The Wild West Extravaganza
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Recent Episodes
July 15, 2025
Clay Allison vs Wyatt Earp (Part 2)
Clay Allison was one of the lesser-known yet deadlier of the Old West gunslingers. Join me today as we follow Allison on his adventures in
Dodge City, his encounters with Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, and finally his tragic de...
July 10, 2025
The Reign of Terror: Osage Nation Murders w/ Crimes of the Centuries
This is a special bonus episode from the excellent Crimes of the Centuries podcast. When members of the incredibly wealthy Osage Nation started dropping dead of mysterious ailments in 1920s Oklahoma, few people in state power...
July 8, 2025
Clay Allison & the Colfax County War
Clay Allison might not be as famous as Billy the Kid or Jesse James, but he was every bit as deadly. He was also just a tad bit insane. Clay got his start riding for Nathan Bedford Forrest during the Civil War. Then, after a ...
July 2, 2025
Stagecoach Mary
Stagecoach Mary Fields worked hard, she drank hard, and if the situation called for it, she fought hard. And despite being born a slave, Mary lived to become one of the freest souls ever to draw a breath. Or a .38 revolver. C...
June 24, 2025
The Mountain Meadows Massacre
On September 11th, 1857, over a hundred men, women, and children were brutally slaughtered. The victims belonged to a wagon train that had left Arkansas months prior, bound for California. They followed the Cherokee Trail bef...
June 18, 2025
The Battle of Beecher Island
The late summer of 1868 found Major George Forsythe and his scouts fighting for survival. For nine long days, they hunkered down on a little sand bar as they faced off against an overwhelming force of Cheyenne Dog soldiers. F...