Legends of the Old West podcast

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.

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.

 

#284

BUFFALO SOLDIERS Ep. 3 | “The Meeker Incident”

In northern Colorado, a column of the 5th Cavalry becomes trapped near Milk Creek during a... more

10 Dec 2025

32 MINS

32:05

10 Dec 2025


#283

BUFFALO SOLDIERS Ep. 2 | “Florida Mountains Fight”

A small detachment of the 9th Cavalry from Fort Bayard in southern New Mexico Territory tr... more

03 Dec 2025

32 MINS

32:07

03 Dec 2025


#282

BUFFALO SOLDIERS Ep. 1 | “Battle of Fort Lancaster”

In 1867, Company K of the 9th Cavalry spends a long summer rebuilding Fort Lancaster on th... more

26 Nov 2025

31 MINS

31:12

26 Nov 2025


#281

FRONTIERSMEN Ep. 6 | Davy Crockett: “The Alamo”

David Crockett volunteers for the Texian army and is assigned to help protect an old Spani... more

29 Oct 2025

36 MINS

36:26

29 Oct 2025


#280

FRONTIERSMEN Ep. 5 | Davy Crockett: “Go To Hell or Go To Texas”

David Crockett’s political career rises throughout the 1820s, but it begins to fall in the... more

22 Oct 2025

34 MINS

34:34

22 Oct 2025


#279

FRONTIERSMEN Ep. 4 | Davy Crockett: “The Creek War”

David Crockett becomes a skilled hunter at a young age in Tennessee before war returns to ... more

15 Oct 2025

32 MINS

32:26

15 Oct 2025


#278

FRONTIERSMEN Ep. 3 | Daniel Boone: “Folk Hero”

As America’s war of independence drags on, Daniel Boone and the other settlers protect the... more

08 Oct 2025

37 MINS

37:09

08 Oct 2025


#277

FRONTIERSMEN Ep. 2 | Daniel Boone: “Battle For Boonesborough”

During the American Revolutionary War, Daniel Boone helps blaze a trail to Kentucky called... more

01 Oct 2025

36 MINS

36:46

01 Oct 2025


#276

FRONTIERSMEN Ep. 1 | Daniel Boone: “Blood Feud”

As Daniel Boone grows up in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, he earns a reputation as a sk... more

24 Sep 2025

36 MINS

36:26

24 Sep 2025


#275

PINKERTONS Ep. 6 | “Charlie Siringo: The Wild Bunch”

In June of 1899, an outlaw gang robs a train outside of Wilcox, Wyoming. The gang is the W... more

27 Aug 2025

32 MINS

32:30

27 Aug 2025


#274

PINKERTONS Ep. 5 | “Charlie Siringo: Into the Mines”

In the late 1880s, James McParland joins the Denver office and quickly becomes superintend... more

20 Aug 2025

36 MINS

36:20

20 Aug 2025


#273

PINKERTONS Ep. 4 | “Charlie Siringo: Cowboy Detective”

Charlie Siringo grows up driving cattle in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. In the early 1... more

13 Aug 2025

34 MINS

34:50

13 Aug 2025


#272

PINKERTONS Ep. 3 | “James McParland: A Murder in Idaho”

After 20 years as a supervisor, James McParland yearns to get back into the field as a det... more

06 Aug 2025

32 MINS

32:54

06 Aug 2025


#271

PINKERTONS Ep. 2 | “James McParland: The Celebrity Detective”

As the violence intensifies in Pennsylvania, James McParland decides its time to bring the... more

30 Jul 2025

35 MINS

35:22

30 Jul 2025


#270

PINKERTONS Ep. 1 | “James McParland: The Molly Maguires”

In the early 1870s, tensions between Pennsylvania coal miners and mine owners reaches a fe... more

23 Jul 2025

36 MINS

36:09

23 Jul 2025


#269

HELL ON WHEELS Ep. 6 | “Golden Spike”

The race is finally over as both railroads make it to Promontory Summit. On May 10, 1869, ... more

25 Jun 2025

35 MINS

35:01

25 Jun 2025


#268

HELL ON WHEELS Ep. 5 | “Last Mountain, Last Battle”

After surviving the chaos of the Hell on Wheels towns of Wyoming, the Union Pacific pushes... more

18 Jun 2025

33 MINS

33:33

18 Jun 2025


#267

HELL ON WHEELS Ep. 4 | “Across the Desert”

The Central Pacific moves out of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and into the Nevada desert. N... more

11 Jun 2025

36 MINS

36:56

11 Jun 2025


#266

HELL ON WHEELS Ep. 3 | “Desperadoes of Every Grade”

After Thomas Durant lined his pockets for years, investors in the Union Pacific finally fo... more

04 Jun 2025

37 MINS

37:25

04 Jun 2025


#265

HELL ON WHEELS Ep. 2 | “Mountains to Conquer”

As the Union Pacific begins construction across Nebraska, the Central Pacific faces an imm... more

28 May 2025

35 MINS

35:10

28 May 2025


#264

HELL ON WHEELS Ep. 1 | “The Great Race”

For decades in the early 1800s, engineers and merchants attempt to convince the United Sta... more

21 May 2025

37 MINS

37:22

21 May 2025


#263

OUTLAWS Ep. 6 | “Doolin Daltons: Dead Outlaws”

After the Battle of Ingalls in 1893, the Doolin Dalton Gang is on borrowed time. They perf... more

23 Apr 2025

33 MINS

33:51

23 Apr 2025


#262

OUTLAWS Ep. 5 | “Doolin Daltons: Battle of Ingalls”

In the early 1890s, the Dalton Gang burns hot and bright in Kansas and Oklahoma, but then ... more

16 Apr 2025

37 MINS

37:33

16 Apr 2025


#261

OUTLAWS Ep. 4 | “Dirty Dave Rudabaugh: Lincoln County Outlaw”

Dave Rudabaugh, known as Dirty Dave or Arkansas Dave, flees a murder in Las Vegas, New Mex... more

09 Apr 2025

37 MINS

37:31

09 Apr 2025