Short Stuff: The Death of Billy the Kid

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There are few times and places as romanticized as America's "Old West". It has a robust mythology peppered with gunslingers, outlaws, and rugged pioneers. One of the most recognizable of these legendary rogues has to be Billy the Kid. The young outlaw barely lived to see twenty-o ...  Show more

We end the series with Billy the Kid evading Pat Garrett 'til Billy's subsequent capture, daring escape, and inevitable downfall. And then we pose the question: Did Billy the Kid actually live to become Brushy Bill?

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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. For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.co ...  Show more