Wild West Podcast
Michael King/Brad Smalley
Welcome to the Wild West podcast, where fact and legend merge. We present the true accounts of individuals who settled in towns built out of hunger for money, regulated by fast guns, who walked on both sides of the law, patrolling, investing in, and regulating the brothels, saloons, and gambling houses. These are stories of the men who made the history of the Old West come alive - bringing with them the birth of legends, brought to order by a six-gun and laid to rest with their boots on. Join us as we take you back in history to the legends of the Wild West. You can support our show by subscribing to Exclusive access to premium content at Wild West Podcast + https://www.buzzsprout.com/64094/subscribe or just buy us a cup of coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/wildwestpodcast
Categories: Education
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Send us a text Cold bites, a promise binds, and a furnace roars—this is the Yukon at human scale. We start with a candid look at why facing reality beats denial, then follow the trail into Robert Service’s world, where men who moil for gold wrestle with fear, loyalty, and the math of survival. Our reading of The Cremation of Sam McGee sets the pace: a vow made on a brutal Christmas run, a body lashed to a sleigh, and a punchline so warm it melts the dread. We unpack the craft that makes this...
Previous episodes
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363 - Fireside Truths In The Midnight Sun Mon, 15 Dec 2025
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362 - John Brown’s Gallows, A Nation’s Reckoning Thu, 04 Dec 2025
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361 - Night The Prairie Burned Wed, 03 Dec 2025
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360 - A Frontier Christmas, A Stranger’s Song, And The Night The Miners Remembered Home Tue, 02 Dec 2025
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359 - How The Old West Shaped American Christmas Traditions Mon, 01 Dec 2025
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358 - Bear Meat for Christmas: Humor and Hilarity on the Kansas Frontier Wed, 18 Dec 2024
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357 - A Wild West Christmas Miracle: Miners, Mystery, and the Unforgettable Unveiling of the "Lovely Pianer Mon, 09 Dec 2024
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356 - The Great Western Hotel Wasn’t Named For The Cattle Trail Sun, 30 Nov 2025
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355 - How One Train Chose Ford, Kansas Over Ryansville Tue, 25 Nov 2025
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354 - Gunfight at the Oriental: Audio Book Tue, 01 Apr 2025
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353 - Trail Of Fact And Fable Tue, 18 Nov 2025
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352 - The Forgotten Grave Of Ed Masterson Fri, 17 Oct 2025
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351 - Secrets Beneath the Limestone: The Haunted Legacy of Dodge City’s Home of Stone Fri, 03 Oct 2025
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350 - Setting The Record Straight On The Western Trail Thu, 13 Nov 2025
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349 - Harper's Ferry, Minute By Minute Fri, 07 Nov 2025
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348 - Halloween in Dodge City 1877 Wed, 29 Oct 2025
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346 - Pioneers and the Spirit of Christmas: Heartfelt Traditions and Tales of Hope in the Old West Fri, 13 Dec 2024
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345 - Phantom On The Prairie Ditch Wed, 22 Oct 2025
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341 - Halloween Mischief in 1877 Dodge City: Ghostly Legends, Frontier Pranks, and Luke McGlue's Infamy with Historian Brad Smalley Tue, 15 Oct 2024
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340 - Halloween in the Wild West: Dodge City's Festive Traditions, Legendary Tricksters, and Historical Haunts Sat, 28 Sep 2024
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337 - Night Ride to Fort Sumner Thu, 09 Oct 2025
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335 - The Sand Creek Betrayal: America's Darkest Hour on the Frontier Wed, 24 Sep 2025
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332 - Beyond the Narrative: Jeff Broome Challenges What We Know About Sand Creek Tue, 16 Sep 2025
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331 - Bassett of the Badlands: The Fearless First Marshal of Dodge City! Fri, 05 Sep 2025
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326 - The Mysterious Life of Dutch Henry Borne Fri, 08 Aug 2025
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325 - Whiskey pours as the true story of the man who inspired Lonesome Dove unfolds Wed, 30 Jul 2025
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324 - How a Dog Survived a Drunken Gunslinger's Bullets Sat, 26 Jul 2025
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323 - The Forgotten Heroes of the Santa Fe Trail: Valor at Little Coon Creek Fri, 25 Jul 2025
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322 - Between Two Worlds: How Broken Treaties Sparked the Southern Plains Conflict Thu, 24 Jul 2025
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321 - Prairie Dog Chronicles Tue, 22 Jul 2025
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320 - Bullets for Whiskey: The Truth Behind Old West Drinking Thu, 17 Jul 2025
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319 - The Gem That Sparkles Yet: Belle Starr's Tragic End Sat, 12 Jul 2025
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318 - Wild West: Where Fact Meets Legend Sat, 12 Jul 2025
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317 - The Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame Committee is Seeking Nominations Fri, 11 Jul 2025
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316 - Belle Starr: From Tragedy to Outlaw Sanctuary at Younger's Bend Wed, 02 Jul 2025
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315 - Bulls, Bravado, and Bourbon: Dodge City's Independence Day Tue, 01 Jul 2025
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314 - Myra Maybel Shirley: What makes a woman ride with outlaws? Sat, 28 Jun 2025
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313 - Part 1 Introduction Black Sunday's Wrath Fri, 20 Jun 2025
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312 - Guns, Greek, and Guerrillas: Belle Starr's Untold Beginning Fri, 20 Jun 2025
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311 - Echoes of the Kiowa: Sacred Stories, Spiritual Power, and the Legacy of Satanta Mon, 02 Jun 2025
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310 - Pistols and Petticoats: How Five Women Rewrote Western History Tue, 27 May 2025
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309 - Death Misfire: How a Jammed Gun Saved Wild Bill Hickok in Hays City Fri, 23 May 2025
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307 - Death Comes for Texas Dick: A Frontier Tale of Justice and Revenge Fri, 16 May 2025
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306 - When Indians Attacked: The True Story That Inspired Lonesome Dove Wed, 14 May 2025
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305 - Hays City 1869: Wild Bill's Deadly Justice Tue, 06 May 2025
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304 - Wild Bill was more than his guns—he was a man of striking contradictions. Thu, 01 May 2025
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303 - When Lawlessness Decides Who Lives and Who Dies: A Frontier Murder Story Wed, 30 Apr 2025
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302 - When Jokes Backfire: The Cautionary Tale of Dodge City's Indian Act Tue, 22 Apr 2025
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301 - When Bullets Flew in Dodge: The Plaza Shootout of April 16, 1881 Tue, 15 Apr 2025
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300 - The Dead Men Who Made Dodge City Infamous Walk Again Through Their Stories Thu, 10 Apr 2025