Billy the Kid: The Jailbreak That Made a Legend
On April 28, 1881, a 21-year-old outlaw sentenced to hang slipped his handcuffs, killed two deputies, and rode out of Lincoln, New Mexico still wearing leg irons. His name was Henry McCarty—better known as Billy the Kid.
In this episode, Alexander Lawson traces the real crimes behind the myth: the first killing in an Arizona saloon, the bloody Lincoln County War, the ambush of Sheriff Brady, the famous escape, and the final shot fired by Pat Garrett in the dark. Separating legend from ledger, we examine how many men Billy the Kid actually killed—and how a teenage orphan became the most…
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