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Listen "Episode 2 - Eric "Panther" Pleasants"
Episode Synopsis
Episode 2 of Bunkum and Ballyhoo once again looks at an intersection between professional wrestling and dubious politics, with the stranger than fiction story of how Norfolk professional wrestler Eric "Panther" Pleasants went from wrestling in Jersey to fighting for Hitler.
Audio Sources:The Brits Who Fought For Hitler - History ChannelHarwich Newsreel: Britons Freed From Russia (1954) - British Pathé
Selected Sources:The Traitors: A True Story Of Blood, Betrayal and Deceit by Josh IrelandI Killed To Live: The Story Of Eric Pleasants, Professional Strongman by Eric Pleasants & Eddie ChapmanHitler's Bastard: Through Hell and Back in Nazi Germany and Stalin's Russia by Eric PleasantsAgent Zizag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman by Ben MacintyreThe Frank Falla Archive
Audio Sources:The Brits Who Fought For Hitler - History ChannelHarwich Newsreel: Britons Freed From Russia (1954) - British Pathé
Selected Sources:The Traitors: A True Story Of Blood, Betrayal and Deceit by Josh IrelandI Killed To Live: The Story Of Eric Pleasants, Professional Strongman by Eric Pleasants & Eddie ChapmanHitler's Bastard: Through Hell and Back in Nazi Germany and Stalin's Russia by Eric PleasantsAgent Zizag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman by Ben MacintyreThe Frank Falla Archive
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