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Legends of the Old West

WOMEN OF THE WEST Ep. 4 | Belle Starr: “The Bandit Queen, part 2”

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

Arts, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Belle and her husband Sam Starr stole horses and cattle, and worked with the outlaw network that was organized by Sam’s father. They faced justice in the courtroom of “Hanging Judge” Isaac Parker, but then resumed their outlaw lifestyles. Belle’s husband met a violent end, and her own death remains controversial to this day. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join To advertise on this podcast, please email: [email protected] For more details, visit our website www.blackbarrelmedia.com and check out our social media pages. We’re @OldWestPodcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. This show is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please visit AirwaveMedia.com to check out other great podcasts like Ben Franklin’s World, Once Upon A Crime, and many more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Their skiff'd have ever received has to be a bike when I was younger, a pedal bike.

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It was a sort of slick little road bike and I remember it was all like, it was so, it was all wrapped up,

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it was so obvious what it was obviously because nothing shaped like a bike and I had a little ribbon on it and I was so

0:17.0

a guess. For that was a life changer and I'm still sort of big on cycling around my area now so, for that one change really low.

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In 1881, 33 year old Bell star lived in the hot and lawless nomans land of Southwest Indian territory.

1:20.0

She was on her second marriage, this time to Sam's star, partly out of necessity and partly out of her own attraction to a

1:33.0

own attraction to excitement and nice things, Bell star decided she would no longer just

1:38.6

be a bystander to criminal enterprise. She would be a leader.

1:43.8

This was not how she imagined her life would turn out. Before the Civil War, Bell had grown

1:49.5

up in a well-to-do family in Missouri. She was extremely bright and enjoyed an education

1:55.4

that surpassed what most women had at the time. She was also an excellent horsewoman and

2:00.9

pistol shot thanks to the teachings of her brother Bud. When Bud joined the notorious group

2:07.0

of Missouri guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders, she helped by delivering intelligence.

2:13.4

Bud's escapades got him killed and Bell nursed a broken heart even as the family moved to Texas

2:19.3

for a fresh start after the war. But things continued to go downhill. Her brother Edwin was shot

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