Wild West Podcast
Welcome to the Wild West Podcast, winner of the 2026 Best of Western Podcast award, 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
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Latest Episodes
The Secret of the Stone House: Ghost Stories
On the edge of the prairie, where the wind could strip paint from a fence post and the sun baked the grass to brittle straw, a limestone mansion rose in defiance. Its walls, quarried by hand and mortared with ambition, promised permanence in a ...
"Voices of the Western Trail: The Days That Tried Men's Souls,
This episode of the Wild West Podcast, titled "Voices of the Western Trail: The Days That Tried Men's Souls," pairs spoken poetry with musical verse to strip away romanticized dime-novel myths and capture the brutal realities of tr...
Blood, Dust, and Defiance: The Wagon Ring of Fire
In this gripping final episode of our Wild West Podcast series, the sun-scorched plains of the Texas Panhandle erupt into a brutal struggle for survival during the late summer of 1874. When a sprawling government supply train led by Ca...
Nelson Miles's 1874 Southern Plains Campaign
In August 1874, Colonel Nelson Miles launched an expedition from Fort Dodge into the Texas Panhandle to force hostile tribes onto reservations during the Red River War. His force—comprising eight cavalry companies, four infantry companies, and ...
Ambush on the Prairie: The German Family Tragedy and Rescue
On September 11, 1874, the John German family was journeying westward toward Colorado along the Smoky Hill River route in Kansas when they were violently ambushed by a band of 17 Cheyenne Dog Soldiers led by Medicine Water. In the surprise atta...
Fan Mail
I really enjoyed the story of the German family. I have lived in Howell County my whole life (44 years). It really caught my attention driving along and hearing it mentioned on the podcast. I had heard the story but only faintly remembered it. I'm curious now if I can find the exact location of their homestead here for those 2 years. Thanks for the podcast, love them all, they help the miles go by hauling cattle to the Feedyards on the high plains.
Branson, Missouri
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