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The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · 1d

Download The American Immortal audiodrama TODAY - wherever you listen to podcasts. #podcast #audiodrama #spotify #apple #youtube #iheartradio

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The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · 7d

On the evening of 10/10/1809 a traveler arrived at Grinder’s Stand, a roadside inn on the Natchez Trace. By the next morning he was dead from 2 gunshot wounds. But was it suicide or murder? LISTEN NOW to the story of the mysterious death of Meriwether Lewis. (Season 1, Episode 5 of the podcast)

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Sep 23

Season 1, Episode 14: The Wild Bunch gang went from pulling off million-dollar heists to accidentally sabotaging their own careers with one ill-advised glamour shot. This is a story of hubris, high fashion, and the dangers of being too photogenic when you're on the run from the law.

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The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Sep 20

Stories of reckless choices, ruthless outlaws, and really bad luck—on The Wild Wild Death. Two complete seasons available wherever you listen to podcasts. #WildWest #OldWest #HistoryPodcast #1800s #WildWildWest #Mayhem

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The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Sep 9

What if somebody had a wild idea? What if tens of thousands of people crowded together to see it? What if that wild idea went horribly wrong? This is the story of THE CRASH AT CRUSH. #trains #publicity #stunt #promoção #promotion #funny

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The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Aug 28

When Creed was only 15 he fought in the Texas Revolution. He took part in the defense of Gonzalez, the Battle of Concepcion, the Grass Fight, the Siege of Bexar, and helped his mother and family during the Runaway Scrape, and then fought in the Battle of San Jacinto. So big time Texas History dude.

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Aug 23

It dawned bright & unusually warm for a winter day in the Nebraska & Dakota Territories. Folks did their chores & kids left for school. Since it was so mild, some didn’t feel the need to bundle up. They didn’t know that a huge storm was coming… This is the story of The Children’s Blizzard of 1888.

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jul 29

Imagine the Old West, but instead of tales of courage and survival, you get a podcast focused on people who had a one-way ticket to disaster. The Wild Wild Death brings you all the cringe-worthy decisions, absurd medical mishaps, and fatal faceplants that the pioneers of the West endured.

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jul 25

What if somebody had a wild idea? What if tens of thousands of people crowded together to see it? What if that wild idea went horribly wrong? This is the story of THE CRASH AT CRUSH. Listen to The Wild Wild Death wherever podcasts are available.

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jul 14

They made a death mask of George’s face & then they got to work on their experiment. First, they cut his skull in two, removing the top ½. They poked around in his brain looking for anything unusual & didn’t find anything. They could have stopped there—but they didn’t.
(Not if they’re on OUR show.)

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jul 9

This is the story of The Bloody Benders. Check it out whenever you listen to podcasts. 🎧

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jul 9

In 1873, a doctor was traveling from Iowa to Cherryvale, Kansas, but never arrived. He was last seen in an inn outside of town, but when the authorities went to check, what they found turned out to be one of the greatest, most gruesome mysteries of the Old West to this day.

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The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jul 4

If you went to a saloon in the Old West and ordered whiskey, you probably got a glass of raw alcohol mixed with burnt sugar and chewing tobacco juice. Whiskey could also be alcohol diluted with ammonia, gun powder, turpentine, sulphuric acid, & occasionally spiced up with rattlesnake heads. CHEERS!

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jun 27

In this episode of The Wild, Wild Death, we explore how William G. Butler, a cattleman with a grudge, made sure the thriving town of Helena, Texas dried up faster than a saloon on Sunday. Join us for a tale of how one man’s vendetta wiped a town off the map without firing another shot.

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jun 23

In The Bloody Benders episode, we dive into the bizarre & bloody tale of the Bender family, who turned their Kansas inn into the final stop for unlucky travelers in the 1870s. The Benders were a family that really knew how to keep secrets buried in their orchard. Join us.

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jun 22

My favorite new, old term: lowbrow.

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The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jun 22

Two complete seasons. Twenty-five episodes. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jun 21

Jack: If you were a miner or a sailor or a traveler in San Francisco & could pay for female companionship, or just wanted some really low-brow entertainment, the Barbary Coast is where you’d go.
Susan: Hahaha You’d be like, You know what I’m in the mood for, honey? Really low-brow entertainment.

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The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jun 18

In the 1840s if a man wanted to head west, his wife had to go with him whether she wanted to or not. The journey to Oregon was a true test for any woman & most women of that day did what their husbands told them to do. But not everybody. This story’s called ELIZABETH MARKHAM SAYS “THE HELL WITH IT”.

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jun 16

The Texas state police led by Jack Helm arrested 2 sons-in-law of Pipkin Taylor — a pair of brothers named Henry & William Kelly. It was for a trivial charge but the wife of Henry Kelly had a bad feeling & followed at a distance. She was an eyewitness to them being marched down the road & shot.

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jun 9

Susan: In addition to all of this, you could only take about three sets of clothing that you’d have to wear and struggle to find a place to wash for the entire six months.

Jack: Does that include undergarments?

Susan: Yes.

Jack: Ewww.

This episode is available whenever you listen to podcasts.

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jun 8

San Francisco had been a sleepy little town of less than 500 people. But during the Gold Rush of 1849, the population exploded with folks looking to dig up a fortune in gold. But there were other ways to make quick money in San Francisco in this period — like in the Barbary Coast.
Link in bio.

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jun 6

April 1866. Wells Fargo delivered an unmarked crate to their offices in downtown San Francisco. It was leaking, so a few curious workers opened the crate to see what was going on. Unfortunately, they found it was leaking NITROGLYCERIN. This story is called BOOM JUICE. LINK IN BIO.

The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jun 5

He found a corpse and it had a gun in a pocket, so he fined the corpse $40 for carrying it concealed weapon — which is the exact amount he found on the body.

This episode of The Wild Wild Death is called THE ONLY LAW WEST OF THE PECOS. Link in bio.

#history #podcast #funny #sanantonio

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The Wild Wild Death podcast @thewildwilddeath.bsky.social · Jun 3

The amorous adventures of Judge Roy Bean resulted in a duel, a jail break & a hanging that he almost didn’t survive. Find out more about the spicy love life of Roy Bean in THE ONLY LAW WEST OF THE PECOS on THE WILD WILD DEATH podcast. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.