True tales from the Old West! Gunfighters, outlaws, lawmen, frontiersmen, and Native Americans – the real people and events that shaped this iconic period of Am...
According to many, Jesse James was a hero, a freedom fighter
who continued resisting Northern aggression long after the Civil War came to an
end. But to his victims, Jesse was nothing more than a cold-blooded killer, one
who used the war as a convenient excuse to lead a life of violence and
destruction. But where does the truth lie? What occurred during Jesse’s
childhood that turned him to a life of crime? How old was he when he first went
to war? How’d he survive two separate gunshot wounds to the chest before his 18th
birthday? And is it true he married his own cousin? Join me today as we explore
the life and times of Jesse James! Also discussed are Bloody Bill Anderson,
William Quantrill, the Lawrence Massacre, & the Missouri Bushwhackers.
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Buckshot Roberts
On April 4, 1878, Andrew L. “Buckshot” Roberts took on the
Lincoln County Regulators in what’s now known as the Gunfight at Blazer’s Mill.
Today, we’ll dive into Roberts’ background and discuss who really killed him –
Billy the Kid or Charlie Bowdre. Also mentioned are Dick Brewer, John Tunstall,
and one of the greatest westerns ever made, Young Guns. Let’s dance, Mary Ann!
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Black Jack Ketchum
Thomas “Black Jack” Ketchum was an Old West cowboy turned outlaw. He and his gang robbed trains and stole livestock all throughout the American Southwest before coming to a disastrous end. And that’s when things went from bad to worse. Before it was all said and done, Ketchum would go down in history as the only person ever executed for ATTEMPTING to rob a train. Also discussed are Black Jack Christian, the Wild Bunch, Will Carver, Ben Kilpatrick, and Elzy Lay.
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Doc Scurlock & the Lincoln County Regulators
Josiah "Doc" Scurlock was a poet, philosopher, intellectual, and hardened killer long before he met Billy the Kid. His mysterious past in Mexico, rumors of dead men from New Orleans to Texas, penchant for vigilantism, and several close calls with hostile Natives all made Doc a man to be both feared and respected. However, the trials he would face after the Lincoln County War made Scurlock the man his family would remember.
Jose Chavez y Chavez was a constable in San Patricio and an ally of the Tunstall McSween faction during the Lincoln County War. Jose was a full participant in the troubles and was present during the Battle of Lincoln, making a getaway from the burning McSween home alongside Billy the Kid. But who was Jose Chavez y Chavez, really? Was he a Navajo, as popularly believed? And how did he become a hired assassin? Also discussed in this episode is Chavez’s encounter with Bob Ford and the other Regulators and friends of Billy the Kid, guys like Henry Newton Brown, George and Frank Coe, Ab Saunders, John Middleton, Billy Wilson, Tom Pickett, and more! I also give my opinion on what really happened there at Fort Sumner on the night of Billy’s alleged death and discuss The Kid’s “body count”. This is a mashup of two previously released episodes on the pals of Billy the Kid.
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ENCORE: An Old West Christmas Miracle
On Christmas Day 1851, Lieutenant Amiel Whipple and his men find themselves outnumbered and facing certain death at the hands of the Quechan people. What happens next is what many would consider a Blood Meridian Christmas miracle.
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