Gunfight at Tombstone Inside the Wild West

About this episode

The episode explores the historical events surrounding the Gunfight at the OK Corral and its impact on the Wild West.

It’s the stuff of Hollywood myth; that’s spawned dozens of films and books – the Gunfight at the OK Corral. The thirty-second shootout leaves three outlaws dead on the streets of Tombstone, Arizona – and makes legends of gunslingers Doc Holiday and Wyatt Earp. But what really happens that day? Why do the outlaws die and the lawmen survive? How does cattle-rustling and the discovery of silver play a part in the most famous gunfight of the old West? And what finally happens to Tombstone, the town ‘too tough to die’? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• Wild West
• Gunfight
• Outlaws
• Lawmen
• Tombstone
• History

Keywords

• Gunfight
• OK Corral
• Doc Holiday
• Wyatt Earp
• Tombstone
• outlaws
• lawmen
• cattle-rustling
• silver discovery

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Tombstone, Arizona

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