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EPISODE · Aug 26, 2026 · 22 MIN

Mad Jack Churchill

from Tales of History and Imagination · host Simone Whitlow

This week we’re all over the map, from Burma in the midst of the Saya San Rebellion, to the Island of Brač in the former Yugoslavia, to Britain’s Severn river. We follow the mad, occasionally performative life of Mad Jack Churchill - quite possibly the last man to kill an enemy combatant in war with a longbow.    Content Warnings: Wartime violence, prisoner of war camps, colonial violence and forced migration. Sources Include: More of the Deadliest Men Who Ever Lived by Paul Kirchner Shattered Lands by Sam Dalrymple These interviews with Jack from the Imperial War Museum Mad Jack Churchill… at War History Online, by Christian Oord.   Support Tales on Patreon for $2 US a month and get access to exclusive content, or Try our 7 Day Free Trial.  Please leave Tales a like and a review wherever you listen. The best way you can support us is to share an episode with a friend - Creative works grow best by word of mouth. I post episodes fortnightly, Wednesdays.   Tales of History and Imagination can be found on…   | Facebook |TikTok | Threads | YouTube | Bluesky |  

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