Badman Billy Cook - UI Podcast #148

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

There's a killer on the road. The mostly forgotten true story of the manhunt for mass murderer Billy Cook in 1951. His crime spree was the inspiration for a verse in one of rock's most classic songs. Also learn about a teacher forced to resign because she had married, a doctor that kept his marriage a secret for 12 years, and a couple who secretly married to avoid all of the fuss. Retrosponsor: Tulsa Window and Door Company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an AirWave Media Podcast.
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0:36.0	What do I do?
0:37.0	What do I say?
0:38.0	What do I say?
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1:04.0	This is the Useless Information Podcast.
1:07.0	I am Steve Silverman.
1:09.0	Useless Information.
1:16.0	As you know, I typically ask what I refer to as the question of the day in each podcast.
1:21.0	So for today's question, I thought I'd do something a little bit different.
1:25.0	And that's because the story I'm about to tell you is referenced in the second verse of a hit song from 1970
1:31.0	by one of Rock's most famous acts.
1:34.0	And in fact, if you've ever listened to Classic Rock, you probably know this song.
1:39.0	So what I'm going to do is drop in sections of the lyric throughout the story as I tell it,
1:43.0	and let's see if you can name that tune.
1:48.0	A good place to start the story is on Wednesday, January 3rd of 1951.
1:54.0	That's when Osage County Deputy Sheriff Warren Smith was driving on a seldom-traveled road
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