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Behind the Bastards
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There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.
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True60% confidence2 sourcesOct 3, 2026Cornell University temporarily suspended the Kai Fi fraternity and imposed temporary suspensions or restrictions on students accused in connection with the incident.Cornell's own statements say temporary suspensions and other restrictive measures were issued against students when the conduct was reported, which supports the core of the claim. The sources name the fraternity as Chi Phi, not 'Kai Fi' (likely a transcription error in the post), and they do not specifically describe a temporary suspension of the chapter itself, only its 2024 closure and ban from campus.True90% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026Cornell University has barred the Ki-fi fraternity chapter from campus.Cornell has barred the Chi Phi fraternity chapter from campus, as stated in Cornell's own statements and wire coverage dated before the 2026-10-03 post. The claim's name, "Ki-fi," is a phonetic rendering of Chi Phi from the passage, and the sources identify the same chapter, so the core assertion holds.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True90% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026Jane Doe's attorney stated that two of the seven students named in the lawsuit were expelled from Cornell University.Doe's attorney Thomas Giuffra is reported by BBC and CNN as saying two of the seven accused were expelled, so the claim about the attorney's statement is supported. The sources do not say which two men were expelled, and Cornell declined to disclose individual outcomes, but the claim does not assert that.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True92% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026The Cornell Daily Sun published the names of the men named as defendants in the Jane Doe lawsuit on September 21, 2026.The Cornell Daily Sun's editorial board published the names of the seven men named as defendants in the Jane Doe lawsuit in a Sept. 21, 2026 editorial, 'Cornell Won't, We Will'. The editorial itself lists the names and is corroborated by several other outlets, and the claim matches the passage's wording and date.True95% confidence8 sourcesOct 3, 2026Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten announced the reopening of a criminal investigation into the Cornell University sexual assault allegations on September 28, 2026.The claim is supported: Tompkins County DA Matthew Van Houten announced on September 28, 2026 that his office would reopen the criminal investigation into the alleged 2024 Cornell University assault, as reported by Reuters, AP, and the DA's own press release reproduced by the New York Times. The claim matches the passage's content and date, and the 'do nothing DA' remark in the post is opinion that the claim does not repeat.True90% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026New York Governor Kathy Hochul called for an independent review of how Cornell University handled the Jane Doe situation.Multiple independent tier1 and tier2 sources (CBS News, Straits Times, Spectrum, DW, CNN/AP coverage) report Gov. Kathy Hochul calling for an outside counsel to conduct a transparent, independent review of Cornell's handling of the Jane Doe case, and Cornell's president confirms the review. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post, which said 'outside council' (a typo for counsel), and the core assertion is directly supported.True90% confidence7 sourcesOct 3, 2026Louisiana State University found a football player responsible for sexual assault and forcible rape through its Title IX process.Multiple reports from September and October 2026 say LSU's Title IX office found a football player responsible for sexual assault and forcible rape through its administrative process, based on internal documents. The claim is faithful to the post, and no source contradicts it; the player's punishment was later reduced on appeal, which does not affect the finding.True85% confidence9 sourcesOct 3, 2026Louisiana State University reduced a football player's one-year suspension for sexual assault to two years of disciplinary probation without restrictions on appeal.Multiple reporting sources (ESPN, WAFB, The Advocate/LSU Reveille, LA Times, NBC) confirm that LSU's Title IX office found the player responsible for sexual assault/forcible rape, and that on appeal the finding was upheld while the one-year suspension was reduced to probation without restrictions, equal to the four semesters (two years) cited by several outlets. Sources differ on whether the original suspension was one year or two semesters, a detail that does not change the core claim.True93% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026Michael Tracy tweeted a request for information to identify a Cornell student referred to as Jane Doe.Multiple reliable sources, including Reuters, NJ.com, USA Today and Mashable, report that commentator Michael Tracey (spelled 'Tracey' in the sources) posted on X asking anyone who knew the identity of the Cornell 'Jane Doe' to contact him so he could publish her name and identifying information. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post, and the spelling difference is the same person.True70% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026Kendall Francis filed a formal Title IX complaint against an LSU football player in January 2026.WAFB reports that Francis filed a formal Title IX complaint with LSU in January 2026 and that the complaint concerned a football player LSU found responsible for sexual assault and forcible rape. Other outlets repeat this, but they appear to rely on the WAFB reporting, and no fact-checker examined the claim.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True85% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026A criminal complaint regarding the sexual assault allegations against an LSU football player was brought to the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's Office on September 22, 2026.Multiple reports, including the East Baton Rouge DA's own statement as relayed by WAFB, The Advertiser, The Advocate and The Reveille, say the matter was brought to the DA's Office for review on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, which was a Tuesday. The claim departs from the passage only in wording; the passage's date and subject match the claim.True70% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026LSU suspended a student for one year after finding him responsible for rape.Multiple reports, citing ESPN's review of LSU documents, state that LSU found football player Damien Shanklin responsible for 'forcible rape' in July and issued a one-year suspension, so the core claim is supported. The claim omits that the suspension was later reduced to probation on appeal, which is a peripheral omission rather than a contradiction, and the sources largely trace back to a single ESPN report.