HATFIELDS & MCCOYS Ep. 5 | "The Final Battle"

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

Arts, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Weeks of firefights and arrests lead to the Battle of Grapevine. A party of McCoy supporters led by “Bad” Frank Phillips clashes with a party of Hatfield supporters. The consequences push the states of Kentucky and West Virginia to the Supreme Court. The last fight of the feud happens in a courtroom, but it claims one more life. 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	Fever tree Mediterranean tonic water
0:02.9	Pfft!
0:03.9	Made with zesty lemon time from a small family farm in Provoz
0:08.7	and essential oils from herbs that grow in the Mediterranean sunshine.
0:13.5	So, if three quarters of your G&T is a Fever tree tonic,
0:18.8	maybe it's time to call it a T&G.
0:22.4	Fever tree. Mix with the best.
0:26.9	Oh, that takes me straight to the med.
0:41.9	It had been 40 years since Pike County, Kentucky, hanged a man.
0:45.9	A new gallows was built.
0:48.9	Timbre was harvested from the nearby woods to construct the scaffold.
0:53.3	13 steps led up to the platform.
0:55.9	An arm held the rope over the trap door.
0:58.9	An offense was built around the site.
1:01.9	A law had been passed 10 years ago that banned public executions.
1:05.9	It was probably one of those laws that looked good on paper,
1:09.9	but was difficult to enforce.
1:12.9	The gallows was built right out in the open.
1:15.9	The fence couldn't stop people from watching.
1:17.9	It only stopped them from getting too close.
1:21.9	For days leading up to the execution,
1:23.9	people from all over the Tug Valley region streamed into the town of Pikeville.
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