An Execution Gone Wrong - The Terrifying Story of Clemente Apolinar

An Execution Gone Wrong - The Terrifying Story of Clemente Apolinar

Happy Halloween! Clemente Apolinar was the last person publicly hanged in Texas. Not only did his execution go horribly wrong but you won’t BELIEVE what the location is currently being used as. Check out my website for more true tales from the Wild West: https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Join Patreon for bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra Become a YouTube Paid Member for bonus content! https://www.youtube.com/c/WildWestExtravaganza Join FREE Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Listen to Texas History Lessons for more Texas History! https://www.texashistorylessons.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Young Guns 2: Fact vs Fiction

Young Guns 2: Fact vs Fiction

If you grew up watching westerns in the late 80s and early 90s, Young Guns II was probably on your list, but how much of what we saw on screen was true? Today, we dig into the real history behind Bill...

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Archie Clement's Bloody Last Stand

Archie Clement's Bloody Last Stand

Archie Clement was one of the most notorious guerrilla fighters to emerge from Missouri during the Civil War and Reconstruction era. Barely over five feet tall and weighing around 130 pounds, Clement ...

1 Sep 202520min

Jack Hinson: Civil War Sniper

Jack Hinson: Civil War Sniper

Jack Hinson, known as “Old Jack,” began the Civil War as a wealthy Tennessee planter with no intentions to enlist in the Civil War. That changed in 1862 when Union troops executed his sons and display...

30 Aug 202520min

Chief Joseph & the Nez Perce War: The Fight Begins

Chief Joseph & the Nez Perce War: The Fight Begins

The Battle of White Bird Canyon was one of the most lopsided defeats the U.S. Army ever suffered in the American West. On June 17, 1877, Captain David Perry led roughly one hundred soldiers and scouts...

27 Aug 202532min

Elfego Baca & the Frisco Shootout (Encore)

Elfego Baca & the Frisco Shootout (Encore)

In October of 1884, 19-year-old Elfego Baca made history during the legendary Frisco Shootout. After pinning on a fake badge and arresting a drunken cowboy named Charlie McCarty, Baca found himself su...

20 Aug 202538min

They're Remaking Lonesome Dove!?

They're Remaking Lonesome Dove!?

Teton Ridge has snagged the film and TV rights to Larry McMurtry’s legendary Lonesome Dove series, promising a fresh take on the Pulitzer Prize-winning saga of retired Texas Rangers on a perilous catt...

15 Aug 202547min

Chief Joseph & the Nez Perce War: Genesis

Chief Joseph & the Nez Perce War: Genesis

The Nez Perce War erupted in 1877 after decades of broken treaties, stolen land, and violent confrontations between settlers and the Nez Perce people. At the center of this struggle was Chief Joseph, ...

13 Aug 202541min

Mysterious Dave Mather: The Gunfighter Who Vanished Without a Trace

Mysterious Dave Mather: The Gunfighter Who Vanished Without a Trace

Mysterious Dave Mather was one of the Old West’s most elusive figures. Born in Connecticut and orphaned at a young age, Mather drifted west, where his life became a blur of gunfights, gambling halls, ...

8 Aug 202523min

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