Aug 25, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min · 26 segments
There are a few candidates for the title "the real Indiana Jones" but Percy Fawcett is the man whose reputation most inspired our favorite fictional archaeologist. Unfortunately, he was a racist, a…
Robert EvansHost
Margaret KilljoyGuestGarrison DavisHost[upbeat music] Coolzone Media.
Welcome back to Behind the Bastards, the podcast where we tell you everything you don't know about the very worst people in all of history.
And this week we're, we're going, well, we're actually going behind, uh, [laughs] in some ways we're going behind a- almost everybody's favorite movie protagonist, uh, Indiana Jones, by talking about the guy who's often credited as being the real Indiana Jones, Percy Fawcett.
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[upbeat music] Coolzone Media.
Welcome back to Behind the Bastards, the podcast where we tell you everything you don't know about the very worst people in all of history.
And this week we're, we're going, well, we're actually going behind, uh, [laughs] in some ways we're going behind a- almost everybody's favorite movie protagonist, uh, Indiana Jones, by talking about the guy who's often credited as being the real Indiana Jones, Percy Fawcett.