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You usually don't think of the arts when you think of marines, or marines when you think of artists. However, in this episode we interview a beret-wearing artist and former recon marine who went on to teach people how to print their photographs onto gold and ask if there is any crossover between the artistic and the militaristic.

Check out Barrie's Art at Merglennstudios.com
Marines Passing Out Underwater at Marine Recon School
More about recon marines

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What do you do when the people in charge of stopping crimes try to get you to commit them? In 1940's Cheyenne, Wyoming, police approached African American Business Owner, Lola West, and told her she needed to change what she was selling at her boarding house and cafe and give them some of the profits. What followed was a story of corruption, extortion, race, and one woman who fought against what she knew was wrong even at risk to her business and herself.

Check out 100 Things To Do In Cheyenne Before You Die by Andi Jaspersen
Andi's Article About Lola West
Charged With Taking Bribes
Why "Fines" Weren't Placed In Treasury
Sentencing of Defendants
Defendants Made Trustees
Returned From State Prison Farm
More About African Americans Working as Porters on Trains
African American Waiters

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From the skeleton of a teenaged girl, to a castle, to a railway shooting, I take you to all the odd little places in my own town where rumors have abounded and try to get to the bottom of them. Enjoy!

100 Things To Do In Cheyenne Before You Die - Andi Jaspersen
Haunted Cheyenne - Jill Pope
The Slaying of CC Bernard
The Execution of Paul "Perry" Carroll
Tom Horn's Execution & The Julian Gallows
Keith Bellair's Shooting
Keith Bellair's Escape
Knights of Pythias and Skeletons?
Skeletons Found at Odd Fellows 1
Skeletons Found at Odd Fellows 2
Cheyenne's Forgotten Castle
Bones Tell Story of Woman's Life
Visit Villa Montezuma

PHOTO: Joseph Stimson, Dare Castle, 1908.

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How did someone who grew up in a Wyoming town better known for railroad workers and the world's largest outdoor rodeo become an Oscar-winning filmmaker? We find out about Dan Junge's journey from The Magic City of the Plains to the podium at the academy awards.

Please check out Dan's films:
Chiefs
Saving Face
Being Evel
Fight Church
A Lego Brickumentary

To learn more about Dan and his many other films please visit his website.

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In 1862, a man was caught robbing so many graves in Salt Lake City, Utah that he was banished to a small island in The Great Salt Lake before disappearing entirely.

Jennifer Jones of The Dead History Blog shares this story involving grave robbing, reassurances to families of the victims by Brigham Young, and a possible tattoo or branding the culprit was supposedly given.

Please visit Jennifer's blog The Dead History.

You can download John Devitry-Smith's extensive paper on the subject here.

The Beating of Governor John Dawson's story is here.

If you want to visit the island where the grave robber was sent, please follow all the rules and safety precautions shared here and here by The Utah DNR.

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What happens when a biker, ultralight enthusiast, and scuba diver overcomes his wild past and opens a drive through known as "The Home of The Roadkill Burger" in Pinedale, Wyoming? AKA "The King Cone"

Learn how Tommy Harkness kept his lights on for years despite joking about how his burgers were made from animals scraped off of Wyoming's endless highways as well as hear his thoughts on life, Desert Storm,  and even God. 

• Visit Dave's Last Stand that is now in the same building where The King Cone used to be. (Sorry, it is not roadkill themed)
• Read about the 511 App regarding roadkill collection
• Visit Pinedale, Wyoming

Photo by Mark Junge

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In 2021, Cheyenne, Wyoming honored a local teenager who helped his community in a very, very Wyoming Way.

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In the late 1980's, Carmen Singleton tried out for her tiny high school's football team in Hulett, Wyoming -just 10 miles away from Devils Tower. She describes what it was like going to her first day of practice including how some people made bets about how soon she would quit the team after being tackled and teased by the team. She describes what four years of football did for her and how attitudes started to change as people saw the fourteen year old girl continue to suit up and represent The Red Devils.

Visit Hulett, Wyoming
Visit Devils Tower
The Wind is My Witness by Mark Junge

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In 1987, a town known more for refinery workers and antelope herds saw a Hollywood production company arrive to make a horror movie in it old penitentiary. After finding out that the 300 real inmates the filmmakers were planning on using were not going to be available, railroad workers, accountants, and roughnecks showed up to be in Renny Harlin's film Prison about the ghost of a wrongfully executed prisoner seeking revenge. 

To learn how you can go on a tour of Wyoming's Frontier Prison click here.

Photo Courtsey of John Bramley

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In 1988, Anne Arden McDonald took her portrait in Wyoming's Gas Chamber in the old Penitentiary in Rawlins, WY (see episode's icon).  We ask her about the picture, why she took it, how she took it and how the scary old prison inspired the other photos she took there.

Click Here to See More of Anne's Photos from The Prison
Click Here to See Anne's Website and More of Her Work
Click Here to Visit Wyoming's Frontier Prison's Website

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