Blood and Dust : Wild West True Crime 13 Stars Media
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Lawmen, Outlaws, Gunslingers, and everything else wild west.
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Billy the Kid
No other historical figure from the 'Old West' has stirred up more controversy and eluded historians and biographers more than William H. Bonney, alias Billy the Kid. This young man, in his short life, has established his place in history and legend. Who was Billy the Kid? How did he become a legend?
"I don’t blame you for writing of me as you have. You had to believe other stories, but then I don’t know if any one would believe anything good of me anyway.”
~ Billy the Kid’s comment to a Las Vegas Gazette reporter (December, 1880) -
Part 2 of 2 - Doc Holliday
It's Doc Holliday. There's no introduction needed.
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Part 1 of 2 - Doc Holliday
It's Doc Holliday. There's no introduction needed.
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Part 3 of 3 - Olive Oatman
Olive Oatman was an American woman celebrated in her time for her captivity and later release by Native Americans in the Mojave Desert region when she was a teenager. While traveling from Illinois to California, her family was attacked by a small group from a Native American tribe. They clubbed many to death, left her brother Lorenzo for dead, and enslaved Olive and her younger sister Mary Ann, holding them captive for one year before they traded them to the Mohave people, where they were well treated. While Lorenzo exhaustively attempted to recruit governmental help in searching for them, Mary Ann died from starvation and Olive spent four years with the Mohave. Five years after the attack, she was repatriated into American society. The story of the Oatman Massacre began to be retold with dramatic license in the press, as well as in her own memoir and speeches. Novels, plays, movies, and poetry were inspired, which resonated in the media of the time and long afterward. She had become an oddity in 1860s America, partly because of the prominent blue tattooing of her face by the Mohave, making her the first known white woman with Native tattoo on record. Much of what actually occurred during her time with the Native Americans remains unknown.
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Part 2 of 3 - Olive Oatman
Olive Oatman was an American woman celebrated in her time for her captivity and later release by Native Americans in the Mojave Desert region when she was a teenager. While traveling from Illinois to California, her family was attacked by a small group from a Native American tribe. They clubbed many to death, left her brother Lorenzo for dead, and enslaved Olive and her younger sister Mary Ann, holding them captive for one year before they traded them to the Mohave people, where they were well treated. While Lorenzo exhaustively attempted to recruit governmental help in searching for them, Mary Ann died from starvation and Olive spent four years with the Mohave. Five years after the attack, she was repatriated into American society. The story of the Oatman Massacre began to be retold with dramatic license in the press, as well as in her own memoir and speeches. Novels, plays, movies, and poetry were inspired, which resonated in the media of the time and long afterward. She had become an oddity in 1860s America, partly because of the prominent blue tattooing of her face by the Mohave, making her the first known white woman with Native tattoo on record. Much of what actually occurred during her time with the Native Americans remains unknown.
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Part 1 of 3 - Olive Oatman
Olive Oatman was an American woman celebrated in her time for her captivity and later release by Native Americans in the Mojave Desert region when she was a teenager.
While traveling from Illinois to California, her family was attacked by a small group from a Native American tribe. They clubbed many to death, left her brother Lorenzo for dead, and enslaved Olive and her younger sister Mary Ann, holding them captive for one year before they traded them to the Mohave people, where they were well treated. While Lorenzo exhaustively attempted to recruit governmental help in searching for them, Mary Ann died from starvation and Olive spent four years with the Mohave. Five years after the attack, she was repatriated into American society. The story of the Oatman Massacre began to be retold with dramatic license in the press, as well as in her own memoir and speeches. Novels, plays, movies, and poetry were inspired, which resonated in the media of the time and long afterward. She had become an oddity in 1860s America, partly because of the prominent blue tattooing of her face by the Mohave, making her the first known white woman with Native tattoo on record. Much of what actually occurred during her time with the Native Americans remains unknown.
Customer Reviews
Love love love this podcast!
Been listening for a while now! Hope there’s more to come, my daughter and I are addicted! Love the way you all tell the stories of these real life people and what they went through, different perspectives on the decisions they made. Thank you so much for these great stories.
Sherman’s march
Your comments about Sherman weren’t entirely accurate. The union committed way more atrocities towards civilians. My hometown was burned to the ground save one house that Sherman saved because he used it for himself and his troops. I don’t say this just because I’m from the south but because I’m into history as well and have read many accounts of Union atrocities against civilians. Sherman is just one of many. General Lee forbid his troops from that type of behavior, however there were “bushwackers” and “Jayhawks” that did commit civilian atrocities on both sides. Like your podcasts though!
Julie, you’re the best
I love your podcast!! I wish you were more consistent. I enjoy all of you. Each with your own unique personality. Julie, I love your style. You are all awesome. How about an episode on Texas Jack Homhundro . Pardon my spelling.