's very fascinating. I put a lot of research into the podcast, and I think you guys really like it.

2:34.6

It's very well done. I have to say, I listened to it the other day when it came out, and

2:40.4

John, you did a phenomenal job researching, and it's just it's not like another podcast that you

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