Bill Doolin and the Wild Bunch: How Bounties Killed the Outlaw West
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the winter of 1895, an aging man with a ruined foot soaked in a bathhouse in Eureka Springs, ...
10 Okt 17min
John Wesley Hardin: The Preacher's Son Who Killed a Man for Snoring
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1871 a man in Abilene, Kansas was shot dead through a hotel wall because he snored too loudly...
10 Okt 22min
The Leopard Seal: Antarctica's Singing, Shape-Shifting Apex Predator
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!A thousand pound predator swims up to a National Geographic photographer in Antarctic water, ope...
10 Okt 23min
Prison Ships: From Rotting Thames Hulks to Modern Floating Jails
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the late 18th century, rotting warships with their masts stripped away sat low in the River T...
10 Okt 23min
Cone Snails: The Venomous Harpoon Hunters Reshaping Modern Medicine
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!A patterned cone shell on a tropical beach looks like a souvenir. Inside is one of the fastest a...
10 Okt 25min
The Cassowary: Dagger Claws, Glowing Helmets, and Devoted Fathers
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The cassowary is billed as the world's most dangerous bird, a flightless giant from the rainfore...
10 Okt 23min
The Death Row Last Meal: Budget Caps, Bans, and One Act of Defiance
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The movie version of the last meal is a blank check: steak, truffles, a rare vintage, then the l...
10 Okt 21min
Texas Rangers: The Dark History Behind One Riot, One Ranger
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The legend says a single Texas Ranger can stop a riot. The record says something more complicate...
10 Okt 24min
