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PODCAST

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

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All Episodes

31:00

Halloween in Dodge City 1877

Wild West Podcast ·

2025/10/29

Send us a text Halloween in Dodge City is posted once a year during the month of October. The podcast tells the story of some of the characters who lived in Dodge City, Kansas, during the early frontier days. The story takes place on October 31, when a fictitious character named Luke McGlue visits a resting site known as Boot Hill. While waiting to administer the Kelly Cure, Luke visits and tells the stories of individual characters buried at Boot Hill. These long-lost souls include Lizzy Pal...

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A Real-Time Radio Reenactment Of John Brown’s Raid

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2025/10/26

Send us a text Step into the roar of 1859 as we stage a real-time radio reenactment of John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry. We don’t narrate from a safe distance; we drop you into the town as telegraph wires snap, church bells turn to alarms, and the first shots streak over the Potomac. The result is a tense, immersive experience that reveals how a desperate plan by 21 men pulled a divided nation closer to civil war. We follow Brown’s radical vision to seize the federal armory, arm the ensla...

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35:13

Phantom On The Prairie Ditch

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2025/10/22

Send us a text The prairie doesn’t forget—and it won’t let us forget either. We follow a chilling thread from a 96-mile irrigation scheme called the Eureka Canal to a vanished laborer whose story was buried in snow, silence, and someone else’s balance sheet. What begins as a Halloween ghost story widens into a study of hubris, place, and the quiet power of naming the lost. We unpack Asa T. Soule’s rise from hop bitters fortune to Western empire building, and how the canal promised a new Eden...

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A Haunted Western: The Ghost Of The Prairie Ditch Promo

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2025/10/19

Send us a text A storm-torn trench. A vanished name. And a legend that clings to the Cimarron plains like dust to a boot. We follow the rise and ruin of Soule’s Eureka Canal—hailed as progress, mocked as folly—and the night the sky split open and swallowed a worker named Silas Croft. What started as an audacious plan to force water through stubborn Kansas earth becomes a ghost story that refuses to settle, stirring questions about pride, loss, and the memories the land won’t release. We trac...

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Wild West Podcast: Halloween Ghost Stories

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2025/10/18

Send us a text "Howdy, partners! Gather 'round the campfire because The Wild West Podcast is taking you on a haunting adventure this Halloween with our special episode, "Ghost Stories of the Wild West!" Prepare for chilling tales of spectral gunslingers and lost souls echoing across the plains. Discover legends and true encounters from this untamed land, like a phantom marshal searching for his grave under the desert moon. Dim the lights and get ready for thrills and unforgettable stories...

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28:21

The Forgotten Grave Of Ed Masterson

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2025/10/18

Send us a text The wind on the Kansas plains doesn’t just rattle old storefronts; it carries the names we’ve let disappear. We retrace the final patrol of City Marshal Ed Masterson, shot along Dodge City’s infamous deadline in 1878, and follow the paper-thin trail of his remains from Fort Dodge to the overgrown ruins of Prairie Grove to the tidy rows of Maple Grove. What starts as a gripping frontier shootout turns into a forensic hunt for a missing grave, a meditation on how towns expand, an...

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23:12

Promise on the Pecos

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2025/10/15

Send us a text A single vow set against a hostile sky can bend the shape of history. When Charles Goodnight lashed his partner’s tin-lined casket to a wagon and steered across the Pecos, he wasn’t chasing myth—he was keeping a promise. That journey threads through everything that defined the West: the hard schooling of frontier life, the ruthless math of cattle markets, the invention that held trail crews together, and the uneasy line between conquest and survival. We trace Goodnight from a ...

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34:45

The Loyalty That Built the Goodnight-Loving Trail

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2025/10/11

Send us a text A whispered promise in a dark adobe room turns into one of the West’s most unforgettable journeys. We open on Fort Sumner in 1867, where Oliver Loving lies dying from gangrene and Charles Goodnight—trail boss, Ranger, problem‑solver—makes a vow to carry his partner home to Texas soil. From that moment, the story stretches backward into a life built on risk and forward into a 700‑mile funeral procession that defines what honor meant on the high plains. We trace Loving’s rise fr...

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11:25

Night Ride to Fort Sumner

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2025/10/09

Send us a text A contract to feed a frontier post shouldn’t have ended at a river cave, but the Pecos has a way of bending plans. We head out with Oliver Loving and W.J. Wilson on a night-run mission to Fort Sumner that turns into a standoff against a swelling war party, where ground, grit, and a few feet of brush decide the line between life and legend. When a parley sign flickers on the plains and a hidden shot rips through Loving’s wrist and side, the story snaps from strategy to survival,...

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34:27

Secrets Beneath the Limestone: The Haunted Legacy of...

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2025/10/04

Send us a text A limestone mansion built to defy the prairie became a vessel for sorrow—and then a sanctuary. We take you inside Dodge City’s Home of Stone, from John Mueller’s audacious rise and the black walnut staircase that flaunted prosperity, to the winter they called the White Death that buried a cattle empire under ice. Amid ruin, another story took hold: Caroline’s quiet grief, a nursery that never warmed, a rocking chair that swayed without wind, and a whisper that sounded like a ch...

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The Sand Creek Betrayal: America's Darkest Hour on...

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2025/09/25

Send us a text November 29, 1864 dawned cold on the Colorado plains as Cheyenne and Arapaho families slept peacefully under an American flag—a gift promising protection. By nightfall, over 200 Native Americans lay dead in what would become one of the most shameful episodes in American history. The Sand Creek Massacre didn't happen in isolation. It grew from a toxic brew of broken treaties, gold rush fever, and political ambition. Once respected Cheyenne and Arapaho territories, recognized in...

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What Lingers Behind Those Two-Foot Limestone Walls...

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2025/09/18

Send us a text Uncover the chilling mystery that lurks beneath Dodge City's storied past. While gunfighters and cattle drives typically dominate Wild West lore, a different kind of legend has quietly persisted for generations – the haunting of the Mueller Schmidt house. The Stone House stands as an architectural anomaly on the Kansas plains. Built in 1881 with imposing two-foot-thick limestone walls, it was designed to last forever in a town where everything else seemed temporary. But accord...

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Roundup: A Journey Through Western Poetry and Cowboy...

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2025/09/16

Send us a text Have you ever considered that the weathered saddle in your barn might be telling stories you've never fully heard? The Wild West Podcast invites you to listen more carefully to the language of leather and silver that defines cowboy culture. We journey into the soul of western heritage through the lens of a remarkable new book, "A Cowboy's Tale of Words, the Meaning of Saddles and Spurs." This thoughtful exploration goes beyond the surface of cowboy equipment to reveal how thes...

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23:55

Beyond the Narrative: Jeff Broome Challenges What We...

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2025/09/16

Send us a text Gold rushes change landscapes—both physical and human. When 100,000 settlers poured into Colorado Territory following the 1858 discovery of gold, they unknowingly set in motion a chain of events that would culminate in one of America's most controversial military actions. The newcomers' wagons followed water sources critical to both buffalo herds and the nomadic Plains Indians who depended on them for survival. As these resources vanished, tensions escalated into violence. His...

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Bassett of the Badlands: The Fearless First Marshal...

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2025/09/06

Send us a text Charlie Bassett may be the most important Wild West lawman you've never heard of. Before Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson became household names, they wore their first badges under his leadership in Dodge City, Kansas—a place so notoriously lawless it earned the nickname "the wickedest little town in America." Born in Massachusetts in 1847, Bassett's journey took him from Civil War battlefields to the heart of frontier chaos. Standing only five feet four inches tall, what he lacke...

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Unearthing the Language of the American Frontier:...

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2025/08/31

Send us a text What makes a true cowboy? It goes far beyond the iconic hat and weathered expression – it lives in the worn leather of a saddle that's witnessed countless sunsets and the rhythmic jingle of spurs that speak their own language. In this captivating conversation, author Michael King joins us to discuss his new book "A Cowboy's Tale of Words: The Meaning of Saddles and Spurs," which explores the soul of the American West through its most iconic tools and terminology. King, whose ...

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The Forgotten Marshal: Ed Masterson's Eternal Patrol

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2025/08/27

Send us a text Ghost stories often begin with dark and stormy nights, but Marshal Ed Masterson's begins with moonlit rails and the low, mournful groan of Santa Fe tracks. This poetic journey through time explores the tragic fate of a forgotten lawman whose remains have been relocated multiple times as Dodge City expanded, ultimately losing his marker and proper recognition. Marshal Ed Masterson once wore his star with pride, keeping peace in wild Dodge City until a fateful gunfight ended his...

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A Journey Through Time: The Miller-Schmidt House of...

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2025/08/24

Send us a text Step across the threshold of the Miller-Schmidt House and embark on a captivating journey through time. This remarkable limestone residence in Dodge City, Kansas—affectionately known as the "Home of Stone"—stands as one of America's most authentic windows into late 19th century domestic life. Built in 1881, when the American frontier was still taking shape, this architectural gem immediately captivates visitors with its breathtaking handcrafted spiral staircase—an elegant mast...

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What Makes a Story Truly Humorous? Clay Calloway's...

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2025/08/21

Send us a text Ever wondered how true American humor differs from its European counterparts? Clay Calloway joins the Wild West Podcast to reveal the secrets behind genuine frontier storytelling through his introduction to "The Legends of Dodge City: The Enterprise." Calloway's masterful analysis connects human anatomy to narrative structure, using the "funny bone" as a metaphor for how great stories deliver their impact. Unlike the immediate burst of a comic tale, true American humor b...

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The Mysterious Life of Dutch Henry Borne

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2025/08/09

Send us a text The tangled web of myth and reality surrounding Dutch Henry Borne reveals a captivating window into the American frontier experience. Our exploration of this enigmatic outlaw's life continues as we examine the controversial claims and counterclaims about one of the West's most fascinating characters. Dutch Henry's transformation from military scout to notorious criminal traverses the shifting moral landscape of the frontier. Beginning his Western career in 1867 as a scout for ...

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