326: The Life & Crimes of Charley Flynn w/ Matthew Bernstein

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

One of the most colorful criminals in 19th-century California history was a man that you may not have ever heard of - Charley Flynn, aka Charles Mortimer. Flynn was a charmer and a ne'er-do-well whose life was something right out of a movie - a seemingly non-stop series of dramatic robberies and daring escapes. Flynn's activities turned terribly violent, however, after partnering with fellow criminal Carrie Jones, and culminated in two horrific murders and his eventual execution. My guest is author and editor of the Wild West History Association Journal, Matthew Bernstein. He joins me to talk about his book "Hanging Charley Flynn: The Short and Violent Life of the Boldest Criminal in Frontier California". More about the author and his work here: https://www.unmpress.com/9780826365040/hanging-charley-flinn/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.0	Hope you are staying sane in this busy holiday season.
1:24.0	I'm so glad to have Matthew Bernstein back once again.
1:28.0	He is the incoming editor of the Wild West History Association Journal and was on the show in early
1:36.9	2023 to chat about his George Hurst book. At the end of that interview he mentioned he had another book coming out this past fall called
1:46.4	hanging Charlie Flynn the short and violent life of the boldest criminal in frontier California.
1:54.8	And he is here to talk about that book today.
1:58.3	Thank you so much for coming back to the show.
2:01.0	Great to be here, Eric. So Charlie Flynn is a name that pops up
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