Latest Gunfighter Podcast Episodes
How Wild Was The Wild West?
The Wild West Extravaganza - July 10, 2024 05:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsHow wild or violent was the Wild West? Were gunfights a daily occurrence, or is that just a byproduct of Hollywood and dime novels? Also discussed are the murder rates for Deadwood and Dodge City, Red Dead Redemption, cowboys sharing toenail clippers, the mysterious Last Stand note, and fighting ...
Billy the Kid Debunked
The Wild West Extravaganza - June 26, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThere is a lot of misinformation about Billy the Kid's death. This is your comprehensive guide to cut through the noise and determine fact from fiction. Thank you to all of the historians whose research I rely upon. (1:15) – Did Pat Garrett receive the bounty? (8:13) – Did Pat Garrett’s deputy sa...
Change Agents with Andy Stumpf: Kevin Costner
Legends of the Old West - June 21, 2024 08:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratingsOn Change Agents, find out what it takes to solve some of the world's seemingly impossible problems. In each episode, SEAL Team 6 veteran and "Cleared Hot" podcast host Andy Stumpf interviews a new "agent of change" who is enacting real change to understand the scope of their work, how it can be ...
John Bull | The Duke of Death
The Wild West Extravaganza - June 19, 2024 05:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsAlthough John Bull remains relatively unknown today, the English-born gambler is considered one of the deadliest gunmen of the Old West. Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee!...
Pat Garrett | COMPILATION
The Wild West Extravaganza - June 12, 2024 05:00 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsOn the night of July 14th, 1881, Sheriff Pat Garrett killed Billy the Kid. In doing so, he helped create a legend and ensured that his legacy would forever be intertwined with the notorious outlaws. And let’s be honest – it isn’t that great of a legacy. Many consider Garrett a coward, at best, a ...
Tom Horn | Execution (Part 4)
The Wild West Extravaganza - June 05, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIn July of 1901, 14-year-old Willie Nickell was shot dead in an ambush. He had been less than a mile away from home attempting to open a gate when two bullets struck him in the back. A little over two years later, noted assassin Tom Horn was executed for Willie’s murder. In years prior, Tom had b...
Tom Horn | Assassin (Part 3)
The Wild West Extravaganza - May 29, 2024 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsTom Horn first arrived in Wyoming in 1892. He had spent most of a decade chasing Apache down in Arizona before diving headfirst into a feud known as the Pleasant Valley War. Although Tom’s actions during the feud remain unclear, he most likely fought on the side of the Tewksbury’s against their a...
Tom Horn | Range Wars (Part 2)
The Wild West Extravaganza - May 22, 2024 18:35 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsRegarding Old West feuds, Arizona’s Pleasant Valley War ranked among the most violent. Also known as the Graham-Tewksbury feud, this conflict would rage on for over a decade and see a death toll from between twenty to fifty men, some of whom fell at the hands of a notorious up-and-coming killer b...
ORRIN PORTER ROCKWELL Ep. 6 | “Sinner and Saint”
Legends of the Old West - May 22, 2024 08:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratingsAn investigation into the Mountain Meadows Massacre takes years, and in meantime, Porter Rockwell continues his roles as lawman and mail carrier. He builds a hotel and becomes a successful businessman, but he remains a figure of controversy. Acts of violence throughout Utah Territory become part ...
ORRIN PORTER ROCKWELL Ep. 5 | “Mountain Meadows Massacre”
Legends of the Old West - May 15, 2024 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratingsIn August of 1857, a wagon train of travelers from Missouri and Arkansas rolls into Utah Territory. It’s called the Baker-Fancher party and it’s headed for California. The group camps in a high mountain valley called Mountain Meadows in southern Utah Territory, but Mormon settlers in the area bel...
Tom Horn | Apache Wars (Part 1)
The Wild West Extravaganza - May 14, 2024 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings“Killing men is my specialty. I look at it as a business proposition, and I think I have a corner on the market.” – Tom Horn, scout, lawman, detective, and assassin. As a young man, Tom Horn walked the rough cow towns of Dodge and Newton before cutting his teeth and fighting Apache down in Arizo...
The REAL Lonesome Dove
The Wild West Extravaganza - May 08, 2024 10:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsLonesome Dove, the 11th novel of famed author Larry McMurtry, was published in 1985. Four years later, the characters Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call were immortalized on screen by actors Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones. But did you know that much of Lonesome Dove was inspired by real-life ...
ORRIN PORTER ROCKWELL Ep. 4 | “New Zion”
Legends of the Old West - May 08, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratingsNew church leader Brigham Young declares that the Saints must go west to find a place where they can worship in peace. Porter Rockwell becomes the lead scout for the great exodus to Utah Territory. The Saints build Salt Lake City and navigate tensions with local Native American tribes. Rockwell a...
Legends of the Wild West | Outlaws, Gunfighters, & Lawmen
The Wild West Extravaganza - May 01, 2024 10:00 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThere is no new episode this week. Instead, I thought I'd share a compilation of previously released material. In this collection of true stories from the Old West, we’ll discuss Comanche Jack Stilwell, his heroics during the Battle of Beecher Island, and his brother’s time in Tombstone. Afterwar...
ORRIN PORTER ROCKWELL Ep. 3 | “A Mormon Samson”
Legends of the Old West - May 01, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratingsPorter Rockwell is arrested for the attempted murder of Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs, and Rockwell rots in jail for nearly a year. After a perilous journey to his new home in the Mormon settlement of Nauvoo, Illinois, Rockwell is reunited with the head of his church, Joseph Smith. But the reun...
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Cisco Kid Podcast - April 30, 2024 05:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 21 ratingsBlack_Jack_Larue
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Cisco Kid Podcast - April 30, 2024 05:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 21 ratingsMurder_On_The_Treasure_Trail
John Colter | The First Mountain Man
The Wild West Extravaganza - April 24, 2024 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsConsidered by many to be the first Mountain Man, John Colter first came west with the Lewis and Clark Expedition. When they head back to civilization, Colter instead chooses to stay behind. He’d live with the Crow tribe and go on to be the first American to cast eyes on the Teton Mountains, Colte...
ORRIN PORTER ROCKWELL Ep. 2 | “Destroying Angel”
Legends of the Old West - April 24, 2024 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratingsIn the 1830s, Porter Rockwell and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints – commonly known as the Mormons – battle locals and militias in Missouri. Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs is determined to push the Mormons out of his state, and he succeeds at a bloody cost. After the Mo...
Lewis & Clark | The Journey's End (Part 6)
The Wild West Extravaganza - April 17, 2024 10:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsToday, we’ll follow the Lewis and Clark Expedition as they return to civilization. We’ll also discuss the lives of a few key figures post-expedition. What ever happened to Sacagawea? What about her son, Pomp? How about George Drouillard? Finally, we’ll examine the mysterious death of Captain Meri...
ORRIN PORTER ROCKWELL Ep. 1 | “Faith and Fervor”
Legends of the Old West - April 17, 2024 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratingsOrrin Porter Rockwell is born into an era of religious fervor in the eastern United States. His family soon becomes close with the Smith family, and Porter becomes the youngest convert to Joseph Smith’s new religious movement, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The Saints immediatel...
Lewis & Clark | The Blackfeet (Part 5)
The Wild West Extravaganza - April 10, 2024 10:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIn July of 1806, Captain Meriwether Lewis and three of his companions had a violent confrontation with the Blackfeet, resulting in at least one dead warrior. This encounter would lead to strained relations between the United States and the Blackfeet Confederacy and result in decades of bloodshed....
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Cisco Kid Podcast - April 09, 2024 05:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 21 ratingsThe_Mad_Woman_of_Desolation_House
Lewis & Clark | York & Fort Clatsop (Part 4)
The Wild West Extravaganza - April 03, 2024 10:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsDespite being a slave, York enjoyed unprecedented freedom during the Lewis and Clark expedition. Unfortunately, this would not last, and once back in Missouri, York returned to a life of bondage. Unlike the other men of the Corps of Discovery, York was not paid for his services, and William Clark...
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Cisco Kid Podcast - April 02, 2024 05:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 21 ratingsThe_Hondo_Boys
Lewis & Clark | The Shoshone (Part 3)
The Wild West Extravaganza - March 27, 2024 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIn the spring of 1805, the Lewis and Clark expedition departed from the Mandan and followed the Missouri River west into Montana. They would need to cross the Rocky Mountains before the snow began to fall, and to that, they would need to find the Shoshone. Also discussed are the hunting on the up...
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Cisco Kid Podcast - March 26, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 21 ratingsThe_5000_Reward