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
Doc Scurlock & the Lincoln County Regulators
Josiah "Doc" Scurlock was a poet, philosopher, intellectual, and hardened killer long before he met Billy the Kid. His mysterious past in Mexico, rumors of dead men from New Orleans to Texas, penchan…
01:01:51 |
Wed 01 Jan 2025
ENCORE: An Old West Christmas Miracle
On Christmas Day 1851, Lieutenant Amiel Whipple and his men find themselves outnumbered and facing certain death at the hands of the Quechan people. What happens next is what many would consider a Bl…
00:13:55 |
Tue 24 Dec 2024
The Escape of Chief Satanta
Chief Satanta, the great orator, was an extremely influential Kiowa leader. A participant in both battles of Adobe Walls, Satanta was eventually tried for murder and sentenced to life in prison. This…
00:15:49 |
Wed 18 Dec 2024
Silas Soule | Bleeding Kansas to Sand Creek
Silas Soule moved to Kansas as a teenager. He and his family joined the Underground Railroad, and when it came time to arm up against the border ruffians, Silas didn’t hesitate. Later, during the Civ…
01:05:21 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
Harry Tracy | The Last Outlaw
Considered by some to be the last of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch, Harry Tracy blasted his way out of prison in the summer of 1902. What followed was one of the most desperate man hunts in all of U.S. …
01:17:23 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
Billy the Kid's Brother?
Billy the Kid had a brother, Joseph Antrim. This is his story, including a brand-new revelation. Stick around to the end for a special announcement.
Check out the website for more true tales from t…
00:27:40 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
Deacon Jim Miller | Old West Hitman
Deacon Jim Miller, also known as Killin’ Jim Miller, was an Old West assassin-for-hire. Chances are, if you wanted someone gone, Jim Miller could make it happen…for the right price, that is. Also dis…
00:46:25 |
Wed 06 Nov 2024
The Bloody Benders
The Bender family, often referred to as America’s first serial killer family, settled in Labette County, Kansas, in 1870. They built a cabin near the Osage Trail that served as an inn for weary trave…
00:27:59 |
Wed 30 Oct 2024
Dirty Dave Rudabaugh
They say the only man Billy the Kid ever truly feared was Dave Rudabaugh. They also say that Rudabaugh taught Doc Holliday how to use a gun. But how accurate are these stories? And just who was Dave …
00:41:30 |
Wed 23 Oct 2024
John Wayne & Wyatt Earp
Did John Wayne learn his iconic onscreen persona from the legendary Wyatt Earp? Let’s discuss! We'll also examine Earp’s life after Tombstone!
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00:45:44 |
Wed 16 Oct 2024
Olive Oatman & the Blue Tattoo
When Olive Oatman was just 14 years old, she was forced to witness the slaughter of nearly every single member of her family. Only she and her 8-year-old sister were spared, and for the next several …
01:07:55 |
Wed 09 Oct 2024
The Lewis & Clark Expedition (Compilation)
In the Spring of 1803, the United States acquired the Territory of Louisiana, a largely uncharted tract of wilderness stretching from Canada down to New Orleans. Over 800,000 square miles that, as fa…
03:13:45 |
Wed 25 Sep 2024
Kit Carson | Adobe Walls (Part 6)
In November of 1864, famed frontiersman Kit Carson picked a fight with the Lords of the Southern Plains – the Comanche. The bloody engagement that followed, known as the first Battle of Adobe Walls, …
00:31:02 |
Wed 18 Sep 2024
Kit Carson | Long Walk of the Navajo (Part 5)
During the summer of 1863, the U.S. Government sent the legendary Kit Carson to reign in the Navajo. As such, the former Mountain Man adopted a scorched earth policy, burning crops and villages, rest…
00:34:09 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
Kit Carson | The Apache (Part 4)
Following the Mexican-American War, Kit Carson returned home and attempted to start a ranch. The former Mountain Man had been out west with the Pathfinder – John C. Fremont – for several years as the…
00:31:20 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
Kit Carson | Bear Flag Revolt (Part 3)
By 1845, tensions were high in the Mexican territory of California. Not only were the U.S. and Mexico on the brink of war, but even the native Hispanic Californios were looking to separate themselves…
00:50:09 |
Wed 28 Aug 2024
Kit Carson | Pathfinder (Part 2)
Kit Carson ventured west as a teenager, looking to escape the drudgery of civilization. And in the years to come, he’d find all the excitement a youngster could hope for in the life of a mountain man…
00:39:10 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
Kit Carson | Mountain Man (Part 1)
When it comes to the Old West, they don’t get much more legendary than Kit Carson. Although soft-spoken and physically small, this larger-than-life mountain man would go on – during his own life – to…
00:35:49 |
Wed 14 Aug 2024
John Glanton & the REAL Blood Meridian
“It makes no difference what men think of war. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate…
00:59:27 |
Wed 07 Aug 2024
Dangerous Dan Tucker
Dangerous Dan Tucker would arrive in the southwest in the mid-1870s, pin on the badge of a Sheriff’s Deputy, and, in a very short amount of time, tally up a body count surpassed only by the likes of …
00:57:45 |
Wed 31 Jul 2024
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