Billy Brooks CORRECTION
Hey, Josh here, with the Wild West Extravaganza. I just wanted to touch base and issue a very quick correction. On the most recent episode – The Insane Life of Billy Brooks – I misattributed many of t...
19 Mars 1min
The Insane Life of Billy Brooks
In 1872, the violent cattle town of Newton, Kansas, appointed a twenty-two-year-old buffalo hunter named Billy Brooks as its town marshal. It would prove to be one of the most eventful and short-lived...
19 Mars 25min
Nate Champion's Last Stand
On April 9th, 1892, one man stood alone against 50 hired killers in the wilds of Johnson County, Wyoming. His name was Nate Champion, and what he did over the next twelve hours would go down as one of...
12 Mars 18min
Huckleberry or Huckle Bearer?
Did Doc Holliday say, “I’m your huckleberry” or “I’m your huckle bearer?” Or is the whole debate built on nothing more than an internet myth? Join me today as we break down the famous line from Tombst...
25 Feb 21min
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
