WEBVTT - Introducing: Gunfighters, with Bryan Burrough

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<v Speaker 1>From mediator and author Brian Burrow, this is Gunfighters, a

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<v Speaker 1>gripping descent into the shocking true history of the American frontier.

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<v Speaker 2>What's long been considered the very first gunfight of the

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<v Speaker 2>old western frontier happened in the scraggly village of Springfield, Missouri,

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<v Speaker 2>just before 6 o'clock at the beginning of a warm

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<v Speaker 2>Friday evening. As everyone watched, two men stepped out into

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<v Speaker 2>the open. They had argued over a pocket watch one

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<v Speaker 2>of them seized from the other to satisfy a poker debt.

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<v Speaker 2>The man who took the watch was a tough character

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<v Speaker 2>named Davis Tut. The other gentleman, the one who wanted

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<v Speaker 2>his watch back, was James Hickok. Hickok hollered for Tut

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<v Speaker 2>to return his watch. The watch, shall we say, was

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<v Speaker 2>not forthcoming. The two men, both wearing holstered pistols, stood

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<v Speaker 2>frozen for a long moment. Suddenly, without a further word

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<v Speaker 2>or exchange between them, both threw their guns and fired.

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<v Speaker 2>Davis Tut staggered forward, shouted, Boys, I'm killed! and keeled

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<v Speaker 2>over dead. As he did, Hickok whirled around to confront

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<v Speaker 2>a pack of Tut's armed pals. He snarled at them.

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<v Speaker 2>Put up your shooting arms, there'll be more dead men here.

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<v Speaker 2>And they did. Hickok walked away clean. My name is

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<v Speaker 2>Brian Burra. I'm the author of eight books, and I've

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<v Speaker 2>been a writer at places like the Wall Street Journal,

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<v Speaker 2>Vanity Fair, and Texas Monthly for going on 40 years now.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been fascinated by the gunfighters of the Old West

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<v Speaker 2>since I was in sixth grade, when I was like 11.

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<v Speaker 2>From Butch and Sundance, I plunged into the stories you'd expect.

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<v Speaker 2>Billy the Kid, Jesse James, all the big names. And

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<v Speaker 2>then in time, I began digging down into the careers

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<v Speaker 2>of gunfighters I'd never heard of. Maybe you haven't either.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you stories in this podcast about all sorts

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<v Speaker 2>of dimly remembered men. Once you understand the context and

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<v Speaker 2>the background of all this, so many of these stories

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<v Speaker 2>are even wilder than what you see.

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<v Speaker 1>In the movies. Listen to Gunfighters with Brian Burrow, presented

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<v Speaker 1>by Takovas, starting on September 15th on the iHeartRadio app,

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<v Speaker 1>Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.