Stories They Don't Put on Plaques

North of Buena Vista, Colorado, a woman lies buried beside an old road. Her gravestone gives a name, a date, and two words: “My wife.”

The story goes that Jane Kirkham robbed stagecoaches behind a mask—until a lawman shot her, uncovered her face, and discovered he’d killed his own wife.

It’s a hell of a story.

There’s just one problem. Her husband wasn’t a lawman.

Steve follows the legend back through missing evidence, conflicting accounts, and a real woman outlaw shot nearby—while Rez watches a perfectly good gunfight fall apart:

“This story is not doing well.”

Stories They Don’t Put on Plaques — True Stories That Sound Made Up..

In 1941, a Denver man was brutally murdered inside his own home. The doors were locked. The windows offered no obvious escape. Police searched the house—and the killer seemed to have vanished.

Then his widow came home.

Food began disappearing. Things moved. There were noises inside the walls. And a terrible smell no one could explain. Eventually, the house earned a reputation for being haunted.

It wasn't.

For months, something very real had been happening inside that house. And when Denver detectives finally discovered the truth, it was considerably worse than a ghost.

Steve tells the true story of Denver's infamous “Spider Man”—while Rez reaches the correct conclusion considerably earlier than the Denver Police Department:

“He’s in the fucking house.”

Stories They Don’t Put on Plaques — True Stories That Sound Made Up..

A farmer in Fruita, Colorado, went outside to kill a chicken for dinner. The chicken had other plans.

Mike survived without most of his head, became a national sensation, toured the country, and somehow lived for another 18 months.

Steve tells the strange but true story of Mike the Headless Chicken. Rez has comments. Starting with the obvious one: “HE HAD NO FACE?!”

Welcome to Episode 1 of Stories They Don't Put on Plaques — True Stories That Sound Made Up.