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EPISODE · Sep 3, 2025 · 1H 15M

Billy the Kid & The Lincoln County War: His Dancing Eyes

from The American Southwest · host Thomas Wayne Riley

This is the first episode of eleven that will discuss Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War that took place in the 1870s in New Mexico. It will be an in-depth look into the myth and legend of Henry McCarty who became one of the country’s most feared outlaws. Obviously I will correct a lot of inaccuracies and exaggerated stories about the young outlaw who I grew to truly like and sympathize with… right up until I couldn’t. This episode will explore his early life and his family’s move from Indiana to Kansas and finally to New Mexico. Henry McCarty will get into some trouble in Silver City before heading west to Arizona. It’s in those rough and tumble deserts where the Kid will steal his first horse and have his first kill.

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