Today's episode is truly a foray into the unknown. An obscure Mexican wrestling film, back in 1969 -it was a weird year, wasn't it?- decided to cast John Carradine as a Nazi war criminal that plans to take over the world. And here is the catch: he is the head clown at a circus.

Through a twisted landscape of both swastikas and ferris wheels, we set to answer a question: What was that clown make-up like in real life? What ever happened to the many Nazi war criminals that escaped Europe and found new lives abroad, often leading a quiet, undisturbed existence, running from deeds that the world seemed willing to forget?

 

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