Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

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.

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307 episodes
Updated July 22

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Mar 31, 2020 · 27 min
HATFIELDS & MCCOYS Ep. 1 | "Blood Feud"
The most iconic family feud in American history begins in the heart of southern Appalachia. Tensions rise during the years before the Civil War, and then an attack near the end of the war raises the stakes to a fatal level. At that point, there is no...
Mar 4, 2020 · 29 min
JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 9 | "Assassination"
In the Season Finale, Jesse and Frank rob one final train. One by one, the members of Jesse's gang disappear or die. The governor of Missouri announces unprecedented bounties for the capture of the James boys, and the money tempts Charley and Robert...
Feb 26, 2020 · 30 min
JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 8 | "Darkness On The Edge Of Town"
With the Northfield ordeal done, Frank and Jesse rebuild their lives. Frank gives up his criminal past; Jesse wants to continue robbing. Jesse starts a new gang but it quickly crumbles and drives him downward into a dark state of paranoia. Forces are...
Feb 19, 2020 · 38 min
JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 7 | "Manhunt"
After the Northfield shootout, the surviving members of the James-Younger gang flee the area. Posses scour the land in pursuit. The outlaws are plagued by terrible weather, rough terrain, and hundreds of manhunters. After a week on the run, the gang...
Feb 12, 2020 · 31 min
JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 6 | "Hellfire"
The Northfield raid begins badly and ends in disaster. A shootout engulfs the town as the James-Younger gang battles the citizenry in Old West urban combat. Both sides suffer losses and grievous injuries. Afterward, the town and the gang will never be...
Feb 5, 2020 · 32 min
JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 5 | "Midnight Rider"
Pinkerton detectives attack the James family farm and the results are deadly. The James-Younger gang robs a train in Missouri, but suffers a setback. The actions of a traitor push the gang to make the fateful decision to go north. Two weeks later, the...
Jan 29, 2020 · 31 min
JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep 4 | "Blood on the Tracks"
A train robbery brings the Pinkerton Detective Agency back into the lives of the James-Younger gang. Undercover detectives attempt to infiltrate the gang but produce disastrous results. In the aftermath, the agency begins a long campaign that is...
Jan 22, 2020 · 31 min
JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 3 | "Fame and Fortune"
A bank robbery in Iowa jumpstarts the career of the James-Younger gang. A train robbery -- also in Iowa -- cements the gang as the premier outlaw group in America. The bandits' rise to stardom is fueled by their biggest fan: an aggressive newspaper...
Jan 15, 2020 · 33 min
JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 2 | "Armed Robbery"
Bank robberies pile up fast in the years after the Civil War. Frank and Jesse learn the tricks of the trade from their old guerilla comrades and then strike out on their own. But in their first solo action, Jesse murders a man in cold blood and earns...
Jan 8, 2020 · 37 min
JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 1 | "Retribution"
Frank and Jesse James grow into young men amid the chaos of the Civil War. They learn the skills and tactics of guerilla warfare in their home state of Missouri. And when the war is finished, they must decide on a new path. When the first daylight...
Dec 15, 2019 · 42 min
BEAU L'AMOUR INTERVIEW | "Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures"
Beau L'Amour is the son of legendary author Louis L'Amour and he joins the show to discuss a project called, "Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures." Beau helped produce two volumes of stories from his father's vast collection of unfinished and unpublished...
Oct 30, 2019 · 7 min
BILLY THE KID | Prologue
The life of the most infamous outlaw in the history of the American West is steeped in mystery. This is the story of Henry McCarty, aka Henry Antrim, otherwise known as William H. Bonney, glorified in legend as Billy the Kid. Please subscribe to the...
Oct 13, 2019 · 8 min
UPDATE | Billy the Kid and the future
A quick update on new seasons of Legends, great news for Black Barrel Media, and the story of Billy the Kid...
Sep 22, 2019 · 35 min
CRAIG JOHNSON INTERVIEW |"Land of Wolves"
New York Times best selling author, Craig Johnson, returns to the show to discuss his latest Walt Longmire mystery novel, "Land of Wolves." For all the aspiring authors in the audience, Craig also talks about some aspects of the writing process,...
Aug 11, 2019 · 31 min
LEGENDS LITE | High West Whiskey
The story of how David Perkins, a biochemist, founded and named . Learn the Old West meanings behind their “core four;” the laws necessary to make straight whiskey; how you can contribute to the preservation of the Old West by drinking ; and which...
Aug 4, 2019 · 7 min
INFAMOUS AMERICA | Black Sox preview
Sports fans, this one is for you. On the Infamous America podcast, the story of one of the most notorious scandals in American sports history is about to unfold. It's the tale of the 1919 Chicago White Sox, who are better known as the "Black Sox."...
Jul 21, 2019 · 22 min
LEGENDS LITE | The Outlaw Harry Tracy
Harry Tracy terrorized the Pacific Northwest in the waning days of the Old West. He was a thief, an escape artist and a cold-blooded murderer. He ran with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and was said to be more ruthless than Jesse James. This is...
Jun 23, 2019 · 34 min
LEGENDS LITE | Ghosts of Deadwood
Interviews with Ty Sanford, Maurice Miller and Chris Carpenter. Ty Sanford of discusses the most cold-blooded attempted murder in Deadwood’s history and then highlights some creepy encounters in the haunted places of the town. Maurice Miller of ...
Jun 16, 2019 · 29 min
LEGENDS LITE | Women of Deadwood
An interview with Carolyn Weber, Executive Director of Deadwood History Inc., about some of the prominent women of Deadwood: Martha Bullock, Aunt Lou Marchbanks and Dr. Flora Hayward Stanford. On location from the Homestake Adams Research and Cultural...
Jun 9, 2019 · 47 min
DEADWOOD Ep. 3 | "Fire, Flood and Gold"
The true stories of the fire that destroyed Deadwood in 1879; the flood that devastated the town in 1883; the mining baron, George Hearst, who consolidated the mines of the Black Hills into the richest gold mining operation in North America. Featuring...

Legends of the Old West

HATFIELDS & MCCOYS Ep. 1 | "Blood Feud"

JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 9 | "Assassination"

JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 8 | "Darkness On The Edge Of Town"

JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 7 | "Manhunt"

JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 6 | "Hellfire"

JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 5 | "Midnight Rider"

JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep 4 | "Blood on the Tracks"

JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 3 | "Fame and Fortune"

JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 2 | "Armed Robbery"

JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 1 | "Retribution"

BEAU L'AMOUR INTERVIEW | "Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures"

BILLY THE KID | Prologue

UPDATE | Billy the Kid and the future

CRAIG JOHNSON INTERVIEW |"Land of Wolves"

LEGENDS LITE | High West Whiskey

INFAMOUS AMERICA | Black Sox preview

LEGENDS LITE | The Outlaw Harry Tracy

LEGENDS LITE | Ghosts of Deadwood

LEGENDS LITE | Women of Deadwood

DEADWOOD Ep. 3 | "Fire, Flood and Gold"