Episodes
Joaquin Murrieta
Imagine for a second that you’re a young immigrant, lured to a foreign land with hopes of creating a better life for yourself and…
Dewey Beard & a Horse named Comanche
This is a tale of two survivors. One, affectionately known as Comanche, was an 8-year veteran of the U.S. military. He was first …
The Brothers McCarty
The Gambler lived his life as did many of his kind, quietly and in the shadows. Never making a mark nor desiring to do so. His lo…
Rube Burrow | The Robinhood of Alabama
Rube Burrow got his start as an honest man. A simple cowboy and farmer with a wife and children. But when his wife died and the f…
Brushy Bill is a Lying Liar
The outlaw Billy the Kid was allegedly killed at the age of 21 by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the year 1881. Skip ahead another 70 yea…
Alfred Packer | Colorado Cannibal
April 1874. Present day Colorado. A half-starved weather-beaten Alfred Packer came limping into the Los Pinos Indian Agency seeki…
The Bandit Killer
This is a re-release! Hope you enjoy and I'll be back next week with brand spanking new material! Email me! Check out my websi…
The Newton Massacre
There’s two things you just don’t discuss in a beer joint: politics and religion. Reason being these topics tend to be a bit divi…
BONUS - Obscure History | The Lawless Horrel Brothers
In a remote corner of Oregon’s northeastern territory exists a mysterious and foreboding village. This is the legend of Sammyvill…
La Matanza - The Slaughter
The 1919 Texas Ranger Investigation - and the Canales Hearing that followed - shed light on misconduct and atrocities committed b…
Britt Johnson & the Searchers
In October of 1864 Britton Johnson’s son was murdered and his wife and two surviving children were taken captive by a Kiowa War P…
The Arrest of Annie Oakley
August 1903. The famous Annie Oakley is arrested in Chicago for theft, a crime committed in order to obtain money to fuel her coc…
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…