Episode 258 - Belle Starr - The Story of the Bandit Queen

This week we head to Carthage Missouri to attend the birth of a Wild West :Legend, the Bandit Queen Belle Starr,  We discuss her birth, her family, her brothers who all came to bad ends, including one who disappeared mysteriously.  We discuss her family's ties to the South as the Civil War came and went and her family's move to Scylene, Texas where she drove one of the wagons.  She idolized the James-Younger gang and learned how to shoot, eventually becoming a legendary outlaw and a planner of criminal activities, employing various criminals for various purposes, fencing their ill gotten gains and even arranging for their release from jail if they were caught.  She was eventually caught and charged with horse thievery and even that didn't stop her.  She served her time in Detroit before returning to a life of crime.  She was famously murdered and her murder remains unsolved.  In Arthur's corner we discuss the death of Ozzy Osbourne, the release of the game Secret of the Mimic and of course, Dandy's World in this wide ranging crazy episode of the Family Plot Podcast.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/family-plot--4670465/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices