Shootout at the O.K. Corral | Vendetta | 4

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In the aftermath of the deadly shootout at the OK Corral, the residents of Tombstone are sharply divided over whether to indict the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday. As the town teeters on the edge of all-out war, Wyatt Earp decides to take justice into his own hands leading to a vengeful ""Vendetta Ride"" that puts Wyatt on the wrong side of the law.

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0:37.2	Imagine it's October 28, 1881 in Tombstone, Arizona. You're a typesetter by trade, but today
0:44.4	you're doing your civic duty, sitting on the jury for that shootout that happened two days ago at the OK Corral, leaving three men dead.
0:52.1	You open the door of the small back room of the courthouse and take a seat
0:56.1	around a wooden table as your nine fellow jurors file in and sit down themselves. The ten of you have
1:01.9	just listened to the coroner's inquest, and now it's time to debate what you heard and determine if there's
1:07.0	enough evidence to bring charges. You volunteered to be foreman, and you want to make sure
1:11.8	that justice is done. So you clear your throat and remind your fellow jurors of the task at hand.
1:18.1	All right, gentlemen, according to the law, we have two jobs today. First, for legal reasons,
1:22.8	we have to rule who killed Billy Clanton and the Tomb of Glory brothers. That should be easy.
1:28.4	The Earp brothers and Doc Holliday aren't denying that they did it, so we can all agree there, right?
1:33.6	Everyone murmurs in a sense, so you go on. But the second matter is a little trickier. We have to
1:38.5	rule whether the Earps and Holiday were legally culpable and should face criminal charges.
1:43.5	So I say we take a preliminary vote to see where
1:46.0	things stand. So who here thinks the Earps and Holiday should be cleared? Three hands go up,
1:51.2	including yours. And who thinks they should be indicted? Three different hands go up, leaving four
1:56.8	undecided, an utter deadlock. One of the jurors who voted to indict stands up. He's an insurance
2:03.3	clerk in town. I don't understand how you can say they're innocent. Not innocent, but they were carrying
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