REOPENED: Death in Deadwood
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
4.1 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In a town most famous for the death of legendary gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok, police try to solve a murder not in the 1880s, but the 1980s. This murder involves a man named David Crockett, another named "Outlaw," a bus full of hippies, and a very large rock.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey cold case fans, we have something special for you. We're bringing you double the episodes |
| 0:05.3 | every week. We know you dedicated fans need your fix in between new episodes, so every Thursday |
| 0:11.5 | we are back bringing some of our best episodes from previous seasons. Let us know which classic |
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| 0:20.8 | Tuesday for all new episodes of Cold Case Files too. Now onto the episode. |
| 0:25.6 | There's a town in South Dakota called Deadwood. It's a somewhat famous old west town. You might |
| 0:32.4 | recognize the name from its place and the legend of Wild Bill Hickock or perhaps from the HBO show of |
| 0:38.1 | the same name. If you think about anything when you hear the name Deadwood, you probably think about |
| 0:47.9 | saloons and gunfights and prospecting of her gold. You probably don't think about boulders. |
| 0:54.4 | But in 1982, it wasn't a duel with pistols that caused the death of David Crocket Roads. |
| 1:01.3 | It was a boulder to the head. Who wielded the rock though? That would remain a mystery for over |
| 1:08.3 | 20 years, until a beer can, a tattoo, and a bus full of hippies led police to the killer. |
| 1:15.5 | From A&E, this is Cold Case Files, the podcast. I'm Brooke. And this story, adapted from a classic |
| 1:25.4 | episode of Cold Case Files, is told by the spectacular Bill Curtis. |
| 1:37.3 | We're on Main Street, Deadwood, South Dakota. A lot of history here. Deadwood has a number of |
| 1:42.7 | different characters that came along. Slow number 10 claims to be the sight that Wild Bill Hickock |
| 1:47.8 | was shot during the card game, holding the hand of Aces and Aids. Aces and Aids, also known as a |
| 1:57.8 | Deadman's Hand. 106 years to the day that Wild Bill Hickock was gunned down, |
| 2:04.2 | Deadwood South Dakota has another murder to deal with. |
| 2:07.2 | We are walking up the main road from off of Highway 85 to the parking area and picnic area. |
| 2:20.8 | We got called up here that there was a dead body up at the picnic area. |
| 2:25.2 | In 1982, Dwayne Russell is a detective with the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office. |
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