The stories in this book are about thirteen women gamblers who lived by their wits. Some were the product of hard times; others chose their profession simply because they liked [ … ]
Gothic Western Playlist #1
GothicWestern.com presents Gothic Western Playlist #1, featuring Gothic Americana, Dark Country, Bloodgrass and more from 16 Horsepower, Heathen Apostles, Murder By Death, Munly and others. This playlist is first in a [ … ]
Arizona Death Trip: Phantom of the Black Hills & Olive Oatman
Since she was ransomed back from Mohave Indians in 1856 wearing a tribal chin tattoo, Olive Oatman has inspired a sculpture by Erastus Dow Palmer, two biographies, two novels, a play starring John Wilkes [ … ]
Bone Tomahawk (2015) – Western Horror Film
“After an outlaw unknowingly leads a band of cannibalistic Troglodytes into the peaceful western town of Bright Hope, the monsters kidnap several settlers, including the wife of a local rancher. [ … ]
The Sixth Gun – Old West Zombies & Werewolves
“During the darkest days of the Civil War, wicked cutthroats came into possession of six pistols of otherworldly power. In time, the Sixth Gun, the most dangerous of the [ … ]
Penny Dreadful Season 3 – Werewolf Western
Werewolf Western…? Vampire Western? Witch Western? In Season 3 of HBO’s Penny Dreadful, the action follows wolfman Ethan (Josh Hartnett) home to the States and across the New Mexico territory. [ … ]
Jeremy Renner as Doc Holliday in New Film
Palmstar Media has optioned rights to the two Mary Doria Russell books on legendary gunslinger and gambler Doc Holliday for a movie that will star Jeremy Renner as Doc Holliday. PalmStar’s [ … ]
Those Poor Bastards – Dark Country Music
Those Poor Bastards is a dark country band out of Wisconsin that consists of Lonesome Wyatt (guitar, vocals) and The Minister (banjo, bass). “Those Poor Bastards own a unique sound [ … ]
American Vampire – An Old West Vampire Tale
American Vampire is a graphic novel whose story features Skinner Sweet, a sociopathic outlaw in the 1880’s old west who becomes not just the first Old West Vampire, but [ … ]
The Missing (2003) – Apache Brujo Black Magic
When frontier medicine woman and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett) sees her teenage daughter, Lily (Evan Rachel Wood), kidnapped by the Apache brujo Pesh-Chidin (Eric Schweig), she [ … ]