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Over the decades 16 human skeletons have been found near Badwater Creek in Wyoming. Some were murdered and some we're not sure what happened. From homesteaders, to soldiers, to one who apparently came back to haunt a local family's root cellar, you're going to like this one!
Jackie Dorothy's Original Article About The Wailing Skeleton
Jackie Dorothy's Podcast
Salt Lake Herald Article About The 12 Skeletons in The Aspen Grove
The Battle of Crazy Woman Creek
The Bates Battle
"Today in Wyoming's History" (A Blogger's Visit To The Bates Battle)
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You usually don't think of the arts when you think of marines, or marines when you think of artists. However, in this episode we interview a beret-wearing artist and former recon marine who went on to teach people how to print their photographs onto gold and ask if there is any crossover between the artistic and the militaristic.
Check out Barrie's Art at Merglennstudios.com
Marines Passing Out Underwater at Marine Recon School
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What do you do when the people in charge of stopping crimes try to get you to commit them? In 1940's Cheyenne, Wyoming, police approached African American Business Owner, Lola West, and told her she needed to change what she was selling at her boarding house and cafe and give them some of the profits. What followed was a story of corruption, extortion, race, and one woman who fought against what she knew was wrong even at risk to her business and herself.
Check out 100 Things To Do In Cheyenne Before You Die by Andi Jaspersen
Andi's Article About Lola West
Charged With Taking Bribes
Why "Fines" Weren't Placed In Treasury
Sentencing of Defendants
Defendants Made Trustees
Returned From State Prison Farm
More About African Americans Working as Porters on Trains
African American WaitersSupport the show
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From the skeleton of a teenaged girl, to a castle, to a railway shooting, I take you to all the odd little places in my own town where rumors have abounded and try to get to the bottom of them. Enjoy!
100 Things To Do In Cheyenne Before You Die - Andi Jaspersen
Haunted Cheyenne - Jill Pope
The Slaying of CC Bernard
The Execution of Paul "Perry" Carroll
Tom Horn's Execution & The Julian Gallows
Keith Bellair's Shooting
Keith Bellair's Escape
Knights of Pythias and Skeletons?
Skeletons Found at Odd Fellows 1
Skeletons Found at Odd Fellows 2
Cheyenne's Forgotten Castle
Bones Tell Story of Woman's Life
Visit Villa Montezuma
PHOTO: Joseph Stimson, Dare Castle, 1908.Support the show
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How did someone who grew up in a Wyoming town better known for railroad workers and the world's largest outdoor rodeo become an Oscar-winning filmmaker? We find out about Dan Junge's journey from The Magic City of the Plains to the podium at the academy awards.
Please check out Dan's films:
Chiefs
Saving Face
Being Evel
Fight Church
A Lego Brickumentary
To learn more about Dan and his many other films please visit his website.Support the show
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In 1862, a man was caught robbing so many graves in Salt Lake City, Utah that he was banished to a small island in The Great Salt Lake before disappearing entirely.
Jennifer Jones of The Dead History Blog shares this story involving grave robbing, reassurances to families of the victims by Brigham Young, and a possible tattoo or branding the culprit was supposedly given.
Please visit Jennifer's blog The Dead History.
You can download John Devitry-Smith's extensive paper on the subject here.
The Beating of Governor John Dawson's story is here.
If you want to visit the island where the grave robber was sent, please follow all the rules and safety precautions shared here and here by The Utah DNR.Support the show
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What happens when a biker, ultralight enthusiast, and scuba diver overcomes his wild past and opens a drive through known as "The Home of The Roadkill Burger" in Pinedale, Wyoming? AKA "The King Cone"
Visit Dave's Last Stand that is now in the same building where The King Cone used to be. (Sorry, it is not roadkill themed)Read about the 511 App regarding roadkill collectionVisit Pinedale, Wyoming
Learn how Tommy Harkness kept his lights on for years despite joking about how his burgers were made from animals scraped off of Wyoming's endless highways as well as hear his thoughts on life, Desert Storm, and even God.Photo by Mark Junge
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In 2021, Cheyenne, Wyoming honored a local teenager who helped his community in a very, very Wyoming Way.
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In the late 1980's, Carmen Singleton tried out for her tiny high school's football team in Hulett, Wyoming -just 10 miles away from Devils Tower. She describes what it was like going to her first day of practice including how some people made bets about how soon she would quit the team after being tackled and teased by the team. She describes what four years of football did for her and how attitudes started to change as people saw the fourteen year old girl continue to suit up and represent The Red Devils.
Visit Hulett, Wyoming
Visit Devils Tower
The Wind is My Witness by Mark JungeSupport the show
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In 1987, a town known more for refinery workers and antelope herds saw a Hollywood production company arrive to make a horror movie in it old penitentiary. After finding out that the 300 real inmates the filmmakers were planning on using were not going to be available, railroad workers, accountants, and roughnecks showed up to be in Renny Harlin's film Prison about the ghost of a wrongfully executed prisoner seeking revenge.
To learn how you can go on a tour of Wyoming's Frontier Prison click here.
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In 1988, Anne Arden McDonald took her portrait in Wyoming's Gas Chamber in the old Penitentiary in Rawlins, WY (see episode's icon). We ask her about the picture, why she took it, how she took it and how the scary old prison inspired the other photos she took there.
Click Here to See More of Anne's Photos from The Prison
Click Here to See Anne's Website and More of Her Work
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From the early 1900's until the early 1980's Wyoming's only maximum security prison was just half a dozen blocks away from downtown. The site of murders, arson, many executions, and even a lynching, Mark Setright walks us through the creepy old building on Walnut Street and describes the brutal and surreal events that happened within its walls. From an escape of almost 30 inmates that lead to locals shooting at prisoners trying to steal clothing from their clothes lines, a prison riot that lead one of Wyoming's governors to listen to the inmates demands, and an escape tunnel that had explosive results, Mark talks about the old pen and its impact on this tiny town along Interstate 80.
Visit The Old Pen
Listen to paranormal stories from the old pen Teenage Tours of an Old Prison
Lorenzo Paseo's attack on Harry Featherstone
The Lynching of Frank Wigfall by Robin Everett
Building a Gallows for Joseph Seng
The 1955 Prison Riot
The Prison Tunnel
Andrew Pixley & His Eyes
The Murder of Orville Ventilng (Come Visit The Pen!)Support the show
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In tiny Wheatland, Wyoming, Herschel "Tricky" Riggle had a successful rodeo act involving a three legged horse and knife throwing. However, Wheatland's idyllic main street was rocked by violence in 1953 when Riggle shot two people to death in the town's small café. We hear what happened and how some people still believe Governor Milward Simpson's reaction to the event had an impact on his 1958 attempt at re-election.
Drawn to the Archives - And A Crime by Robin Everett (Story about Riggle)
Milward Simpson & The Death Penalty by Robbin EverettSupport the show
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In 1958, Charles Starkweather was captured near Douglas, Wyoming after killing eleven people. We learn about the police chase through Douglas that lead to his capture as well as give a new look at the involvement or possible abduction of his former girlfriend, Carol Ann Fugate.
The Killing Spree that Transfixed a Nation by Lesley Wischmann
Starkweather by Harry N Maclean
My Story by Elizabeth Smart
Caril Fugate on A Current Affair
Watch the trailer for Badlands
Listen to Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
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Douglas, Wyoming was home to a massive Prisoner of War Camp during World War Two. When the war ended the camp was closed leaving behind only a hospital and an old officers' club where it's rumored some people never left.
How Can I Visit The Old Officers' Club?
Haunted Cheyenne
Stumbling on Skeletons
A Trail of Human Skeletons
Odd Fellows Have Skeletons In Their ClosetsSupport the show
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In 1943 several thousand Prisoners of War from Germany and Italy were taken across the US to the tiny farming and ranching town of Douglas, Wyoming. This episode shares oral histories from people who remembered the camp and what they learned about the people held inside.
Click here to see how you can arrange a visit to the remaining Officers' Club.
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In 2017, Dallin Cooper left Riverton, Wyoming to live in China. While there, he ate strange things, slept on hard beds, and upon returning home, had an explanation about why so many toilets in Yellowstone get broken.
35 Chinese Translation Fails
When East Meets West, Toilet Seats Take a Beating - Mike Koshmrl
As Asian Tourism Soars, the Mystery of Broken Toilet Seats Has Been Solved - Tom Howard
What Diseases Can You Get From Sitting on a Toilet? - Dan Brennan MD
Why Do Chinese People Love Taking Photos with Western Tourists?
Book Dallin to Speak
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Dallin's Podcast
Dallin's YouTubeSupport the show
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In June of 1942, Japanese forces invaded two small Islands that are part of Alaska's Aleutian Islands. We listen to two men who were there when the invasion started and one who fought to take it back.
Please check out:
The Battle of Attu
Even More About The Battle
Aleut Evacuation & Internment during World war II
Joseph Sasser's Full Interview
Charles House's Full Interview
Nurses' Camps
Attu Boy (Nick Golodoff's Story)
Last Letters From Attu (Etta Jones' Story)Support the show
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In 1980, George C Scott (Patton) stared in a horror movie about a haunted house called The Changeling. Even though the film was set in Seattle, it was based on a story written by Russel Hunter who claimed to have paranormal experiences in his home near Cheesman Park in Denver, CO in 1969. (See Photo)
We talk with Katie Rudolph at the Denver Public Library about her research into Hunter's story and compare it with the movie while trying to see if there is any truth to his strange and freighting story.
Katie's Research: A Denver House That Inspired a Horror FilmSupport the show
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Bill Betenson is Butch Cassidy's great nephew and says that his great grandmother insisted that Cassidy came back to visit his family in Utah in 1925, seventeen years after his supposed death in a Bolivian shootout. While myths of outlaws surviving their supposed deaths are common, Bill and his great grandmother share a very convincing story and DNA evidence also makes the time and place of Cassidy's death highly questionable. If you enjoy this episode, you might like this one about Butch Cassidy meeting with his lawyer in Piedmont, Wyoming before the Montpelier Idaho Robbery.
Butch Cassidy, My Brother by Lula Parker Betenson
Butch Cassidy: The Wyoming Years by Bill Betenson
Butch Cassidy was described as "cheery and affable" on wanted posters
DNA Testing of Cassidy and Sundance's alleged remains
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