It was a scene that any of us could picture today in our mind's eye.

Two groups of rivals set against each other by grudges, big and small, with a bit of small-town

politics thrown in for good measure.

To call it a ticking time bomb would be an understatement.

On one side were the cowboys, a band of ranchers turned criminals who had plagued the town

for years.

On the other, four lawmen, and their names are the ones you'd recognize.

Virgil, Morgan, and Wyatt Earp, alongside their good friend, Doc Holliday.

The resulting shootout that day in Tombstone,

Arizona, known today as the gunfight at the OK Corral, only lasted 30 seconds, but the market

left on the popular imagination has held on for nearly 150 years. Why? Because Americans have

never stopped being fascinated with the Wild West.

This July, Grimm and Mile presents, turns its gaze westward. Join us for a trek into the

unknown, the misunderstood, and the forgotten tales of America's westward expansion. From the early

explorers and the indigenous

peoples they encountered to the gunslingers of legend and everything in between, this is your

chance to learn just how complicated our move into Western North America really was, and why

so many of the assumptions we have about it are dead wrong.

So pack your sense of adventure and childhood love of the unexplored and get ready to make a journey.

Grim and Mild presents the Wild West, sets off on Friday, July 7th.

Subscribe today on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Learn more at grim and mild.com slash presents.

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