Part Two: Thomas Kinkade: the Evil-est Painter

Robert and Randy conclude the story of Thomas Kincade by talking about the massive fraud he committed and also some sex crimes. Behind the Bastards is now available on YouTube! New videos every Wednesday and Friday. (Backlog episodes on Saturdays until we catch up) Subscribe to our channel: Youtube.com/@behindthebastards Sources: https://archive.is/Exc9H#selection-1601.0-1605.107 https://mbird.com/art/the-drunken-downfall-and-death-of-thomas-kinkade/ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/cultivare/2012/05/the-dark-light-of-thomas-kinkade/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/painter-of-light-thomas-k_n_16801 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-05-fi-kinkade5-story.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/mar/25/arts.artsnews https://archive.is/DJgOU#selection-1229.0-1233.162 https://www.latimes.com/la-xpm-2012-apr-08-la-me-thomas-kinkade-20120408-story.html https://www.salon.com/2012/04/09/thomas_kinkade_the_george_w_bush_of_art/ https://www.salon.com/2002/03/18/light_4/ https://medium.com/@scottproposki/remembering-thomas-kinkade-and-learning-from-his-meteoric-rise-7dafbf3476d6 https://www.susanorlean.com/articles/art_for_everybody.php https://www.salon.com/2002/03/18/kinkade_village/ https://www.degruyter.com/foxyCartCheckout?fcsid=h6o7rl8tvhra7lcqcmokpsq5ar https://hereswhatsleft.typepad.com/home/2004/12/conservative_ar.html https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brexit-art-preference-study-1368613 https://medium.com/@baudart1965/thomas-kinkade-paintings-not-worth-much-if-anything-because-of-oversaturation-d298f1661b1e https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-08-29/science-explains-why-it-s-so-easy-to-hate-painter-of-light-thomas-kinkade https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/thomas-kinkade-death-of-a-kitsch-master https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/jul/12/features11.g22