Legends of the Old West
Wyatt Earp, Jesse James, and Butch and Sundance. Lakota, Comanche and Apache. Wars, gunfights and robberies. This show covers the toughest lawmen, the wildest outlaws, and the deadliest towns — all the people and events that shaped the American West.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 275
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
NEZ PERCÉ WAR Ep. 6 | “Fight No More Forever”
The Nez Percé have performed an extraordinary feat: they have traveled more than 1,300 miles and repelled three American armies in a series of battles and smaller skirmishes. But they are sore and ex…
00:36:49 |
Wed 21 Dec 2022
NEZ PERCÉ WAR Ep. 5 | “The Medicine Line”
The Nez Percé escape the Battle of Big Hole and move into Yellowstone National Park. Their options are limited and they choose a treacherous path over a mountain range to try to lose their army pursu…
00:31:54 |
Wed 14 Dec 2022
NEZ PERCÉ WAR Ep. 4 | “Thunder In The Mountains”
The Nez Percé are on the run. They cross the Bitterroot Mountains and arrive in Montana. They believe they have left their troubles behind and can start fresh in a new territory. But they soon learn …
00:32:48 |
Wed 07 Dec 2022
NEZ PERCÉ WAR Ep. 3 | “Battle of Clearwater”
A few days after the Battle of White Bird Canyon, an army unit attacks a Nez Percé village. After the fight, the army unit becomes trapped at an abandoned ranch by the advancing Nez Percé column. The…
00:32:59 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
NEZ PERCÉ WAR Ep. 2 | “A Hornet’s Nest”
In the summer of 1876, the murder of a Nez Percé man nearly starts the war. The following summer, a series of attacks by the Nez Percé against settlers who had invaded their homeland pushes the confl…
00:34:37 |
Wed 23 Nov 2022
NEZ PERCÉ WAR Ep. 1 | “50 Years of Peace”
For about 50 years, there was relative peace in the U.S. and the Nez Percé. There were outbreaks of violence, like the Whitman Massacre, but not the continual warfare that existed between the U.S. ar…
00:36:16 |
Wed 16 Nov 2022
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
Here is the official announcement of Chris’s book — “Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends In The Season That Defined The American West.”
It will be released June 13, 2023, from St. Martin’s …
00:04:22 |
Wed 09 Nov 2022
TOM HORN Ep. 6 | “The Murder of Willie Nickell”
In July of 1901, 14-year-old Willie Nickell is found dead near his family’s farm. Residents of southern Wyoming are outraged, but there are very few leads in the case. The investigation begins to foc…
00:33:02 |
Wed 26 Oct 2022
TOM HORN Ep. 5 | “The Hunt for Butch and Sundance”
Tom moves back to Wyoming near the same time that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid organize the last major train robbery of the Old West. Tom joins the manhunt for the most wanted fugitives in Amer…
00:30:28 |
Wed 19 Oct 2022
TOM HORN Ep. 4 | “Have Gun - Will Travel”
Tom Horn and his employer are infuriated by the results of a cattle rustling case. Shortly thereafter, a small rancher is murdered. Then another is murdered. Tom Horn becomes the primary suspect, but…
00:30:00 |
Wed 12 Oct 2022
TOM HORN Ep. 3 | “The Johnson County War”
Tom Horn helps recruit a mercenary army on behalf of the cattle barons and they kill two men outside Buffalo, Wyoming. The mercenaries meet their match when the sheriff recruits a posse to oppose the…
00:31:07 |
Wed 05 Oct 2022
TOM HORN Ep. 2 | “Pinkerton Detective”
After Tom helps track some horse thieves, he receives a recommendation to join the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. He heads north to Colorado, and before long, he and the agency learn of a range…
00:31:12 |
Wed 28 Sep 2022
TOM HORN Ep. 1 | “Arizona Wars”
Tom Horn battles through a rough childhood and then heads west like many young men of the era. He lands in Arizona and quickly finds himself embroiled in the Apache Wars and the Pleasant Valley War. …
00:30:57 |
Wed 21 Sep 2022
Introducing "Real Outlaws" from Noiser
Ned Kelly is the model social bandit, an Australian legend without equal – even today he’s still considered a symbol of rebellion against the establishment. But what’s the truth behind the myth?
We…
00:45:26 |
Wed 07 Sep 2022
THREE GUARDSMEN Ep. 6 | Bill Tilghman: “The End of the Outlaws”
As the battle raged between the U.S. Marshals and the Doolin-Dalton Gang, Tilghman narrowly missed a legendary – but tragic – shootout between the two sides. In the aftermath, an elite group of manhu…
00:33:21 |
Wed 24 Aug 2022
THREE GUARDSMEN Ep. 5 | Bill Tilghman: “Dodge City Deputy”
Bill Tilghman grew up idolizing Wild Bill Hickok. When Tilghman was 24, he became a full-time lawman in Dodge City during the peak of its wild years as one of the wickedest towns in the West. He work…
00:32:54 |
Wed 17 Aug 2022
THREE GUARDSMEN Ep. 4 | Chris Madsen: “Oklahoma Lawman”
One of the most dangerous jobs in Oklahoma Territory is that of a U.S. Marshal. After the Doolin-Dalton Gang robs a series of trains, Deputy Marshal Chris Madsen and his posse fought in deadly shooto…
00:32:01 |
Wed 10 Aug 2022
THREE GUARDSMEN Ep. 3 | Chris Madsen: “Soldier of Fortune”
Chris Madsen was a Danish immigrant with a colorful past, but one thing was certain: he loved action. When he moved to America, he joined the Fifth Cavalry and fought on the Northern Plains for nearl…
00:30:41 |
Wed 03 Aug 2022
THREE GUARDSMEN Ep. 2 | Heck Thomas: “Tracking the Dalton Gang”
The Dalton Gang plagued Oklahoma Territory in the early 1890s. After the disastrous Coffeyville Raid, the gang reformed as the Doolin-Dalton Gang, with Bill Doolin at the helm. The U.S. Marshals hire…
00:31:43 |
Wed 27 Jul 2022
THREE GUARDSMEN Ep. 1 | Heck Thomas: “Fort Worth Detective Association”
Henry Thomas, Jr., better known as Heck Thomas, was a young lawman in Georgia before he caught what he called “a severe case of Texas fever.” He became an express messenger on a railroad and then a s…
00:31:57 |
Wed 20 Jul 2022
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