Podd: The Wild West Extravaganza

Whisperin' Jim Smith | Avenging Nemesis

4 juni 2025 | 35 min

Mart Duggan | Leadville's Deadly Marshal

28 maj 2025 | 25 min

Seth Bullock | Deadwood's Sheriff

21 maj 2025 | 35 min

Richard "Two Gun" Hart | Gangsters VS Cowboys

14 maj 2025 | 54 min

Dallas Stoudenmire | El Paso Marshal

7 maj 2025 | 52 min

Young Guns 3: PLOT REVEALED

21 april 2025 | 38 min

State of the Wild West Extravaganza 2025

2 april 2025 | 26 min

Jesse James | Resurrection (Part 8)

26 mars 2025 | 45 min

Jesse James | Assassination (Part 7)

19 mars 2025 | 37 min

Jesse James | Too Tough To Die (Part 6)

12 mars 2025 | 35 min

Jesse James | Northfield Raid (Part 5)

19 februari 2025 | 46 min

Jesse James | Perdition (Part 4)

12 februari 2025 | 43 min

Jesse James | Cross-Dresser? (Part 3)

5 februari 2025 | 43 min

Jesse James | Bank Robber (Part 2)

29 januari 2025 | 28 min

Jesse James | Bushwhacker (Part 1)

22 januari 2025 | 43 min

Buckshot Roberts

15 januari 2025 | 31 min

Black Jack Ketchum

8 januari 2025 | 33 min

Doc Scurlock & the Lincoln County Regulators

1 januari 2025 | 62 min

ENCORE: An Old West Christmas Miracle

24 december 2024 | 15 min

The Escape of Chief Satanta

18 december 2024 | 17 min

Silas Soule | Bleeding Kansas to Sand Creek

11 december 2024 | 65 min

Harry Tracy | The Last Outlaw

27 november 2024 | 77 min

Billy the Kid's Brother?

13 november 2024 | 29 min

Deacon Jim Miller | Old West Hitman

6 november 2024 | 47 min

The Bloody Benders

30 oktober 2024 | 29 min

Dirty Dave Rudabaugh

23 oktober 2024 | 43 min

John Wayne & Wyatt Earp

16 oktober 2024 | 46 min

Olive Oatman & the Blue Tattoo

9 oktober 2024 | 68 min

The Lewis & Clark Expedition (Compilation)

25 september 2024 | 197 min

In the Spring of 1803, the United States acquired the Territory of Louisiana, a largely uncharted tract of wilderness stretching from Canada down to New Orleans. Over 800,000 square miles that, as far the maps were concerned, remained a mystery. President Thomas Jefferson then ordered an expedition to explore this newly purchased land all the way west to the Pacific Ocean. Tasked with leading this endeavor – officially known as the Corp of Discovery – were Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The Corp of Discovery was to travel some 8,000 miles, navigating their way up the Missouri River before turning west and crossing the Rocky Mountains. From the Oto to the Mandan and from the Shoshone to the Clatsop, Lewis and Clark would encounter dozens of tribes along their way, navigate hostile rivers and mountain passes, and even a few unfriendly grizzlies. But what about the rumors of woolly mammoth and a lost tribe of Welshmen? What became of Lewis and Clark after the expedition? What about Sacagawea and Clark's slave York? This is a compilation of previously released material.

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Kit Carson | Adobe Walls (Part 6)

18 september 2024 | 31 min

Kit Carson | Long Walk of the Navajo (Part 5)

11 september 2024 | 35 min

Kit Carson | The Apache (Part 4)

4 september 2024 | 32 min

Kit Carson | Bear Flag Revolt (Part 3)

28 augusti 2024 | 51 min

Kit Carson | Pathfinder (Part 2)

21 augusti 2024 | 40 min

Kit Carson ventured west as a teenager, looking to escape the drudgery of civilization. And in the years to come, he’d find all the excitement a youngster could hope for in the life of a mountain man. For over a decade, Carson would embark on a series of fur-trapping expeditions from New Mexico and Arizona up to present-day Montana and as far west as California. According to Carson, these were the happiest days in his life – there in the mountains, far from the habitations of civilized man, with no other food than that which he could procure with his rifle. Sadly, the good times never last forever. By the early 1840s, the beaver trade was played out, Carson’s Arapaho wife passed away, and he soon found himself embarking on a brand new career as a guide for up-and-coming explorer John C. Fremont. This partnership would elevate both men to the status of living legends. What was life like for Kit Carson post-fur trade? Who exactly was John C. Fremont guy? Why’d they call him the Pathfinder? And how much of Fremont’s success stemmed from his association with Kit Carson? We’re going to discuss all this and more, including Fremont’s expeditions, Carson’s family life, and a couple of bloody massacres that have largely remained forgotten even to this day.

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Kit Carson | Mountain Man (Part 1)

14 augusti 2024 | 38 min

John Glanton & the REAL Blood Meridian

7 augusti 2024 | 61 min

“It makes no difference what men think of war. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.” – Blood Meridian

Blood Meridian, set mainly in the American Southwest during the late 1840s, tells of an unnamed protagonist known only as the Kid. We follow the Kid as he runs away from home and makes his way to Texas before becoming involved in an ill-fated adventure into Mexico. He survives a massacre at the hands of the Comanche and is eventually recruited into a gang of scalp hunters led by John Glanton and his second in command – the absolutely terrifying Judge Holden. The gang then proceeds to cut a murderous swath of destruction throughout northern Mexico before reaping their just rewards. Here’s the fun part: Blood Meridian is loosely based on real-life people and events, including John Glanton and Judge Holden. Today, we’re going to focus mostly on Glanton, an ex-Texas Ranger and War hero turned homicidal maniac. What was John Glanton’s life like before he became a scalp hunter? And how did Glanton really die? Was it as gruesome as portrayed in Blood Meridian? We’ll also take a look at a young soldier by the name of Samuel Chamberlain, as well as discuss the true identity of the honorable Judge Holden.

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Dangerous Dan Tucker

31 juli 2024 | 59 min

State of the Wild West Extravaganza

24 juli 2024 | 6 min

John Wesley Hardin | COMPILATION

17 juli 2024 | 154 min

How Wild Was The Wild West?

10 juli 2024 | 25 min

Billy the Kid Debunked

26 juni 2024 | 113 min

John Bull | The Duke of Death

19 juni 2024 | 27 min

Pat Garrett | COMPILATION

12 juni 2024 | 194 min

Tom Horn | Execution (Part 4)

5 juni 2024 | 66 min

In July of 1901, 14-year-old Willie Nickell was shot dead in an ambush. He had been less than a mile away from home attempting to open a gate when two bullets struck him in the back. A little over two years later, noted assassin Tom Horn was executed for Willie’s murder. In years prior, Tom had been an enforcer for various cattle barons throughout the state of Wyoming, and at the time of Willie’s death, he was employed as a Range Detective on John C. Coble’s Iron Mountain Ranch. And, well, let’s say that John Coble did not get along with the dead boy’s father, Kels Nickell. Not only had Kels filed a homestead on land that Coble considered his own, but he then had the absolute gal to begin fencing it off. And, if that isn’t bad enough, Kels nearly killed Coble during the summer of 1890. The two had been arguing at a train depot when Nickell whipped out a knife and slashed the rancher’s belly wide open. Coble pulled through, and despite charges being filed, Kels Nickell pretty much got off scot-free. At least, he did until nearly a decade later when he committed the grave sin of introducing several thousand sheep there on the Iron Mountain Range. Word on the streets of Cheyenne was that Coble hated Kels Nickell like the devil hates holy water. Ever since the knifing incident, he held a grudge, and now that Nickell had brought in all those sheep, Coble finally had a strong enough reason to go after him and his land. Like many other small homesteaders who opposed the larger spreads, Kels Nickell received an anonymous letter ordering him and his family to leave the area or suffer the consequences. And I reckon those consequences came to fruition on July 18th when his son, Willie, was murdered. The only question that remains is whether or not Tom Horn was genuinely guilty of the crime. And I’ll be honest, it isn’t looking good. After all, Tom was in the area of the Nickell homestead at the same time as the murder. He even admitted as much, saying he was checking to ensure Nickell sheep weren’t straying onto land owned by his employer, John Coble. What’s more, we know with near certainty that Tom had killed men on behalf of the cattle barons in the past. And these men were gunned down in the same fashion as 14-year-old Willie Nickell. Shot from a distance with a rifle. There was even a flat rock that had been placed under the dead boy’s head – a calling card of sorts that Tom often left in the field to let the bosses know that it was he who completed the job. And then, of course, you’ve got the words of Tom Horn himself. In January of 1902, less than six months after the killing, Tom confessed to a deputy Marshal that he was 300 yards away from Willie when he opened fire, saying that it was quote “the best shot that I ever made and the dirtiest trick I ever done.” End quote. Sounds pretty cut and dry. Like I said, Tom would ultimately be found guilty in a court of law and sentenced to hang for the murder of Willie Nickell. That said, many, to this day, including historians, believe Horn was an innocent man, at least in that particular killing. And, despite everything you just heard, they may be on to something. As it turns out, someone other than John Coble and Tom Horn had an even stronger motive for going after Kels Nickell.

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Tom Horn | Assassin (Part 3)

29 maj 2024 | 39 min

Tom Horn first arrived in Wyoming in 1892. He had spent most of a decade chasing Apache down in Arizona before diving headfirst into a feud known as the Pleasant Valley War. Although Tom’s actions during the feud remain unclear, he most likely fought on the side of the Tewksbury’s against their avowed enemies, the Grahams. And despite wearing the badge of a Gila County Sheriff’s deputy, Horn would participate in the lynching of at least three men. This was followed by a stint with the Pinkertons, a job that saw Tom working on the behest of the cattle barons up in Johnson County, Wyoming. Once again, Horn’s involvement is somewhat shrouded in mystery, but he is suspected of assassinating at least two men on behalf of the large ranchers. Whether or not that’s true is unknown, but Tom did help to put an end to the notorious Red Sash Gang. Next, Horn would drift south and find employment as a Range Detective at John Coble’s Iron Mountain Ranch, doing pretty much the same work he had done in Johnson County: investigating stock theft and working as an enforcer for large spreads. The only difference was that Horn had lost all faith in the judicial system by this point. Rather than waste time arresting criminals only for the courts to set them free, Tom resolved to handle business his way, and it just so happened that his way entailed a whole helluva lot of killing. Also discussed: The Apache Kid, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, the Spanish American War, Matt Rash, Isom Dart, and Black Jack Ketchum.

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Tom Horn | Range Wars (Part 2)

22 maj 2024 | 42 min

Tom Horn | Apache Wars (Part 1)

14 maj 2024 | 41 min

The REAL Lonesome Dove

8 maj 2024 | 34 min

Legends of the Wild West | Outlaws, Gunfighters, & Lawmen

1 maj 2024 | 236 min

John Colter | The First Mountain Man

24 april 2024 | 41 min

Lewis & Clark | The Journey's End (Part 6)

17 april 2024 | 31 min

Lewis & Clark | The Blackfeet (Part 5)

10 april 2024 | 20 min

Lewis & Clark | York & Fort Clatsop (Part 4)

3 april 2024 | 27 min

Lewis & Clark | The Shoshone (Part 3)

27 mars 2024 | 41 min

Lewis & Clark | Sacagawea & Daniel Boone (Part 2)

20 mars 2024 | 47 min

Lewis & Clark | The Corps of Discovery (Part 1)

13 mars 2024 | 46 min

In the Spring of 1803, the United States acquired the Territory of Louisiana, a largely uncharted tract of wilderness stretching from Canada all the way down to New Orleans, over 800,000 square miles that, as the maps were concerned, remained a mystery. President Thomas Jefferson ordered an expedition to explore Louisiana west to the Pacific Ocean to understand this new purchase better. Tasked with leading this endeavor – officially known as the Corp of Discovery – were Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The Corp of Discovery was to travel some 8,000 miles, navigating their way up the Missouri River before turning west and crossing the Rocky Mountains. If everything went as planned, they’d locate an all-water route linking the Missouri to the Pacific and return to civilization as heroes. Sounds great in theory, but would Lewis and Clark be able to pull it off? Who exactly were Lewis and Clark? What exactly was the Louisiana Purchase? How’d they choose the men who would accompany them on the expedition? What sort of supplies would Lewis and Clark bring on the expedition? Is it true that Lewis and Clark were searching for wooly mammoths? And were they really the first to explore these new lands?

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Introducing American Criminal

29 februari 2024 | 14 min

Claude Dallas | Killer Cowboy

15 februari 2024 | 110 min

Black Cowboys

7 februari 2024 | 190 min

Legends and Outlaws | An Old West Marathon

31 januari 2024 | 227 min

In this collection of true stories from the Old West, we’ll discuss George Parrot, aka Big Nose George – a lesser-known outlaw who had a noose around his neck more times than you'd believe. And that’s just half the story! You’ll never guess how this one ends! Afterward, we’ll hop over to El Paso for a legendary showdown between madams Big Alice Abbot and Etta “The Grasshopper” Clark before discussing the legendary gunfight in Newton, Kansas. And don’t forget about legendary Joaquin Murrieta – the supposed inspiration for the likes of Zorro and Batman. Was Murrieta a righteous freedom fighter or simply a charismatic bandit? Then we’ve got Ed Scarborough, a fearless lawman whose biggest enemies turned out to be himself and a rabid skunk. With cross-dressing, shootouts with bicycles, and daring prison escapes, Ed’s story is about as wild as the West gets. Following Scarborough, we’ll delve into the Colorado cannibal Alfred Packer and his eyebrow-raising story of survival. Finally, we’ll pay a visit to Winslow, Arizona, where an armed robbery by down-and-out cowboys resulted in a literal trip to hell, a bloody gunfight, and an Old West Lazarus rising from the dead for one last sip of whiskey!

(0:00) Big Nose George

(23:10) Alice Abbott & the Battle of the Bordellos

(45:04) The Newton Massacre

(73:15) Billy the Kid's Brother

(88:12) The Bandit Joaquin Murrieta

(144:48) Arizona Ranger Ed Scarborough

(157:25) Colorado Cannibal Alfred Packer

(212:04) The Devil's Canyon

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John Wesley Hardin's Final Stand (Part 4)

24 januari 2024 | 43 min

The Sutton-Taylor Feud | John Wesley Hardin (Part 3)

17 januari 2024 | 52 min

John Wesley Hardin vs Wild Bill Hickok (Part 2)

10 januari 2024 | 36 min

The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger | Interview with Rib Hillis & Paul Epstein

8 januari 2024 | 88 min

Join me in a discussion with actor Rib Hillis and producer Paul Epstein as we discuss the upcoming premiere of INSP’s The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger!

As a fur trapper, legendary mountain man Jim Bridger explored the entire distant West and survived countless hair-raising adventures. Now, he's a respected trail guide and army scout who knows every river, mountain, and trail of the frontier. As a new generation of settlers, soldiers, and speculators crowd the Bozeman Trail, Bridger's hard-won wisdom is more valuable than ever, even if his famous tall tales sound more like fiction than fact. But the West is still a perilous place, and with danger just around every bend, the greenhorns heading west quickly realize they need Bridger's guidance for much more than the trail.

Rib Hillis is an accomplished actor, host, producer, and model known for his work across primetime television, non-scripted reality television, and films spanning multiple genres. Hillis has worked on many notable titles, such as Ugly Betty, Two and a Half Men, and CSI, and has even showcased his talent as a designer on the Emmy-winning ABC show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. His most recent venture is INSP's The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger, in which he plays the titular legend, Jim Bridger himself.

Paul Epstein is an Emmy-nominated producer, writer, and director known for his work across scripted, factual, and news television. Epstein has worked with many major TV networks and streamers, including Peacock, Discovery, and MSNBC, and has amassed approximately 40 credits across his 20-year-long career. He has worked on titles such as the true-crime documentary series Who Killed Robert Wone? and the factual drama series Into the Wild Frontier, the most-watched TV series on INSP in 2021. Most recently, Paul directed The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger, a historical drama series due to premiere on INSP on January 11th, 2024.

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John Wesley Hardin: Dark Angel of Texas (Part 1)

3 januari 2024 | 31 min

Wyatt Earp In His Own Words

27 december 2023 | 22 min

A Blood Meridian Christmas Miracle

20 december 2023 | 14 min

Wooden Leg | Life After Custer

13 december 2023 | 29 min

Wooden Leg & the Battle of Little Bighorn

6 december 2023 | 54 min

Soapy Smith | King of the Frontier Con Men

29 november 2023 | 53 min

“It’s just as easy to make big money as little money. In my profession, a hundred dollars is just chicken feed. We think in thousands, not tens. Experience has taught me that it is as easy to separate a sucker – the right sucker – from five thousand dollars as from fifty. We always offered our services to well-to-do men, holding out the promise that their investments were certain to net them profit in three to four figures, at least – and that’s the real bait for the sucker – particularly if he’s the close-fisted kind that always wants something for nothing. Yes, there always was a lot of satisfaction as well as cash profit in trimming some old skin flint who would rob his grandmother if he had a chance.” - Doc Bags; a legendary con artist and frontier gambler who plied his trade throughout the West. Although Doc is largely forgotten today, his lasting legacy was his most notorious apprentice, a young man from Georgia who’d come to be known as Soapy Smith. You see it's on the streets of Denver that Smith learned all Doc Bags had to teach. And when it came time for Doc to move on, young Soapy took his spot as the undisputed kingpin of the mile-high city. But he wasn’t a gunman, at least not really. Instead of colt revolvers, Soapy’s weapon of choice was a quick wit coupled with a silver tongue, a whole helluva lot of charisma, and the magical ability to make people see and believe things that did not exist; all of which would earn him the title of King of the Frontier Conmen. That said, Soapy certainly wasn’t afraid of resorting to violence if the situation called for it. With an army of thugs at his disposal, Smith would face down more than a few deadly killers. And like many other icons of the Old West, Soapy would ultimately go down in a blaze of gunfire. They say fortune favors the bold and they don’t get much bolder than Soapy Smith, a charming rogue who spent his life operating in the shadows, leaving behind a legend as complex as the frontier he called home. Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Into History for ad-free and bonus content! https://intohistory.supercast.com/ King Con: The Story of Soapy Smith by Jane G. Haigh - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0962753076?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzjoshta02-20&creativeASIN=0962753076&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.YEHGNY7KFAU7&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin Merchandise! https://www.teepublic.com/user/wild-west-extravaganza Book Recommendations! https://www.amazon.com/shop/wildwestextravaganza/list/YEHGNY7KFAU7?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d

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Harry Tracy | Desperado (Part 2)

22 november 2023 | 45 min

Billy the Kid (COMPILATION)

17 november 2023 | 264 min

Harry Tracy | The Last of the Wild Bunch (Part 1)

15 november 2023 | 43 min

Bass Reeves | Lawman (Part 2)

8 november 2023 | 51 min

Bass Reeves | Lawman (Part 1)

1 november 2023 | 38 min

This is NOT Doc Holliday

21 oktober 2023 | 17 min

Uncontacted

16 oktober 2023 | 27 min

There’s just something about uncontacted tribes that’s always piqued my curiosity. Perhaps you’ve heard of Ishi, who, as the last of his people, emerged from California’s Sierra foothills in the summer of 1911. It’s estimated that Ishi was around 50 years of age and spent the vast majority of his life completely cut off from modern society. And for good reason, after all his tribe was literally slaughtered in a series of massacres.

Then there’s the Bronco Apache I covered here on The Wild West Extravaganza way back when. Link in the description. These guys and gals were still making raids into Arizona and New Mexico as late as 1926. Hell, even a decade later they themselves were being hunted in the mountains of northern Mexico. According to Jason Betzinez, an Apache who rode with Geronimo, those Broncos were still out there as recently as 1959.

Now I don’t know how accurate that is, but if true that’s still quite a long time ago. I think it’s safe to say that as of this recording, there are no remaining uncontacted tribes anywhere in North America.

South America is a different story, though. And let’s not forget about Africa or India. Per the experts at Survival International, there are currently over one hundred uncontacted tribes worldwide. A number that absolutely blows my mind.

If that seems like a lot, I will say that the term uncontacted is a little misleading. Generally speaking, it’s used to describe certain indigenous peoples who AVOID all contact with outsiders. Doesn’t mean they’ve never met anyone else or that they’ve never physically touched or owned modern objects. So long as they continue to avoid all contact with outsiders, they are considered uncontacted.

And today you’re going to hear about a group who, in my opinion, are about as uncontacted as you can possibly get. They have no trade with neighboring tribes, they brook no interference from outsiders and we don’t even know what language they speak, much less what they call themselves.

The following is courtesy of Rich Napolitano and his podcast, Shipwrecks and Seadogs:

North Sentinel Island is a remote and largely isolated island located in the Bay of Bengal, belonging to the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago of India. The island is known for its indigenous inhabitants, the Sentinelese, who have fiercely resisted contact with the outside world, maintaining their traditional way of life and avoiding interactions with modern society. Due to their isolation and the limited knowledge about their language and culture, the Sentinelese people remain one of the last uncontacted tribes on Earth, making North Sentinel Island a unique and heavily restricted area for anthropological study and preserving their autonomy. Over recorded history, a number of ships have wrecked near the island, causing unpleasant confrontations with the native people of North Sentinel Island.

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Wild Bill Hickok

11 oktober 2023 | 143 min

Johnny Ringo's Mysterious Fate

4 oktober 2023 | 29 min

Texas Rangers vs Comanche | The Battle of Antelope Hills

27 september 2023 | 25 min

John Selman Sr | Killer with a Badge

20 september 2023 | 28 min

Devil Canyon Shootout

13 september 2023 | 17 min

Ed Scarborough | The Skunk Fighting Arizona Ranger

6 september 2023 | 21 min

Wyatt Earp vs Comanche Jack

30 augusti 2023 | 18 min

On The Warpath | My Sixty Years on the Plains

29 augusti 2023 | 28 min

War is hell. I know that sounds cliché but there’s a simple, irrefutable truth in that short yet powerful statement, one that is unchanging through time. Although our modern weapons may not be the same now as they were in the past, the end result is the same. Death, dismemberment, chaos, and pain. Grieving families, survivor guilt, and, sometimes, an elation that borders on the euphoric. For tribes like the Shoshone, Cheyenne, Blackfeet, and the Crow, war was an unfortunate yet necessary part of life. And for centuries untold these tribes clashed with their enemies on battlegrounds with no names, in skirmishes long forgotten. And the warriors who emerged victorious are likewise lost to history. Well, on today’s episode we’ll take a glimpse behind the curtain. Find out what it was like to accompany the Shoshone into battle, to hear the cries of victory mixed with the agonizing wails of mourning. This is the fourth installment William T. Hamilton’s My Sixty Years on the Plains, chapter’s 7 and 8 if you’re reading along at home. Also discussed is Hamilton’s comparison between the Shoshone and Cheyenne, his opinion on the bravery of mountain lions, tips on shot placement when hunting any animal, and the most dangerous aspect of bear hunting. Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Into History! https://intohistory.supercast.com/ Merchandise! https://www.teepublic.com/user/wild-west-extravaganza Book Recommendations! https://www.amazon.com/shop/wildwestextravaganza/list/YEHGNY7KFAU7?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d My Sixty Years on the Plains by W.T. Hamilton - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1695768930?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzjoshta02-20&creativeASIN=1695768930&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.YEHGNY7KFAU7&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_d_asin

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Harriet Tubman | Her Half of History

28 augusti 2023 | 27 min

Was Billy the Kid's Death a Hoax?

22 augusti 2023 | 52 min

Pat Garrett | Murder (Part 5)

16 augusti 2023 | 65 min

Pat Garrett | The Vanishing of Albert Jennings Fountain (Part 4)

9 augusti 2023 | 41 min

Pat Garrett | The End of the Kid (Part 3)

2 augusti 2023 | 25 min

Pat Garrett | Pat vs Billy the Kid (Part 2)

26 juli 2023 | 40 min

Pat Garrett | Origin Story (Part 1)

19 juli 2023 | 49 min

Scalping & Trading | My Sixty Years On The Plains

12 juli 2023 | 28 min

Old Solitaire | My Sixty Years On The Plains

2 juli 2023 | 21 min

The Plainsman W.T. Hamilton | My Sixty Years On The Plains

28 juni 2023 | 25 min

The Execution of Cherokee Bill (Part 2)

20 juni 2023 | 33 min

Cherokee Bill (Part 1)

13 juni 2023 | 44 min

Liver Eating Johnson

6 juni 2023 | 80 min

The Last Wild Apache

30 maj 2023 | 46 min

Billy the Kid's Trigger Finger

24 maj 2023 | 20 min

The Big Fight at Jenkins Saloon

17 maj 2023 | 24 min

Al Swearengen & the Gem Saloon

10 maj 2023 | 49 min

Jim Crow Chiles | The Dancing Missouri Bushwhacker

3 maj 2023 | 26 min

Jose Chavez y Chavez

26 april 2023 | 47 min

Doc Scurlock | The Thinking Man's Outlaw

19 april 2023 | 39 min

Billy the Kid | Quién es (Part 5)

12 april 2023 | 48 min

Billy the Kid | Desperado (Part 4)

4 april 2023 | 42 min

Billy the Kid | Lincoln County War (Part 3)

29 mars 2023 | 58 min

Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory was the setting of a brutal conflict between rival factions vying for control of the county's dry goods and cattle interests. The Lincoln County War, as it came to be known, began in 1878 and persisted until 1881, a time of lawlessness and bloodshed in the Old West.

One side of the feud was led by James Dolan, a powerful figure who wielded a monopoly over dry goods through his establishment "The House". The other faction was established by English-born John Tunstall and his partner Alexander McSween, who opened their own competing store with support from established cattleman John Chisum. Both sides gathered lawmen, businessmen, and criminal gangs to their aid, setting the stage for a violent and deadly confrontation.

The Dolan faction was aligned with Sheriff William J. Brady and supported by the notorious Jesse Evans Gang. The Tunstall-McSween faction organized their own armed posse, the Lincoln County Regulators, with their own lawmen in the form of town constable Richard M. Brewer and Deputy US Marshal Robert A. Widenmann. And of course the notorious Billy the Kid.

The War was characterized by a series of brutal revenge killings, starting with the murder of Tunstall by members of a Dolan authorized posse and the Evans Gang. The Regulators retaliated by killing Sheriff Brady and others in a series of violent incidents. The conflict continued to escalate for several months, culminating in the epic five-day battle of Lincoln, which resulted in the death of McSween and the dispersal of the Regulators.

William H. Bonney rode into Lincoln County a teenager on the run from a noose. By the time he came out of McSween’s burning home, guns blazing, he was well on the way to becoming the legend known as Billy the Kid.

This is part three in the series on Billy the Kid. For the previous two installments see the links below.

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Billy the Kid | Croquet Photo

27 mars 2023 | 13 min

Billy the Kid | Prelude to War (Part 2)

21 mars 2023 | 53 min

Billy the Kid | Orphan (Part 1)

15 mars 2023 | 40 min

Old West Books

8 mars 2023 | 15 min

Jim Bridger | The Scout (Part 5)

1 mars 2023 | 45 min

Jim Bridger | The Guide (Part 4)

22 februari 2023 | 30 min

Trailer

20 februari 2023 | 2 min

Jim Bridger | Mormons (Part 3)

15 februari 2023 | 34 min

Jim Bridger | Bugs Boys (Part 2)

8 februari 2023 | 42 min

Jim Bridger | Ashley's 100 (Part 1)

1 februari 2023 | 51 min

Wyatt Earp in Hollywood

4 januari 2023 | 36 min

Huckleberry or Hucklebearer?

21 december 2022 | 27 min

We all know the "scene", right? Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp are walking the streets of Tombstone when they’re confronted by a visibly inebriated Johnny Ringo. He informs the trio that he wants their blood and their souls, and he wants them now. Wyatt refuses to fight, says there ain’t no money in it and tells Ringo to sober up, as he and his brothers turn and walk away. At this point Johnny really begins to rage. “Don’t any of you have the guts to play for blood?” And that’s when Doc steps out; fingers dancing close to the butt of his holstered revolver with another pistol concealed behind his back. He’d been watching the events unfold from a nearby barber’s chair and once Ringo blurts out his bold invitation, Holliday decides he wants to play. And you know what he says next. Or at least I should say you THINK you know.

1994’s Tombstone remains an iconic movie that produced many an iconic phrase, one in particular that people have been quoting nonstop for the past 3 decades. A simple idiom now emblazoned on t shirts, hoodies, whiskey tumblers, key chains, shot glasses, bottle openers, beanies, baseball caps, hell…even fuzzy socks. In my kitchen right now is a coffee mug with this famous expression printed on it in big bold letters.

But are those letters wrong? Are we wrong? Is this some sort of Mandela effect, did our ears betray us? Or are there simply some among us pretending to be smarter than they really are? What the hell did Val Kilmer aka Doc Holliday really say? And what SHOULD he have said?

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Frank Canton | The General (Part 5)

14 december 2022 | 41 min

This is the fifth and final installation in the Frank Canton series. Link below for the previous four.

In the early morning hours of June 2nd, 1899, five masked men held up a Union Pacific Train near Wilcox, Wyoming. In what would become one of the more famous robberies of the old west, the bandits used dynamite to blast their way into a mail car and after another detonation took care of the safe, they’d ride away with an estimated 50,000 dollars. Nearly 2 million in today’s money.

And if this sounds familiar well maybe you’ve seen a little film called Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.

Contrary to what’s portrayed in the movie, there’s a very good chance that Butch Cassidy himself had nothing to do with this particular hold up. Be that as it may, it’s next to certain that those who did were members of his gang – the Wild Bunch. Harry Longabaugh, aka the Sundance Kid, was likely one of the masked men. So was the deadly Harvey Logan and his brother Lonnie, the Tall Texan Ben Kilpatrick, and last but certainly not least was a land pirate by the name of George Flat Nose Curry.

The banditti were headed for a remote pass in the Bighorn mountains they called the Hole-in-the-wall, a sort of outlaw stronghold they used as a headquarters of sorts. And the hole-in-the-wall was located in Johnson County; the same Johnson County we’ve been discussing dang near this whole series.

Now the Wild Bunch did not exist when Frank Canton was Sheriff thereabouts and by the time the Wild Bunch came into being Frank had already moved on and when the Wild Bunch robbed that train at Wilcox, Canton was still up in Alaska. But he’d soon be returning. And, after a bit of comeuppance damn near a decade in the making – a little bit of Johnson County Justice if you will – Frank would saddle up and go on the hunt for the Wild Bunch. At least what was left of ‘em.

Got a lot to cover on this episode. An averted assassination, an epic ass whoopin, Canton’s career as a bounty hunter, his return to Indian Territory – his debut on the silver screen - and finally his ascension to the highest ranks of power. Something the man had been in pursuit of – one way or another - his entire life.

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Frank Canton | Alaska (Part 4)

7 december 2022 | 43 min

Frank Canton | Johnson County War (Part 3)

30 november 2022 | 33 min

Frank Canton | Sheriff (Part 2)

23 november 2022 | 40 min

Frank Canton | The Outlaw Years (Part 1)

16 november 2022 | 49 min

Frank Canton was not born; he was created. The mental fabrication of a notorious outlaw and escaped convict by the name of Joe Horner.

After possibly killing his first man at the tender age of 15, Horner would spend the next several years as a cowboy and ranch hand before forming the infamous Horner gang, that would terrorize north Texas during the mid-1870’s. After a full-on gun battle with the United States military in broad daylight, Horner is arrested but escapes. And, following the successful robbery of at least one bank, Horner was once more apprehended and jailed – this time in San Antonio – and once more escaped. Arrested again after yet another gunfight, Horner would be tried, found guilty and sentenced to 15 years hard labor in Huntsville State penitentiary. He would only do two of these years, escaping once more – this time never to be seen again. At least not as Josiah Horner.

The escaped convict would travel north, to Wyoming, and reinvent himself. Becoming Frank Canton, the epitome of law and order and a relentless pursuer of neerdoells. First as an inspector and detective for the Wyoming Stock Growers Association and then Sheriff of Johnson County, before being a key player in a little something called the Johnson County War. Canton would then mosey on down to Indian Territory, and once again pin on a badge, first as a sheriff and then as a deputy U.S. Marshal, chasing bad guys Rooster Cogburn style. This was at a time when the Territory was nearly overrun with outlaws and the area Canton was initially stationed in was so bad the county commissioners were asking for martial law. Turns out all they needed was Frank Canton. But then a new frontier beckoned. What some were taking to calling the last Frontier. Alaska. There was gold up there in the great white north and with gold comes crime. More than enough to keep a man such as Canton busy. But what about Frank’s past as an outlaw? The former life of Josiah Horner, the escaped convict? Would this ever catch up with him? And was he really Mr. Law and Order, humble public servant or was this just a façade? A way of him ensuring that he was always aligned with the powerful and influential.

Believe me when I say, this story has it all. Cowboys, outlaws, moral quandaries, Buffalo soldiers, female rustlers, questionable morals, cattle drives, stampedes, a damn range war, a mercenary army, assassinations, murder, a whole lot of hangings, Tom Horn, the Pinkertons, Teddy Roosevelt, hell – even vampires! Yes vampires.

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The Johnson County War by Bill O’Neil - https://www.amazon.com/Johnson-County-War-Bill-ONeal/dp/1571688765/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1ODICTBSEA038&keywords=johnson+county+war&qid=1668567269&s=books&sprefix=johnson+coun%2Cstripbooks%2C155&sr=1-2

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Frank James - The Old Shoe Salesman

29 oktober 2022 | 12 min

An Execution Gone Wrong - The Terrifying Story of Clemente Apolinar

26 oktober 2022 | 14 min

Captain Jack & the Modoc War | The Last Stand of Captain Jack (Part 3)

12 oktober 2022 | 53 min

Captain Jack & the Modoc War | The Battle of the Stronghold (Part 2)

28 september 2022 | 38 min

Captain Jack & the Modoc War | The Drums of War (Part 1)

14 september 2022 | 30 min

Kit vs Goliath

31 augusti 2022 | 25 min

Wild Bill Hickok | Death in Deadwood (Part 3)

17 augusti 2022 | 37 min

Wild Bill Hickok | Legendary Lawman (Part 2)

10 augusti 2022 | 57 min

Wild Bill Hickok | Unveiling the Legend (Part 1)

1 augusti 2022 | 60 min

Few names associated with the old west are as recognizable as Wild Bill Hickok. And for good reason. In many ways, Wild Bill was the quintessential Westerner of the later 19th century. Wagon master, scout, soldier, spy, lawman, gambler, actor, and yeah…gunfighter. A man capable of extraordinary feats of daring and bravery, yet courteous and soft-spoken when left alone, and kind to children. One of the few frontiersmen who was willing to take his guns off and go toe to toe with anyone looking for a fight. But also, a man who – even by generous accounts – was a bit too quick when it came to pulling the trigger. He could cuss like a sailor, consorted with ladies of ill repute, and would rather gamble than eat. He was friends with other notable frontiersmen like Buffalo Bill Cody, George Armstrong Custer, Kit Carson, and Calamity Jane, and Inspired future legends like U.S. Marshal Bill Tilghman and countless others.

A celebrity in his own time, Hickok continues to tickle the imagination of millions. From the early silent film era till now, everyone from Gary Cooper to Charles Bronson to Jeff Bridges, Sam Elliot, and Keith Carradine has portrayed this icon on the big screen. But who was Hickok really? What sorta man was he? As with many notorious characters of the old west, much of the legend is built on exaggerated claims and outright lies. In Hickok’s case, the truth is even more fascinating fiction. And the truth is what aiming for today.

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History Daily Presents - Jesse James & the Kid

20 juli 2022 | 39 min

Cullen Baker | The West's First Fast Draw?

6 juli 2022 | 51 min

Joaquin Murrieta | California Bandit

22 juni 2022 | 63 min

Imagine for a second that you’re a young immigrant, lured to a foreign land with hopes of creating a better life for yourself and your family. Upon arrival, however, things don’t turn out quite like you dreamed and those in power decided to take everything from you that you hold dear. Your land is stolen, your brother murdered by so called vigilantes without benefit of a trial and you yourself tied up, horse whipped, and forced to watch your beautiful wife beaten and raped, raped to the point that she would die in your arms shortly thereafter. Sounds like a nightmare. I imagine most of us, under similar circumstances, would be looking for revenge.

And, according to legend, vengeance is exactly what the fabled bandit Joaquin Murrieta exacted. Story goes that he waited till nightfall and slid into the camp of his tormentors, dressed all in black. Dispatched one of ‘em with a blade, silently chopping up the body and leaving the dismembered limbs scattered around camp to be found in the morning. And the next night he repeated this action. And again, the night after that. Once Joaquin’s immediate thirst for retribution was satisfied, he moved on to other such men, the type who preyed on his kind. He soon formed a group of likeminded compadres, dubbed bandits, who dedicated their lives to protecting the innocent, robbing from the rich and righting various wrongs.

A compelling story that is said to have been the real-life inspiration behind Zorro and possibly even Batman. A tale found repeated all over the world wide web both in print and song. But how true is it? Historian Susan Lee Johnson summed it up best when she wrote “so many tales have grown up around Murrieta that it is hard to disentangle the fabulous from the factual”.

Who was Joaquin Murrieta? I mean who was he REALLY? Why is there so much misinformation about the man? Was he a freedom fighter - righteous avenger of injustice – or simply a blood thirsty bandit who preyed on the weak? How badly will I butcher any Spanish names I attempt to pronounce?

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Joaquin Murrieta | Literary Fiction or Historical Fact? https://www.cocohistory.org/essays-murrieta.html

Chasing the Elusive Joaquin Murrieta - https://www.historynet.com/chasing-elusive-joaquin-murrieta/

Judge Roy Bean | Wild West Extravaganza - https://www.wildwestextra.com/32-judge-roy-bean/

California Ranger Rosters - https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/california_rangers/joaquin_murieta.html

California Bandidos: Social Bandits or Sociopaths | John Boessenecker - https://dokumen.tips/documents/california-bandidos-social-bandits-or-sociopaths-california-bandidos-social-bandits.html?page=16

Joaquin Murrieta | Los Alegras de Teran - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6rbNjy6PjI

The Bandit Joaquin | Dave Stamey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-5hhfNKCTY

The Ballad of Joaquin Murrieta | Sons of the San Joaquin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWfHWFMPSjU

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Dewey Beard - Veteran of Little Bighorn & survivor of Wounded Knee

8 juni 2022 | 32 min

The Brothers McCarty

25 maj 2022 | 23 min

Rube Burrow | The Robinhood of Alabama

10 maj 2022 | 57 min

Brushy Bill is a Lying Liar

22 april 2022 | 95 min

Alfred Packer | Colorado Cannibal

6 april 2022 | 62 min

April 1874. Present day Colorado. A half-starved weather-beaten Alfred Packer came limping into the Los Pinos Indian Agency seeking refuge. Feet covered in rags he claimed he had a harrowing story to tell. The man was ushered in and given food which he vomited up almost as soon as he got it down. Too long without he explained, asking instead for whiskey. Anything that would calm his stomach and hopefully his trembling hands. Finally, Alfred spoke. Said he had been a guide up in the mountains for some prospectors. They hit some bad weather and worse luck. He himself got snow-blinded and the other five would-be miners abandoned him.

For the next two months this survivor somehow scrapped by - living by his wits, surviving the hellish winter, and making it to civilization all on his own, with almost no supplies. An amazing tale of endurance, for sure. There’s just one catch - Alfred Packer didn’t seem all that malnourished. Matter of fact, the man seemed pretty well fed. And his story? Well, it had holes. Who was Alfred Packer? Was he truly guilty of the crimes that would see him spend nearly two decades behind bars? And what’s human flesh taste like, anyway?

Pass the chianti and crack open the fava beans as we delve into the life and times of the Colorado Cannibal, Alfred Packer.

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Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal by Harold Schechter - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1503944212?asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.YEHGNY7KFAU7

What Does Human Meat Taste Like | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/05/human-meat-taste-cannibal

The Body Trade | Reuters - https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-bodies-brokers/

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The Bandit Killer

31 mars 2022 | 11 min

The Shootout at Hide Park

16 mars 2022 | 34 min

BONUS - Obscure History | The Lawless Horrel Brothers

9 mars 2022 | 22 min

La Matanza - The Slaughter

3 mars 2022 | 40 min

Britt Johnson & the Searchers

17 februari 2022 | 59 min

The Arrest of Annie Oakley

2 februari 2022 | 25 min

Kit Carson's Failure

19 januari 2022 | 23 min

Big Alice & the Battle of the Bordellos

5 januari 2022 | 29 min

Big Nose George | Wyoming Bandit

3 januari 2022 | 27 min

Jim Clyman | Iconic Fur Trapper

18 oktober 2021 | 19 min

Bill Longley | The Deadliest Gun in Texas

16 augusti 2021 | 53 min

Chief Joseph & the Nez Perce War

25 juli 2021 | 112 min

Billy the Kid's Last Stand

5 juli 2021 | 24 min

Tom Tobin & The Bloody Espinosas

20 juni 2021 | 36 min

Commodore Perry Owens & The Pleasant Valley War

14 juni 2021 | 49 min

The First Battle of Adobe Walls

31 maj 2021 | 32 min

Elfego Baca & The Frisco Gunfight

17 maj 2021 | 48 min

Bloody Bill Anderson & the Missouri Bushwhackers

26 april 2021 | 70 min

Hugh Glass | Frontiersman

5 april 2021 | 65 min

Luther James Dorsey & The Buffalo Soldiers

8 februari 2021 | 30 min

The Battle of Beecher Island

25 januari 2021 | 78 min

Frank Hamer's First Fight

4 januari 2021 | 18 min

Bill Tilghman | Frontier Lawman

27 december 2020 | 72 min

Bill Tilghman - the legendary lawman best known for hunting down bad guys in Indian Territory - got his start as a teenaged buffalo hunter on the Kansas frontier. After that he spent years patrolling the tough streets of Dodge City with the likes of Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Charlie Bassett before moving on to Oklahoma where he did more of the same. Friends with guys like Luke Short and Doc Holliday. Rubbed shoulders with outlaws like Dave Rudabaugh and J.J. Webb, Tilghman wore many hats throughout his life.

Senator, husband, father, scout, Rancher, saloon owner, movie producer, actor, and then finally – at the ripe ole age of 70 – Tilghman pinned on a badge yet again to take on the corrupt boom town of Cromwell, Oklahoma.

Maybe. Or Maybe not.

Join me today as we find out more about the man who - according to Teddy Roosevelt - would charge hell with a bucket. The man who Bat Masterson once said was “the best of all of us” on this newest don’t kill the messenger history is complicated and sometimes our heroes are flawed and this is probably the last ever episode OF The Wild West Extravaganza!

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Texas History Lessons Podcast

Bat Masterson on Bill Tilghman

Was Bill Tilghman Honest? – True West Magazine

How Accurate Was You Know My Name? – True West Magazine

The Man Who Shot Bill Tilghman - True West Magazine

The Killing Of Bill Tilghman – True West Magazine

Dodge City – Book by Tom Clavin

Bill Tilghman's Biography – Written by his widow, Zoe Agnes Stratton Tilghman

The Trial of Wiley Lynn – Edmond Life & Leisure

Wiley Lynn's Last Days - Edmond Life & Leisure

Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws (1915)

Oklahoma Land Rush Scene – Far and Away (1992)

Great Murder Trials of the Old West – Johnny D. Boggs

Shoot From The Lips – Nancy B. Samuelson

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Medicine Crow | War Chief

29 november 2020 | 12 min

Ned Christie | Indian Outlaw

12 november 2020 | 64 min

Luke Short & The Dodge City War

24 oktober 2020 | 71 min

Judge Roy Bean | The Law West of the Pecos

30 september 2020 | 53 min

Black Bart | The Poet Bandit

25 augusti 2020 | 57 min

The Wild West Extravaganza

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Whisperin' Jim Smith | Avenging Nemesis

Mart Duggan | Leadville's Deadly Marshal

Seth Bullock | Deadwood's Sheriff

Richard "Two Gun" Hart | Gangsters VS Cowboys

Dallas Stoudenmire | El Paso Marshal

Young Guns 3: PLOT REVEALED

State of the Wild West Extravaganza 2025

Jesse James | Resurrection (Part 8)

Jesse James | Assassination (Part 7)

Jesse James | Too Tough To Die (Part 6)

Jesse James | Northfield Raid (Part 5)

Jesse James | Perdition (Part 4)

Jesse James | Cross-Dresser? (Part 3)

Jesse James | Bank Robber (Part 2)

Jesse James | Bushwhacker (Part 1)

Buckshot Roberts

Black Jack Ketchum

Doc Scurlock & the Lincoln County Regulators

ENCORE: An Old West Christmas Miracle

The Escape of Chief Satanta

Silas Soule | Bleeding Kansas to Sand Creek

Harry Tracy | The Last Outlaw

Billy the Kid's Brother?

Deacon Jim Miller | Old West Hitman

The Bloody Benders

Dirty Dave Rudabaugh

John Wayne & Wyatt Earp

Olive Oatman & the Blue Tattoo

The Lewis & Clark Expedition (Compilation)

Kit Carson | Adobe Walls (Part 6)

Kit Carson | Long Walk of the Navajo (Part 5)

Kit Carson | The Apache (Part 4)

Kit Carson | Bear Flag Revolt (Part 3)

Kit Carson | Pathfinder (Part 2)

Kit Carson | Mountain Man (Part 1)

John Glanton & the REAL Blood Meridian

Dangerous Dan Tucker

State of the Wild West Extravaganza

John Wesley Hardin | COMPILATION

How Wild Was The Wild West?

Billy the Kid Debunked

John Bull | The Duke of Death

Pat Garrett | COMPILATION

Tom Horn | Execution (Part 4)

Tom Horn | Assassin (Part 3)

Tom Horn | Range Wars (Part 2)

Tom Horn | Apache Wars (Part 1)

The REAL Lonesome Dove

Legends of the Wild West | Outlaws, Gunfighters, & Lawmen

John Colter | The First Mountain Man

Lewis & Clark | The Journey's End (Part 6)

Lewis & Clark | The Blackfeet (Part 5)

Lewis & Clark | York & Fort Clatsop (Part 4)

Lewis & Clark | The Shoshone (Part 3)

Lewis & Clark | Sacagawea & Daniel Boone (Part 2)

Lewis & Clark | The Corps of Discovery (Part 1)

Introducing American Criminal

Claude Dallas | Killer Cowboy

Black Cowboys

Legends and Outlaws | An Old West Marathon

John Wesley Hardin's Final Stand (Part 4)

The Sutton-Taylor Feud | John Wesley Hardin (Part 3)

John Wesley Hardin vs Wild Bill Hickok (Part 2)

The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger | Interview with Rib Hillis & Paul Epstein

John Wesley Hardin: Dark Angel of Texas (Part 1)

Wyatt Earp In His Own Words

A Blood Meridian Christmas Miracle

Wooden Leg | Life After Custer

Wooden Leg & the Battle of Little Bighorn

Soapy Smith | King of the Frontier Con Men

Harry Tracy | Desperado (Part 2)

Billy the Kid (COMPILATION)

Harry Tracy | The Last of the Wild Bunch (Part 1)

Bass Reeves | Lawman (Part 2)

Bass Reeves | Lawman (Part 1)

This is NOT Doc Holliday

Uncontacted

Wild Bill Hickok