ENCORE I DODGE CITY Ep. 3: “Wicked Town”

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

Arts, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Wyatt Earp meets Doc Holliday while trailing outlaws to Texas. In Dodge, Bat Masterson takes a new law job and his older brother, Ed, becomes town marshal. But Ed’s life is in danger. In the first six months, he finds himself in two gunfights, and the second has tragic consequences. Join Black Barrel+ for bingeable seasons with no commercials: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join For more details, visit our website www.blackbarrelmedia.com and check out our social media pages. We’re @OldWestPodcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The town Marshall might have expected the gunshot, but he almost certainly didn't expect
0:18.6	the flames.
0:20.3	He was grappling with a Texas cowboy for control of a pistol, so on some level of his mind,
0:26.0	a gunshot probably wasn't a complete shock, but after the bullet erupted from the gun,
0:31.7	his clothes cut on fire, and that must have been a shock.
0:36.1	He stumbled backward as the bullet tore through his abdomen, and he probably swatted at the
0:40.9	flames.
0:42.2	He staggered up the street, away from the cowboy who'd shot him.
0:46.3	In his condition, mortally wounded, he might not have recognized his younger brother as
0:51.6	the brother charged down the street with guns blazing.
0:55.3	The town Marshall, probably clutching his bloody stomach, stayed on his feet for an incredible
1:00.9	distance before he finally collapsed.
1:04.0	His younger brother rushed to his side to be with him in his final minutes.
1:09.2	Dodge City was about to suffer its greatest tragedy since the Erbs and the Mastersons
1:13.3	came to town.
1:15.1	The spring, summer and fall of 1878 would be the scariest and recent memory.
1:33.7	From Black Barrel Media, this is Legends of the Old West.
1:37.3	I'm your host Chris Wimmer.
1:39.5	This season we're telling a five-part story about Dodge City, and the duo of Bat Masterson
1:44.9	and Wyatt Earp.
1:46.6	This is Episode 3, Wicked Town.
1:57.9	Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson were a good team in the cattle seasons of 1876 and 1877.
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