The Untold Story of Julia Bulette: Survival, Scandal, and Silver Rush Secrets
10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories
Joe Kuner
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Julia Bulette didn’t come to Virginia City to become a legend. She came for the same reason everyone else did — to survive. But where most people blended into the dust and desperation, Julia stood out. She fought fires. She nursed the sick. She built a life in a town that didn’t have room for women like her… until it did.
In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on a woman who carved out a place for herself in the middle of the Wild West, only to be betrayed by the very people she helped lift up. From the silver boom to a brutal end that shook the town, Julia’s story is a reminder of what happens when someone refuses to play by the rules — and why, sometimes, memory is the only justice we get.
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| 0:00.0 | When you think of the Wild West, you probably think of dusty streets, bar fights, |
| 0:04.8 | and a lot of men making bad decisions wearing questionable hats. |
| 0:09.0 | But buried somewhere between the silver mines and the saloons was Julia Bullett. |
| 0:14.0 | A woman who didn't just survive Virginia City, she made herself impossible to ignore. |
| 0:20.0 | She fought fires, nursed the sick, |
| 0:22.5 | and built a life in a place that barely had walls, let alone rules. But in a town that loved |
| 0:28.0 | its heroes, until they became inconvenient, Julia's story didn't get the ending it deserved. |
| 0:34.1 | Today we're digging into the life, death, and legacy of the woman the Wild West couldn't forget, |
| 0:40.1 | even if it really, really tried. |
| 0:42.1 | Before we dive in, if you like your true crime brief and bingeable, you're in the right place. |
| 0:47.0 | Hit follow now for at least two new episodes every week. |
| 0:50.2 | This is 10-minute murder. |
| 0:52.4 | Let's get into it. |
| 1:07.7 | Music This is 10-minute murder. Let's get into it. Most people who chased the American dream back then didn't find a dream. They found hard dirt, |
| 1:14.2 | broken ribs, and disappointment that smelled like cheap whiskey. But Juliet, Bulliette, she wasn't most |
| 1:20.4 | people. Born in London, England, Julia grew up surrounded by a city, choking on tradition and |
| 1:26.3 | coal smoke. |
| 1:27.7 | By the late 1830s, she was ready for something bigger, something messy and wide open. |
| 1:32.8 | So she packed up her life into a few trunks, followed her family across an ocean, and landed |
| 1:37.9 | in California, a place that still looked more like a rumor than a promise. |
| 1:43.3 | They drifted for a while, chasing opportunities that |
| 1:45.9 | always seemed just out of reach. But somewhere along the way, Julia decided she was done |
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