Famous Billy the Kid Photo
Years ago I commented on the Billy the Kid PBS special and how the famous Billy the Kid photo kept appearing on the screen over and over. That’s because there [ … ]
The Definitive Gothic Western Collective
Years ago I commented on the Billy the Kid PBS special and how the famous Billy the Kid photo kept appearing on the screen over and over. That’s because there [ … ]
The world believes the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid was killed by Pat Garrett, but in reality the Kid is very much alive, the hired gun of Fineas Sproule’s traveling [ … ]
Thunder in the West – The Life and Legends of Billy the Kid, Richard W. Etulain, University of Oklahoma Press, $29.95, Non-fiction, Cloth. Illustrations, Photos, Essay on Sources, Bibliography, Index. [ … ]
The Lincoln County War was going full tilt. William Brady was the sheriff of Lincoln County. Brady was known to be in the pocket of the Murphy-Dolan faction… the bad [ … ]
The Kid is a 2019 Billy the Kid movie directed by Vincent D’Onofrio, from a screenplay by Andrew Lanham, and is executive produced by Carl Stubner, through Suretone Pictures. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Dane DeHaan, Jake Schur, [ … ]
Dirty Little Billy is a 1972 American western film co-written and directed by Stan Dragoti in his feature film debut, and stars Michael J. Pollard as Billy the Kid. Clearly [ … ]
Man-Hunters of the Old West, Volume 2, Robert K. DeArment, University of Oklahoma Press, Cloth, $29.95, Non-fiction. Photos, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Eight men are featured here, most we’ve never heard of, [ … ]
The Weird Wild West is infamous for its outrageous stories, cowboys, and gun battles. But the region is also known for its ghost stories, unexplained deaths, bizarre murders, and peculiar [ … ]
Martha Canary, better known as Calamity Jane, was a legend in her own time. Martha was born in Missouri in 1856, and had several younger siblings. Her father was a [ … ]
In Undead in the West: Vampires, Zombies, Mummies, and Ghosts on the Cinematic Frontier, Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper have assembled a collection of essays that explore [ … ]