The Wild West Extravaganza

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True stories from the wild and woolly west. Also really lame jokes! Each episode I cover a real life person or event from the wild west era (gunfighters, outlaws, lawmen, Native Americans, frontiersmen, etc). I'm neither a historian nor a comedian, just a fan of history. I do, however, try to be as accurate as possible when covering these topics. All whilst dispensing dad jokes and totally butchering the English language.

Black Bart | The Poet Bandit

Aug 25, 2020

I've labored long and hard for bread,
For honor, and for riches,
But on my corns too long you've tread,
You fine-haired sons of bitches.

These are the words of Black Bart, the gentleman bandit who preferred to leave poems at the scene of the crime rather than dead bodies. Black Bart wasn’t a killer and he never really...

King Fisher | Addendum

Aug 5, 2020

<p>A quick correction and new info pertaining to my most recent episode - #30 - on King Fisher.</p>

<p>Check out Bob Boze Bell's wonderful article Forewarned And Forarmed for more information. And thank you all...

King Fisher | Texas Shootist

Aug 5, 2020

King Fisher, the flashy Texas wild west gunfighter who once killed a circus tiger just so he could make chaps out of its hide, boasted that he killed 37 men, not counting Mexicans. During his time as an outlaw he had over 100 bandits riding for him as he ruled all of southwest Texas. Who was King Fisher? And where can...