Dust Toll

Dust Toll Productions

Dust Toll is a historical documentary podcast from Dust Toll Productions, tracing the true story of the Kimes family—an outlaw clan whose crimes and tragedies echoed across 1920s Oklahoma and Arkansas. Through court records, eyewitness accounts, and restored archival sound, Dust Toll reconstructs the desperate years of Prohibition-era America, where justice was as rough as the land itself. Not explicit, but includes discussion of violence and historical crimes. 🎙 Written & Produced by Dust Toll Productions 🎵 Music: “A Lazy Farmer Boy” – Buster Carter & Preston Young 🌐 dusttoll.com

Episodes

  1. 11/26/2025

    Dust Toll Episode 10 - The Long Road Home

    Description The Kimes saga outlives its own legend. After Matt’s death in 1945, George is left to carry the name—and the weight. Episode 10 follows the long arc from grief and regret to one last escape, a year in the free world under an alias, recapture, and—after three decades behind bars—parole and a hard-won, ordinary life. Along the way: Nellie’s troubles, a burned homestead, a prison art studio that becomes sanctuary, and a final farewell written by a man who’s seen too much dust settle. The road ends in California, 1970—but the echoes stretch from McAlester’s walls to the red dirt backroads that made the Kimes brothers famous. New here? Start with the Trailer → Episode 1. Extras: Two bonus episodes—The Unseen Hand and Where Did All the Money Go?—are available for subscribers at DustToll.com and on Spotify. Chapters  00:00 — Previously on Dust Toll 03:40 — After Matt: Doubts, denials, and the press reckoning 11:50 — Brushes with Notoriety: Nellie’s collisions, fire at Red Oaks 15:03 — Canvas Behind Bars: George the prison artist 20:37 — July 1948: The Escape from the Hound Kennels 23:50 — Eleven Months Free: Oregon work, baptism, and capture 26:39 — Solitary & Sentence Add-On: Paying for the run 28:19 — Parole at Last (May 1957): Ranch job and a second life 29:33 — “Cousin George” Speaks: The farewell letter 32:48 — A Quiet Drift West: Idaho arrest dismissed; California years 33:24 — Final Curtain (1970): George’s death and the sisters’ last notes 34:33 — What the Kimes Name Means Now: Legacy and cost 36:22 — Bonus Episode Previews 🎵 Theme Music: A Lazy Farmer Boy by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931 🌐 More at DustToll.com Tags Dust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Matthew Kimes, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, Bank Robbery, Beggs Oklahoma, 1920s Outlaws, Phantom Bandit, Dust Toll Podcast

  2. 11/19/2025

    Dust Toll Episode 9 - The Final Reckoning

    Description After 17 years behind bars, Matthew “The Kid Outlaw” Kimes makes his boldest bid yet to walk free. Backed by wardens and good-conduct claims—and shadowed by victims’ families and lawmen who refuse to forget—Matt steps before the parole board in 1944. What follows is a brief, controversial taste of liberty: a 60-day leave, rumors of a Hollywood payday, whispers he broke a prison dope ring…and then a trail of traffic stops, holdups, and a Texas bank job allegation. The manhunt ends not in a shootout, but under the wheels of a poultry truck in Little Rock. In the aftermath, funerals, denials, and hard questions collide: Was Matt on the brink of redemption—or proof that the legend could never outrun the life? New here? Start with the Trailer → Episode 1 for the full arc. Support: like, comment, and share; it helps the algorithm find fellow true-crime/history fans. More: DustToll.com Chapters  00:00 — Previously on Dust Toll 02:12 — The 1944 Clemency Push: Files, favors, and fierce opposition 06:18 — Postponed, Then Denied: The board says no (for now) 06:51 — July 1945 Hearing: A smile, a speech—and a 60-day leave 08:24 — The Secret Informant?: Breaking the prison dope ring 09:44 — Trouble on the Outside: Tickets, rumors, and the Morton bank job 11:14 — Leave Revoked: Manhunt across the Southwest 12:24 — December 1, 1945: Accident in Little Rock 14:12 — Hospital, Alias, and FBI Custody 15:28 — December 14, 1945: Death and two funerals 18:09 — Aftermath & Doubt: Innocence claims, no inheritance, policy tightens 21:47 — Episode 10 Preview 🎵 Theme Music: A Lazy Farmer Boy by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931 🌐 More at DustToll.com Tags Dust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Matthew Kimes, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, Bank Robbery, Beggs Oklahoma, 1920s Outlaws, Phantom Bandit, Dust Toll Podcast

  3. 11/12/2025

    Dust Toll Episode 8 - Influence and Infamy

    Description A funeral furlough turned to gunfire. A lifer who somehow ran the prison from the inside. Sisters who couldn’t stay out of headlines. In Episode 8, Influence and Infamy, the Kimes name shifts from back-road robberies to front-page spectacle: Matthew becomes a powerful “trusty” inside McAlester, George pleads for mercy with a heartbreaking letter, and Nellie and Jackie spiral through arrests, rumors, and bad company. Quail hunts, prison rodeos, forged paroles, and a public furious at the idea of clemency—this is the uneasy calm before the next storm. If you’re new: start with the Trailer, then Episode 1. Support: like, comment, and share; it helps the algorithm find fellow true-crime/history fans. Site: DustToll.com Chapters00:00 — Previous episode recap 01:25 — The Shadow Lingers 03:45 — “Most Powerful Behind the Walls” 07:10 — The Quail Hunt Leave 08:22 — Voices of the Victims 10:25 — Misidentifications, arrests, and George in solitary 13:39 — Pilfering charges, Matt loses trusty status, and George’s desperate letter 18:52 — “Fighters, Incarcerated” 23:35 — Toward the Door Marked Clemency 23:57 — Preview of Episode 9 🎵 Theme Music: A Lazy Farmer Boy by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931 🌐 More at DustToll.com Tags Dust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Matthew Kimes, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, Bank Robbery, Beggs Oklahoma, 1920s Outlaws, Phantom Bandit, Dust Toll Podcast

  4. 11/03/2025

    Dust Toll Episode 7 - Vengeance Unveiled

    🎧 Dust Toll – Episode 7 : Vengeance Unveiled Blood debts, buried truths, and the shot that refused to stay silent. The winter of 1932 brought the Kimes family to another breaking point. Nellie Kimes’s near-fatal shooting—first dismissed as an accident—exposed a darker betrayal and set her outlaw brothers on a collision course with vengeance. From hospital whispers to a deadly New Year’s Eve showdown in Seminole, rumors of justice, revenge, and cover-ups tangled together until no one could say who really pulled the trigger. As investigators and eyewitnesses clashed, the Kimes brothers once again walked the thin line between punishment and protection—shielded, perhaps, by the same officials sworn to keep them caged. By the time the smoke cleared, another man lay dead, Oklahoma’s newspapers blazed with scandal, and the legend of the Kimes family deepened its shadow. Episode 7 traces the twisting aftermath of the Noland killing, the conflicting testimonies that followed, and the bizarre public fascination that saw the notorious brothers play baseball games under guard while rumors linked them to Pretty Boy Floyd. In Vengeance Unveiled, retribution blurs into survival, and the Kimes legacy becomes harder than ever to untangle. Chapters: 00:00 – Story Recap 01:04 – The Truth Behind Nellie’s Wound 02:38 – Vengeance and the Trap : George Noland’s End 04:52 – Conflicting Accounts and the Cover-Up 11:11 – The Unfolding Year : From Vigilante Justice to Public Spectacle 14:51 – Episode 8 Preview 🎵 Theme Music:  A Lazy Farmer Boy by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931 🌐 More at DustToll.com Tags Dust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Matthew Kimes, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, Bank Robbery, Beggs Oklahoma, 1920s Outlaws, Phantom Bandit, Dust Toll Podcast

  5. 11/02/2025

    Dust Toll Episode 6 - The Ties That Bind... and Entangle

    The Kimes family’s story twists ever tighter. Even with George and Matthew Kimes locked behind McAlester’s walls, their name still carried the echo of gunfire and scandal. Episode 6 follows the aftermath of the Beggs murders and Matt’s death sentence, the brothers’ long years under a new warden’s reforms, and the chaos that continued to orbit their sister Nellie—whose every attempt at a normal life seemed doomed by the weight of her family’s infamy. From courtroom reversals and prison “watermelon feasts” to a mysterious automobile crash involving an escaped killer, The Ties That Bind…and Entangle traces how loyalty, notoriety, and tragedy kept the Kimes name in Oklahoma headlines long after the guns went silent. The episode closes on one of the family’s darkest years—1932—when Nellie’s near-fatal shooting and another family member’s sudden, tragic death drew the brothers out of prison once more, setting the stage for the next storm in the Kimes saga. Chapters: 00:00 – Episode 5 Recap 00:51 – Matt Kimes Saved from the Electric Chair 04:18 – Life Behind Bars – Reform under Warden Van Dyke 06:57 – Nellie Kimes and the Weight of Notoriety 09:52 – The Ada Accident and an Escaped Killer 11:54 – Nellie’s Near-Fatal Shooting 13:37 – Another Tragic Kimes Death 15:11 – Episode 7 Preview – Storm on the Horizon About Dust Toll: A 10-episode true-crime audio series uncovering the untold saga of the Kimes family - a story of loyalty, consequence, and the American outlaw spirit. Every episode draws from realy newspaper archives of the era. New episodes released regularly. Subscribe for the next chapter Theme song: "A Lazy Farmer Boy" by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931 Tags Dust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Matthew Kimes, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, Bank Robbery, Beggs Oklahoma, 1920s Outlaws, Phantom Bandit, Dust Toll Podcast

  6. 11/01/2025

    Dust Toll Episode 5 - The Family's Burden

    Even with both George and Matthew Kimes behind bars, the shadow of their name still loomed over Oklahoma. In this episode, the focus turns to the Kimes sister Nellie — and to the father whose own tragic fate would deepen the family’s legacy of crime, sorrow, and survival. 🎧 Listen to the full Dust Toll series at DustToll.com 📜 Chapters 00:00 – Episode 4 Recap 01:00 – Nellie’s Ordeal 02:07 – The Dying Farmer 04:49 – “Just a Girl, but Badly Abused” 08:40 – Trial and Release: A Family Under Fire 10:09 – The Liquor Raid 15:24 – Conflicting Accounts and Shady Lawmen 17:45 – Wrap Up and Episode 6 Preview 📜 About Dust TollA 10-episode true-crime audio series uncovering the untold saga of the Kimes family—a story of loyalty, consequence, and the American outlaw spirit.Every episode draws from real newspaper archives of the era. 🎙 New episodes released regularly 🔔 Subscribe for the next chapter → @DustToll Theme song: "A Lazy Farmer Boy" by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931 🔖 TagsDust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Matthew Kimes, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, Bank Robbery, Beggs Oklahoma, 1920s Outlaws, Phantom Bandit, Dust Toll Podcast

  7. 11/01/2025

    Dust Toll Episode 4 - The Trail's End

    The manhunt peaks, the legend grows. Matthew “the Phantom Bandit” Kimes slips through disguises and roadblocks, kidnaps a marshal at shotgun point, and vanishes into the Osage Hills—only to reappear on the rim of the Grand Canyon. His capture ignites a media frenzy, a motion picture, and a trial that decides his fate - for now. 🩸 In This Episode 🕰 Chapters 00:00 – Previous Episode Recap 01:00 – The Phantom’s Elusive Game 05:21 – The Oilton Buick and the Baby · Marshal McAninch Abduction 07:50 – Manhunt in the Osage Hills 09:58 – Grand Canyon Sting – “I Quit, Fellows” 12:42 – The Journey Back to Oklahoma 14:16 – The Phantom Bandit on the Silver Screen 16:20 – The Beggs Trial – Alibi vs. Eyewitness 22:08 – Verdict and Sentence 23:36 – Next Time on Dust Toll 📜 About Dust Toll A 10-episode true-crime audio series uncovering the untold saga of the Kimes family—a story of loyalty, consequence, and the American outlaw spirit.Every episode draws from real newspaper archives of the 1920s Midwest.🎙 New episodes released regularly 🔔 Subscribe for the next chapter → @DustToll Theme song: "A Lazy Farmer Boy" by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931 🔖 TagsDust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Matthew Kimes, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, Bank Robbery, Beggs Oklahoma, 1920s Outlaws, Phantom Bandit, Dust Toll Podcast

  8. 11/01/2025

    Dust Toll Episode 3 - The Phantom Bandit's Reign

    A mother’s last wish. A town under fire. A phantom bandit who refuses to disappear. After months on the run, Matthew Kimes—Oklahoma’s infamous “phantom bandit”—pushes his luck with a streak of daring robberies and narrow escapes that leave lawmen baffled and headlines blazing. From the daylight chaos of the Beggs triple bank heist to the quiet tragedy of Lilly Kimes’ final days, Episode 3 of Dust Toll plunges deeper into the Kimes family’s spiral of violence, grief, and legend. 🩸 In This Episode 🕰 Chapters 00:00 Story Recap 01:17 Matt on the Run 01:52 Sapulpa and Cushing Robberies 03:43 The Luther Bishop Murder 04:43 The Beggs Triple Heist 07:13 Another Lawman Gunned Down 09:40 Close Call in Wewoka 10:36 Frankie Hall Abduction 13:14 A Devasting Family Loss 17:11 Outro / Next Time on Dust Toll 📜 About Dust Toll A 10-episode true-crime audio series uncovering the untold saga of the Kimes family—a story of loyalty, consequence, and the American outlaw spirit.Every episode draws from real newspaper archives of the 1920s Midwest.🎙 New episodes released regularly 🔔 Subscribe for the next chapter →  @DustToll  Theme song: "A Lazy Farmer Boy" by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931 🔖 TagsDust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Matthew Kimes, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, Bank Robbery, Beggs Oklahoma, 1920s Outlaws, Phantom Bandit, Dust Toll Podcast

  9. 10/31/2025

    Dust Toll Episode 2 - Brief Liberty, Lasting Consequences

    Before redemption ever had a chance, freedom slipped through their hands. Fresh out of Oklahoma’s state penitentiary, George and Matt Kimes taste liberty for only a moment before plunging into one of the most violent crime sprees in early-20th-century America. Bank robberies, deadly shoot-outs, a desperate flight through the Ozark hills—Episode 2 of Dust Toll follows the brothers’ rapid descent from newlyweds to the most wanted outlaws in the Southwest. “They thought they’d escaped the walls…but every road they took only led them back.” In This Episode: 00:00 Episode 1 Recap 01:04 The Covington Robberies and Sallisaw Gunfight 05:59 Manhunt 06:19 Captured 09:12 The Trials 13:45 Jailbreak 16:33 George's Failed Escape 18:07 Closing and Preview of Episode 3 A 10-episode true-crime audio series uncovering the untold saga of the Kimes family—a story of loyalty, consequence, and the American outlaw spirit.Every episode draws from real newspaper accounts and court records of the era. Theme song: "A Lazy Farmer Boy" by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931 Dust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, 1920s Outlaws, Bank Robbery, Sallisaw, Covington, Outlaw Family, American Southwest, Depression Era Crime, Oklahoma Gangsters, Criminal History, Dust Toll Podcast

  10. 10/31/2025

    Dust Toll Episode 1- The Root of Trouble

    Before the headlines and gunfire, there was a family trying to make a living in Oklahoma’s oil fields—until everything unraveled. Dust Toll is a true-crime audio series exploring the Kimes family’s rise from hard times to infamy. 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Episode 1 – The Root of Trouble 00:00 Intro 03:00 Setting the stage: Oklahoma in the early 1900s 05:39 The Kimes Family 10:55 The Early Kimes Gang 14:24 First Convictions 16:29 Early Release 17:20 Surprise Weddings 18:19 Kimes Legal Trouble Spreads 19:23 Summary and Episode 2 Preview About Dust Toll A 10-episode true-crime audio series uncovering the untold saga of the Kimes family—a story of loyalty, consequence, and the American outlaw spirit.Every episode draws from real newspaper accounts and court records of the era. Theme song: "A Lazy Farmer Boy" by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931 Dust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, 1920s Outlaws, Bank Robbery, Sallisaw, Covington, Outlaw Family, American Southwest, Depression Era Crime, Oklahoma Gangsters, Criminal History, Dust Toll Podcast

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    Dust Toll Trailer

    Dust Toll is a historical documentary podcast tracing the true story of the Kimes family—an outlaw clan whose crimes and tragedies echoed across 1920s Oklahoma and Arkansas, and beyond. Through court records, eyewitness accounts, and restored archival sound, Dust Toll reconstructs the desperate years of Prohibition-era America, where justice was as rough as the land itself. Not explicit, but includes discussion of violence and historical crimes. 🎙 Written & Produced by Dust Toll Productions 🎵 Music: “A Lazy Farmer Boy” – Buster Carter & Preston Young 🌐 dusttoll.com

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Dust Toll is a historical documentary podcast from Dust Toll Productions, tracing the true story of the Kimes family—an outlaw clan whose crimes and tragedies echoed across 1920s Oklahoma and Arkansas. Through court records, eyewitness accounts, and restored archival sound, Dust Toll reconstructs the desperate years of Prohibition-era America, where justice was as rough as the land itself. Not explicit, but includes discussion of violence and historical crimes. 🎙 Written & Produced by Dust Toll Productions 🎵 Music: “A Lazy Farmer Boy” – Buster Carter & Preston Young 🌐 dusttoll.com

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    Dust Toll Productions
  • Years Active
    2025
  • Episodes
    11
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