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…
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 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 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…
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…
April 1874. Present day Colorado. A half-starved weather-beaten Alfred Packer came limping into the Los Pinos Indian Agency seeki…
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…
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…
In a remote corner of Oregon’s northeastern territory exists a mysterious and foreboding village. This is the legend of Sammyvill…
The 1919 Texas Ranger Investigation - and the Canales Hearing that followed - shed light on misconduct and atrocities committed b…
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…
August 1903. The famous Annie Oakley is arrested in Chicago for theft, a crime committed in order to obtain money to fuel her coc…
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…
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…
George Parrot - aka Big Nose George – was a basic run-of-the-mill road agent. Trains, stagecoaches, general stores – they were al…
Kiowa Chief Satanta – known as the great orator – was an influential leader of his people and participant in both battles of Adob…
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…
Just thought I'd check in and give my take on two western movies - Old Henry and The Harder They Fall. WARNING: SPOILER ALERTS!!!…
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…
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…
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…
Discovered sometime prior to 1952 in the Florida Mountains of Southwestern New Mexico, the “Last Stand Note” - written on a pi…
When Felipe Espinosa and younger brother Vivian were feeling bloody, the bodies were sure to follow. And in the spring and summer…
GREETINGS! This is a Podcast Swap, hosted by my friend Michael from the podcast Texas History Lessons! After you give this a l…