25: 1870s Deadwood w/ Barbara Fifer - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2016

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

For those of us who've watched and enjoyed HBO's Deadwood, the town and its characters are absolutely larger than life. But was the show historically accurate? What is fact and what is fiction? My guest, Barbara Fifer, author of Deadwood Saints and Sinners, helps set the record straight. Her writing partner and co-author, the late Jerry Bryant, was a consultant on the Deadwood TV show, and has passed to her a treasure trove of historical research on both the town, and its biggest villain, Al Swearengen. She chats with me about both on this week's episode.

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0:00.0	With BT Broadband and TV, you can say goodbye to boredom and hello to...
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0:30.0	Most notorious contains adult themes. It is not suitable for all audiences.
0:36.0	Listener discretion is advised.
1:00.0	Welcome to the Most notorious podcast, I'm Eric Rivness.
1:28.0	The episode today is a slight departure from our usual straight up criminal fare.
1:33.0	I've long been fascinated by the town of Deadwood. When I was a kid I was crazy about western gunslingers to the point of obsession.
1:40.0	And while Southern Minnesota did have the Northfield bank raid by the James and younger brothers gang, which I probably should do a show on,
1:48.0	I was always dreaming about tombstone, Dodge City and Deadwood.
1:52.0	And Deadwood happened to be one state over for me, so on more than one occasion, family vacations meant to trip to the Black Hills to see Mount Rushmore,
2:00.0	camping in the inevitable stop in Deadwood, where I walked the sidewalks on Cloud 9.
2:06.0	Gobbling up every bit of information I could on Wild Bill Hickog and Calamity Jane.
2:11.0	And of course, no trip to Deadwood is complete without a peek into saloon number 10, where Wild Bill met his demise.
2:17.0	So of course I was excited when the television show aired a few years back, as many of you were as well, I'm sure.
2:23.0	And it certainly didn't disappoint. But I've always wondered what was historically accurate about the show and what came up a little short.
2:31.0	So skip forward to today, I've got a podcast and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to find an expert on the town of Deadwood,
2:40.0	who might be able to help separate some of the fact from the fiction.
2:44.0	With me today is Barbara Flifer and editor and the author of Deadwood Saints and Sinners.
2:50.0	She's written many books and articles about the American West. This book was co-written by the late Sherry Bryant,
2:56.0	an archaeologist and historian who consulted on the HBO series Deadwood.
3:02.0	Thank you so much for joining me today, it's a great pleasure.
3:05.0	Thanks, Eric, I'm glad to be with you.
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