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Gunfighters

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Today: #47 in History, Canada on our combined chart.

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#37#51#66#80#94Chart rankOct 17Oct 19Oct 21#47
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Oct 21#47#47#47#55
Oct 20#51#50—#93
Oct 19#84#84—#88
Oct 18#73#74—#70
Oct 17#59#58—#59
Oct 16#57#57—#57

Latest episodes

  • Ep. 06: John Wesley Hardin vs Wild Bill Hickok

    October 20, 2026 · 36 min

    America’s first famous gunfighter also happens to have been a titanic fraud. Join best-selling author Bryan Burrough as he dives separates the into facts from the fictions enveloping the career of Wild Bill Hickok. Thank you to our…

  • Ep. 05: John Wesley Hardin: The Texas Psychopath

    October 13, 2026 · 35 min

    Join best-selling author Bryan Burrough as he drills deep into the legend of John Wesley Hardin, the teenaged Texas psychopath who may have been the Old West’s deadliest gunfighter. Thank you to our sponsor, Tecovas. Follow now on Apple…

  • Ep. 04: Bloody Texas

    October 6, 2026 · 41 min

    Where did all those gunfighters popping up the Old West actually come? Join best-selling author Bryan Burrough as he explores the extraordinarily violent place that gave birth to a whole lot of them: Texas.  Thank you to our sponsor…

  • Ep. 03: The First Gunfighters

    September 29, 2026 · 31 min

    Join author Bryan Burrough as he delves into the little-known stories of the first notable Old West gunfighters, from the Texans who popularized the first revolvers during the 1840s  to the outlaws of Gold Rush California and the first…

  • Ep. 02: Wait, Gunfighters Came From Where?

    September 22, 2026 · 27 min

    Best-selling author Bryan Burrough explores the surprising origins of Old West gunfights in America’s deep involvement with the duel, a contest used by so many men during the early 1800s, including politicians from Andrew Jackson to…

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  • Ep. 01: When Gunfighters Stalked the Old West

    September 15, 2026 · 29 min

    Join author Bryan Burrough as he begins telling the epic story of the Gunfighter Era, the years between 1865 and 1901, when Old West figures such as Billy the Kid and Wyatt Earp became famous for something unusual in 19th century America…

  • Introducing: Gunfighters, with Bryan Burrough

    September 8, 2026 · 2 min

    Author Bryan Burrough exhumes the gritty history of Old West gunfighters. From Billy the Kid to Wyatt Earp to John Wesley Hardin and dozens more, this collection of stories proves how very violent America's nineteenth century frontier…

  • Ep. 42: Favorite Films About the West | The American West

    August 18, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    Since the 1903 showing of The Great Train Robbery, film has steadily become our primary way to tell the stories of the American West to the larger world. More than a century’s worth of movies and television shows later, in this episode of…

  • Ep. 41: Favorite Books About the West | The American West

    August 11, 2026 · 59 min

    The 1538 distribution of Cabeza de Vaca’s Relacion about his shipwreck and trek across the Southwest marks the beginning of books that tell the stories of the American West to the larger world. Hundreds of thousands of books later, in this…

  • Ep. 40: Becoming Natives of Place in the American West | The American West

    August 4, 2026 · 55 min

    Two ideas about living in the modern West, bioregionalism and rewilding, emerged in the 1970s and early 2000s, and while neither has gone mainstream they have influenced how residents who prioritize nature have made decisions about a new…

  • Ep. 39: The River That Flowed From Nowhere, Part II | The American West

    July 28, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    When the U.S. acquired the West with the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, President Thomas Jefferson dispatched two scientific expeditions to explore it. Lewis & Clark became legendary. The historical fiction that follows indicates that with a…

  • Ep. 38: The River That Flowed From Nowhere, Part I | The American West

    July 21, 2026 · 58 min

    When the U.S. acquired the West with the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, President Thomas Jefferson dispatched two scientific expeditions to explore it. Lewis & Clark became legendary. Like Apollo 13, Jefferson’s Red River Expedition into the…

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About the show

Author Bryan Burrough exhumes the gritty history of Old West gunfighters. From Billy the Kid to Wyatt Earp to John Wesley Hardin and dozens more, this collection of stories proves how very violent America's nineteenth century frontier actually was, and traces the blood-soaked history of the troubled men who made it that way. Follow now on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, and YouTube.