Digging Up Billy the Kid: Exhuming the Dead
Should Billy the Kid’s body be exhumed? In today’s episode, we break down the evidence surrounding Billy’s death at Fort Sumner, as well as the two failed attempts to dig up the Kid: the 1961 court fi...
18 Feb 52min
Doc Holliday | End of the Trail (Part 4)
In late January 1882, Doc Holliday and Johnny Ringo came within mere seconds of turning the streets of Tombstone into a slaughterhouse. Luckily, cooler heads prevailed, and both men were arrested befo...
11 Feb 39min
Doc Holliday | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Part 3)
What really caused the gunfight at the OK Corral? Most people chalk it up to a simple showdown between good and evil, with Wyatt Earp, his brothers, and Doc Holliday on one side and the Clantons and M...
4 Feb 21min
Doc Holliday | The Road to Tombstone (Part 2)
Doc Holliday arrived in Dodge City in 1878, fresh from Texas and already tied to the hip to Big Nose Kate. He advertised as a dentist, gambled heavily, and quietly built a reputation in one of the mos...
28 Jan 29min
Doc Holliday | The Early Years (Part 1)
Doc Holliday was a gambler, a consumptive, a deadly shootist, and an educated Southern gentleman. He was feared across the frontier, respected by some, hated by many, and remembered as one of the most...
21 Jan 33min
PTSD in the Old West
Did PTSD exist in the Old West, and if so, did it contribute to the violence of the frontier? Join me as we explore how trauma affected soldiers and civilians alike long before the condition had a nam...
23 Des 202532min
Old Man Clanton & the Red Sash Cowboys
We’ve all seen Tombstone, but how much do you really know about the origins of the Clantons? Or to be more specific, how much do you know about the family patriarch, Newman “Old Man” Clanton? Is it tr...
17 Des 202534min
Rube Burrow: The West's Most Dangerous Train Robber
Rube Burrow began as an honest cowboy and farmer with every intention of living a simple life. Born in Alabama in 1855, he built a family and worked the land until sickness, failed crops, and tragic l...
3 Des 202554min
