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FAQs about Blood and Dust : Wild West True Crime:How many episodes does Blood and Dust : Wild West True Crime have?The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.
October 24, 2021'The Sundance Kid'Sundance Kid aka Harry Longabaugh, or Longbaugh, was an American outlaw. He was reputed to be the best shot and fastest gunslinger of the Wild Bunch, a group of robbers and rustlers who ranged through the Rocky Mountains and plateau desert regions of the West in the 1880s and ’90s. In 1909 the two outlaws were cornered by a Bolivian cavalry unit; Sundance was mortally wounded, and Cassidy took his own life. Other stories have Sundance surviving and returning to the United States and dying in obscurity under a new name (Harry Long) somewhere in the West, in the 1930s....more56minPlay
September 22, 2021Part 2 of 2 - Butch CassidyButch Cassidy, born Robert LeRoy Parker, was an American outlaw and foremost member of the Wild Bunch, a collection of bank and train robbers who ranged through the western United States in the 1880s and ’90s. By 1900, sheriff posses and Pinkerton detectives were capturing or closing in on members of the Wild Bunch. Cassidy escaped, first to New York City and then to South America in 1901. From 1902 to 1906 he owned and ran a ranch in Argentina, but thereafter they returned to outlawry. Drifting from country to country, he robbed banks, trains, and mine stations until 1909, when, according to Pinkerton agents, he was trapped by a group of mounted soldiers in Bolivia, where he supposedly shot himself. Another story puts their death in Mercedes, Uruguay, in December 1911, cut down by soldiers during a bank robbery. Still other stories have Cassidy returning to the United States, drifting about from Mexico to Alaska, and dying in obscurity in 1937 in the Northwest or in Nevada (possibly Spokane, Washington, or Johnny, Nevada)....more49minPlay
September 15, 2021Part 1 of 2 - Butch CassidyButch Cassidy, born Robert LeRoy Parker, was an American outlaw and foremost member of the Wild Bunch, a collection of bank and train robbers who ranged through the western United States in the 1880s and ’90s. By 1900, sheriff posses and Pinkerton detectives were capturing or closing in on members of the Wild Bunch. Cassidy escaped first to New York City and then to South America in 1901. From 1902 to 1906 he owned and ran a ranch in Argentina, but thereafter they returned to outlawry. Drifting from country to country, he robbed banks, trains, and mine stations until 1909, when, according to Pinkerton agents, he was trapped by a group of mounted soldiers in Bolivia, where he supposedly shot himself. Another story puts their death in Mercedes, Uruguay, in December 1911, cut down by soldiers during a bank robbery. Still other stories have Cassidy returning to the United States, drifting about from Mexico to Alaska, and dying in obscurity in 1937 in the Northwest or in Nevada (possibly Spokane, Washington, or Johnny, Nevada)....more53minPlay
January 20, 2021The Real Billy the Kid AKA Brushy Bill Roberts - Interview w/ Author Brett L. HallHistory reports that Billy the Kid was killed in 1881. In 1950, a mysterious man known as Brushy Bill Roberts, confessed that he was the real Billy the Kid and petitioned the governor of New Mexico for a pardon for crimes committed under that name. This episode is with the author named Brett L. Hall, who wrote a research documentary book of William "Brushy Bill" Roberts' claim. It documents Roberts' story and investigates it word for word. This book is the story of Brushy Bill Roberts, and you're going to interested in what he has to say.You can pick up his book anywhere! https://www.amazon.ae/Real-Billy-Brushy-Bill-Roberts/dp/1257177133...more1h 7minPlay
September 21, 2019Part 2 of 2 - "Bloody Bill" AndersonWilliam T. “Bloody Bill” Anderson was a notorious Confederate guerrilla leader. Anderson’s nickname was “Bloody Bill” because he murdered and butchered Union soldiers and sympathizers during the Civil War and often carried around their body parts and scalps as trophies. He is considered one of the vilest figures on either side of the war....more1h 6minPlay
June 11, 2019Part 1 of 2 - "Bloody Bill" AndersonWilliam T. “Bloody Bill” Anderson was a notorious Confederate guerrilla leader. Anderson’s nickname was “Bloody Bill” because he murdered and butchered Union soldiers and sympathizers during the Civil War and often carried around their body parts and scalps as trophies. He is considered one of the vilest figures on either side of the war....more1h 15minPlay
April 07, 2019Part 2 of 2 - Calamity JaneOne of the biggest myths of the American Old West is that of Calamity Jane. She looked and acted like a man, shot like a cowboy, drank like a fish, and exaggerated the tales of her life to any and all who would listen. Even though Jane was a real person, very few details of her life can be nailed down with certainty. Much of what is known about her early life comes from an autobiography she wrote to be sold at Old West museums as an added attraction to them, and Jane was well known for embellishing tales about her life and adventures. Here is what is known and probably true about the life of the woman known as Calamity Jane....more1h 24minPlay
March 21, 2019Part 1 of 2 - Calamity JaneOne of the biggest myths of the American Old West is that of Calamity Jane. She looked and acted like a man, shot like a cowboy, drank like a fish, and exaggerated the tales of her life to any and all who would listen. Even though Jane was a real person, very few details of her life can be nailed down with certainty. Much of what is known about her early life comes from an autobiography she wrote to be sold at Old West museums as an added attraction to them, and Jane was well known for embellishing tales about her life and adventures. Here is what is known and probably true about the life of the woman known as Calamity Jane....more56minPlay
February 23, 2019Part 2 of 2 - John Wesley HardinHe was infamous as one of the most deadly killers in the Old West. As the son of a Methodist preacher, with a quick temper he became prone to violence at a young age, which would get him into trouble time and again. He is believed to have killed a total of 44 men over the course of his lifetime, all of them before he reached the age of 23....more50minPlay
February 16, 2019Part 1 of 2 - John Wesley HardinHe was infamous as one of the most deadly killers in the Old West. As the son of a Methodist preacher, with a quick temper he became prone to violence at a young age, which would get him into trouble time and again. He is believed to have killed a total of 44 men over the course of his lifetime, all of them before he reached the age of 23....more59minPlay
FAQs about Blood and Dust : Wild West True Crime:How many episodes does Blood and Dust : Wild West True Crime have?The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.