A chance meeting in Iowa. A business deal gone wrong. A brutal double murder in the wilds of early 1900s Wyoming.

On this episode, the story of Diamond L Slim Clifton, a cowboy whose reputation once stood tall in the Wyoming Territory—until it all unraveled in the most vicious of crimes.

The source for this episode is the book: Murder on the Plains: The Killing of "Diamond L. Slim" Clifton, available for purchase on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Plains-Killing-Diamond-Clifton/dp/B0CXQSNKM2

For those in the Cody area, I'd love to see you at the Cody Holiday Inn on March 13th for my presentation: "Dead & Gone in Wyoming: Mysterious Tales of True Crime in the Cowboy State".

Find tickets and additional information here: https://centerofthewest.org/event/ccc-dead-gone-true-crime/

Kathleen Pehringer, 41, disappeared from her Riverton, Wyoming home on April 17, 1989. She was last seen while her daughter was at school. Kathleen took her purse and glasses but left her car behind.

The FBI uncovers a plot to murder two Wyoming school teachers, which shakes loose an investigation into the deaths of a mother and son who had fallen to their deaths years earlier.

In Fall 1982, America was gripped by an unprecedented form of criminality. The Tylenol Murders took at least seven lives and changed society forever.

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We're happy to announce the return of the podcast with two stories of mysterious missing person cases from America's first national park.

It's good to be back!

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A quick update about the future of Dead & Gone in Wyoming.

Violence in America's schools has become tragically endemic to a generation.

Many of those stories are so tragic, they can be told in a single word: Columbine, Parkland, and far too many others.

Cokeville, Wyoming was very nearly such a place.

Remembering the forgotten murder of Casper socialite Grace MacManus.

The abduction of an 11-year-old girl ten years ago today, October 8, 2012, changed Cody, Wyoming forever.

This episode contains depictions of harm to a child. Listener discretion is advised.

The resource mentioned at the end of this episode is The National Sexual Assault Hotline. It's free, confidential, and available 24/7. Learn more at RAINN.org.

Thanks to our presenting sponsor this week: The Hampton Inn & Suites in Riverton, Wyoming.

The story of Clay Rubano, an expert outdoorsman who disappeared into the mountains around Lander, Wyoming in 2007.

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