Episode 108: Claude Dallas Modern American Outlaw

Claude Lafayette Dallas is considered by many a living embodiment of the American West.

Even his name rings of a wild west novel, a name teeming with outlaw bravado, conjuring images of a lone cowboy wandering the desert, surviving off his wits and the fat of the land.

But this is no fictional cowboy, Claude Dallas is the real deal, a buckaroo and trapper, a modern-day outlaw, and cold-blooded murderer. But did he kill out of necessity, or was it a sense of wild west justice, or, was it some sick sociopathic need for control and dominance?

Is Claude Dallas a psychopath or heroic gatekeeper of the pioneer spirit?

You tell us. This is his story.

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“Some Kind of Morning” by Austin Moffa courtesy of the Free Music Archive. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

“Unto the Coven (Gemini Sun)” by Plasticine Cowboy courtesy of the Free Music Archive. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

“Every Cowboy” and “Run Hound” by Cellophane Sam courtesy of the Free Music Archive. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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“Utah Carrol” by Cartwright Brothers Public Domain Bill from Ellerslie's record collection courtesy of the Internet Archive

“Sleep Noble Hearts” Performed by Lyric Quartette 5/9/1912 Public Domain courtesy of digital history.oh.edu

REFERENCES:

Give a Boy a Gun: The True Story of Law and Disorder in the American West by Jack Olsen. Independently published ‏ : ‎ March 24, 2019 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1091410657

Outlaw: The True Story of Claude Dallas by Jeff Long. ‎ William Morrow & Co, January 1, 1984. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0688041656

Los Angeles Times Sept. 5, 1987 Dallas Acquitted of Escape; Said He Feared Death - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times Sept. 5, 1987 Claude Dallas, a mountainman folk hero who escaped almost... - UPI Archives

The Spokesman Review Feb. 7, 2005 Convicted killer Claude Dallas released from prison

War on the West April 2, 2017 Sheriff Tim Nettleton, Talks About the Claude Dallas Story - War on the West

Idaho Statesman February 1, 2022 How did notorious Idaho outlaw, Claude Dallas, escape? | Idaho Statesman

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