Episodes
Kit Carson's Failure
In 1849 a trader named James White decided to break from his wagon train and push on ahead with just his family and a few men. Th…
Big Alice & the Battle of the Bordellos
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, ain’t that what they say? But what happens when it’s also a woman doing the scorning? And…
Big Nose George | Wyoming Bandit
George Parrot - aka Big Nose George – was a basic run-of-the-mill road agent. Trains, stagecoaches, general stores – they were al…
Satanta's Flight | Kiowa
Kiowa Chief Satanta – known as the great orator – was an influential leader of his people and participant in both battles of Adob…
Coming Soon | 2022 Trailer
Brand spanking new tales of the wild and woolly west, headed your way January 5th, 2022! And boy, let me tell you - it feels good…
Old Henry Falls Hard | Movie Review
Just thought I'd check in and give my take on two western movies - Old Henry and The Harder They Fall. WARNING: SPOILER ALERTS!!!…
Mountain Man Jim Clyman & UPDATE!
Jim Clyman is a name that pops up consistently in all the books I’ve read on mountain men and fur trappers, but I never really di…
Bill Longley | The Deadliest Gun in Texas
There's just no denying that Texas produced its fair share of stone-cold killers in the latter part of the 19th century. Men like…
Chief Joseph & the Nez Perce War
In the summer of 1877 Chief Joseph and the peaceful Nez Perce went to war with the U.S. Government in a running fight that spanne…
Billy the Kid's Last Stand
Discovered sometime prior to 1952 in the Florida Mountains of Southwestern New Mexico, the “Last Stand Note” - written on a pi…
Tom Tobin & The Bloody Espinosas
When Felipe Espinosa and younger brother Vivian were feeling bloody, the bodies were sure to follow. And in the spring and summer…
Commodore Perry Owens & The Pleasant Valley War
GREETINGS! This is a Podcast Swap, hosted by my friend Michael from the podcast Texas History Lessons! After you give this a l…
The First Battle of Adobe Walls
In 1864 famed frontiersman Kit Carson took a force of several hundred soldiers into the heart of the Llano Estacada in an attempt…
Elfego Baca & The Frisco Gunfight
Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday, Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickock - These are the names of legends. Names I think most peop…
Bloody Bill Anderson & the Missouri Bushwhackers
“I will show you that I can kill men with as much skill and rapidity as anybody. From this time on I ask no quarter and I will…
Hugh Glass | Frontiersman
Frontiersman Hugh Glass was mauled by a grizzly bear in 1823. Left for dead, stripped of his belongs, and covered in maggots, he …
Bronco Apache | The Last of the Wild
On May 6th, 1877, just ten months after the battle of Little Big Horn, the legendary Crazy Horse led nearly 900 Lakota & Cheyenne…
Liver Eating Johnson | Part 2
This is Part 2! If you have not already done so, give Part 1 a listen! As the Liver-Eater's reputation grew he began working as a…
Liver Eating Johnson | Part 1
Liver Eating Johnson was blood kin to the grizzly that bit Jim Bridger’s ass and YOU are molesting my podcast! The man known to s…
Luther James Dorsey & The Buffalo Soldiers
Sergeant Luther James Dorsey was a member of the buffalo soldiers, the all-black cavalry regiments who served on America’s fronti…
The Battle of Beecher Island
In the summer of 1868 Major George A. Forsyth, under orders from General Sheridan, raised a company of fifty "first-class hardy f…
Frank Hamer's First Fight
It’s not every day that your boss offers you a hundred and fifty dollars to murder somebody. I think we can all agree that’s not …
Bill Tilghman | Frontier Lawman
Bill Tilghman - the legendary lawman best known for hunting down bad guys in Indian Territory - got his start as a teenaged bu…
Frank James | The Old Shoe Salesman
The old shoe salesman wasn’t as spry as he used to be. A fact his aching and crackling joints made abundantly clear to him each a…