Episode 662: Count Dante Part I - The Deadliest Man Alive

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4.6 • 55K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week, the boys spin kick their way into the wild world of Count Dante, a Chicago karate instructor who built his legend on claims of the “Death Touch” and a reputation as the "Deadliest Man" who ever lived. Through outrageous comic book ads and his own "Fighting Society", Dante sold a vision of lethal mastery that blurred the line between myth and reality... But what started as martial arts fantasy quickly spiraled into real-world violence, ending in one of the most infamous real-life dojo showdowns in American history.

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0:00.0	There's no place to escape to.
0:02.9	This is the last podcast.
0:05.1	On the left.
0:07.2	That's when the cannibalism started.
0:12.3	Who was that?
0:14.9	How?
0:15.5	Yeah!
0:16.2	Ah!
0:19.0	Uh-huh!
0:20.0	Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! I'm H' H'n' H'n'n'
0:23.6	H'n'n
0:24.6	Sweep
0:25.6	H'n'n
0:26.6	Sweep the leg
0:28.6	Swipe the leg
0:29.6	Swipe the leg
0:30.6	W'n,
0:31.6	Gah!
0:32.6	I'm so excited
0:35.6	I want to make the noises!
0:36.6	Yeah, oh, it's going to be so many noises. I mean, this, this could be a lot of fun noises. What is, like, for me, like a good karate noise is a quick... Depending. Yeah. Hit, huh, hit. Depending. I mean, depending on where you are, because some might like the... So what's showing for me?
0:55.2	I like the high-pitched ones.
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