The Sheriff and Outlaw Henry Plummer Part 3

Astonishing Legends

Scott Philbrook

History, Society & Culture

4.6 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2017

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

The case of Henry Plummer represents the gray area between due process and necessary action, depending on whether you view a rise in criminal activity as a matter for the justice system no matter how lacking, or local imperium no matter how brutal. In an interview with Frederick Allen, author of A Decent, Orderly Lynching: The Montana Vigilantes, we discuss his initial interest in the story, the motivations of the people involved, and the debate their actions spurred, then and now.

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0:00.0	This week's episode of Estonishing Legends is brought to you in part by Bloom that,
0:03.5	the Great Courses Plus and Blue Apron.
0:06.1	And we're back. Good night, Detroit.
0:08.4	Woo! That's right.
0:10.0	Yeah, that was...
0:10.7	I wanted to say hello to Detroit. Do you like a rock show?
0:14.8	Yeah, I don't know.
0:15.5	It's nice. I'm not sure they would have gone for it, but...
0:18.6	Oh, you mean the audience?
0:19.6	Yeah. We'll have for them were my age and older.
0:21.7	Yeah.
0:22.4	No.
0:22.9	Anyway, we just came back from our first live show in Detroit and it was a blast.
0:27.4	We are also dropping this week's show a little early due to some prior commitments,
0:31.2	this coming weekend.
0:32.4	But we'd like to thank everyone who came out to the Detroit show.
0:35.5	It was quite a thing for us to be removed from our studio.
0:38.3	Trying to do something even remotely interesting on a stage where people can actually see us.
0:43.5	Yeah.
0:44.1	You know, doing a live presentation in front of an audience is a whole different ballgame,
0:48.9	but we gave it our best shot and we think it came out okay.
0:51.9	It was acceptable at least.
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