The Wild West Extravaganza
The Wild West Extravaganza is a weekly history podcast exploring the real-life people and events of the Old West and the American frontier. Each episode explores the true stories of outlaws, gunfighters, lawmen, cowboys, Native Americans, and frontiersmen (and women) who shaped the Old West. From famous legends like Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, and Geronimo to forgotten tales of shootouts, cattle drives, and frontier towns, this show delivers the grit, drama, and truth behind Western history.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 193
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
The First Battle of Adobe Walls
In 1864 famed frontiersman Kit Carson took a force of several hundred soldiers into the heart of the Llano Estacado in an attempt to punish the Comanche for their recent raids. What followed was a bl…
00:31:20 |
Mon 31 May 2021
Elfego Baca & The Frisco Gunfight
Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday, Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok - These are the names of legends. Names I think most people – even those with no interest in old west history – will find famili…
00:46:28 |
Mon 17 May 2021
Bloody Bill Anderson & the Missouri Bushwhackers
“I will show you that I can kill men with as much skill and rapidity as anybody. From this time on I ask no quarter and I will give none” – these were the words spoken by Bloody Bill Anderson, shortl…
01:08:09 |
Mon 26 Apr 2021
Hugh Glass | Frontiersman
Frontiersman Hugh Glass was mauled by a grizzly bear in 1823. Left for dead, stripped of his belongs, and covered in maggots, he defied all odds and made a 250-mile journey on foot through hostile te…
01:03:47 |
Mon 05 Apr 2021
Luther James Dorsey & The Buffalo Soldiers
Sergeant Luther James Dorsey was a member of the buffalo soldiers, the all-black cavalry regiments who served on America’s frontier. From the Indian Wars to the Korean war, these men bravely – and ag…
00:29:33 |
Mon 08 Feb 2021
The Battle of Beecher Island
In the summer of 1868 Major George A. Forsyth, under orders from General Sheridan, raised a company of fifty "first-class hardy frontiersmen" to seek out and engage hostile Native Americans. These sc…
01:16:59 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
Frank Hamer's First Fight
It’s not every day that your boss offers you a hundred and fifty dollars to murder somebody. I think we can all agree that’s not a normal occurrence.
But then again, the tough kid wasn’t normal.
The …
00:16:31 |
Mon 04 Jan 2021
Bill Tilghman | Frontier Lawman
Bill Tilghman - the legendary lawman best known for hunting down bad guys in Indian Territory - got his start as a teenaged buffalo hunter on the Kansas frontier. After that he spent years patrolling…
01:11:27 |
Sun 27 Dec 2020
Medicine Crow | War Chief
Joe Medicine Crow was a mighty war chief amongst his people, the Crow. The Apsáalooke. The Children of the large beak bird.
Joe was raised in the traditional way of the Crow and fulfilled all four re…
00:11:37 |
Sun 29 Nov 2020
Ned Christie | Indian Outlaw
Ned Christie: Ruthless Cherokee outlaw or courageous hero? Murderer or innocent man?
If someone had asked me a year ago who Ned Christie was, I’d have probably said he was just another Indian Territo…
01:03:04 |
Thu 12 Nov 2020
Luke Short & The Dodge City War
In the spring of 1883, a group of very dangerous men began gathering outside of Dodge City, Kansas. Men with names like Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Shotgun Collins, and Doc Holliday. Killers, all of ‘…
01:09:49 |
Sat 24 Oct 2020
Judge Roy Bean | The Law West of the Pecos
When one thinks of the great judges of Yore, certain names stand out above the rest. Names like Judge Harold T. Stone. Judge Judith Sheindlin. Judges Wapner, Mathis, and Joe Brown. Judge Reinhold, Ju…
00:52:23 |
Wed 30 Sep 2020
Black Bart | The Poet Bandit
"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 …
00:54:45 |
Tue 25 Aug 2020
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