32 episodes
Henry Handsome Lived & Died Elliot Matson
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- Fiction
Henry Handsome was an outlaw cowboy—at least that's how the legend goes. Henry Handsome Lived & Died examines the creation, evolution, proliferation, dissemination and degradation of American folklore. Through 30 different short stories, the character, vague idea, false memory, misattributed anecdote or influence of the titular Henry Handsome does everything from change the course of American media to sculpt modern day knowledge of manifest destiny. Together, the collection represents the stories that create and define a culture, how those stories are told, if they ever were to begin with—and if any of that matters at all. Each story was written, recorded, narrated and produced by Elliot Matson. If you'd like to learn more about the collection, go to elliotmatson.com/henryhandsome.
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FOREWORD - The Narrator Pulled Up a Stool
The Narrator sits down with you to chat about a commemorative Henry Handsome plaque in the California desert.
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1 - Carson Becker Got Abducted By Aliens
In the 1970s, in the kitschy Old West tourist town of Settlersville, CA, teen tour guide Carson Becker feels an odd gravitational pull to an outskirts building with ties to a notorious cult.
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2 - Memo Madrigal Broke His Arm in Seven Places
Life is hard in 1980s Wyoming for Nez Perce rodeo rider Joseph Their Many Bison. But a fortuitous accident of the rodeo’s star rider might give Joseph the big break he’s been hoping for.
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3 - Henry Handsome Salted the Great Salt Lake
Henry Handsome and the Handsome Gang hijack a locomotive full of East Coast bigwigs on their way to Promontory Summit, Utah, celebrating the terminus of the Transcontinental Railway.
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4 - Hobart Jenkins Played a Good Tune
Musical ethnographer Barrett Ford sits down to record old-timer Hobart Jenkins play some fiddle in his rickety Appalachian cabin in the 1950s.
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5 - Millie Beaufort Didn't Want Her Good Plates Taken
In 1857, Julius Beaufort collects trinkets for his time capsule in Seneca Village, New York City, while across town, Detective E.R. Stanton is on a manhunt for a murderer.