About this episode

The episode explores the mysterious death of Johnny Ringo and other related stories of crime and urban legends.

Two months after walking away from the Tombstone feud a free man, Johnny Ringo was found dead against a tree with a Colt in his hand. He had survived the Hoodoo War, jail breaks, and a showdown with Doc Holliday — but no one can agree on what finally killed him. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/JohnnyRingo READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/24j5xybk FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: A gentleman gunslinger who could quote Shakespeare, Johnny Ringo was a mythic gunslinger who died a mysterious death befitting his legend. (The Mysterious Death of Outlaw Johnny Ringo) *** To his family and neighbors, Richard Kuklinski was the all-American man. To the mafia and his victims, he was the "devil himself" known as the Iceman killer. (The Mafia’s Most Prolific Hitman) *** Wherever tragedies happen, urban legends settle. And for almost every urban legend, there is a road to take you there… a road often just as terrifying as the urban legend it takes you to. (Roads that Lead to Urban Legends) *** We’ll look at the true story of a bar bouncer accused of killing his wife… which is odd, seeing as the incident took…

People in this episode

Host: Darren Marlar

Topics covered

• Johnny Ringo
• mysterious death
• urban legends
• true crime
• mafia
• extraterrestrials

Keywords

• Johnny Ringo
• Doc Holliday
• mysterious death
• urban legends
• true crime
• mafia
• Iceman
• extraterrestrials

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