New Mexico Outlaw: Billy the Kid
True Consequences - True Crime
Eric Carter-Landin
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Billy the kid was one of the most notorious outlaws in the 1800s and his story has been sensationalized and blown out of proportion so I am going to attempt to tell you the story as close to the truth as I can determine. This version of Billy the Kid isn’t as sexy as many listeners are used to so I apologize for that in advance. But like I said his story has been sensationalized and a certain mythos has been created around his life. Henry McCarty was born on November 23rd (according to some) 1859 in New York City, New York. He was raised in poverty in New York with his mom and father. It is believed that he took the now famous alias of William H. Bonney by using the name of his mom’s boyfriend and her maiden name.
This is the story of Billy the Kid -
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Jules from Riddle Me That True Crime. I have a passion for all things crime and psychology, |
| 0:07.1 | and I have a PhD in transpersonal counseling, so I love research, and I like to do deep dives into cases. |
| 0:14.1 | I recently did a three-part series on the disappearance of Madeline McCann. I promise you, |
| 0:19.3 | this is coverage that you haven't heard anywhere else. |
| 0:22.8 | I also do cases that are lesser known, such as the case of Keith Warren, who in 1986 was found |
| 0:28.5 | hanging from a tree in Silver Spring, Maryland. His death was classified as a suicide, but things |
| 0:34.2 | don't add up in the case. Keith was found wearing clothes that weren't his. |
| 0:38.5 | The 911 caller said that someone had committed suicide in her boyfriend's basement, |
| 0:42.8 | and when emergency services arrived, the body was in the woods and not in the basement. |
| 0:48.3 | Keith's mother Mary would receive a manila envelope that would call the suicide conclusion by police into question. |
| 0:55.6 | There were copies of police photos and a note that predicted the death of Keith's friend Mark Finley. Mark Finley calls Mary |
| 1:01.8 | to unburden himself, but he would never get the chance. Before he gets a chance to meet up |
| 1:07.2 | with Mary, he is killed in a freak accident, though some believe it was murder. |
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| 1:45.3 | True Consequences is a true crime and mystery podcast with stories based in New Mexico and the American Desert Southwest. |
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