Synopsis
Longtime Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly serves as an executive producer of this adaptation of the "Legends & Lies" book series. The documentary series explores the stories behind events and the notable historical figures involved. Historical re-enactments and analysis from historians and other experts are used to bring viewers details about the topic discussed in each episode.
Episodes
1E1Jesse James: Bloody PoliticsA profile of Jesse James.60m2E2Doc Holiday: Desperate MeasuresA profile of John Henry "Doc" Holliday includes the gunfight at the O.K. corral.60m3E3James "Wild Bill" Hickok: Plains JusticeA profile of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok features his reputation as a marksman and penchant for gambling.60m4E4Kit Carson: Duty Before HonorA profile of Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (1809-68) explores his reputation as a mountain man, wilderness guide and Army officer.60m5E5Davy Crockett: Capitol HillbillyA profile of Davy Crockett (1786-1836), a frontiersman, politician and folk hero, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.60m6E6Black Bart: Gentleman BanditA profile of Black Bart, a notorious stagecoach robber in the Old West.60m7E7Billy the Kid: Escape ArtistA profile of Billy the Kid, a New York City native who became an outlaw in the Old West in the 1870s.60m8E8George Custer: A General's ReckoningA profile of George Armstrong Custer, a Civil War commander in the Union Army, who later died at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.60m9E9Bass Reeves: The Real Lone RangerA profile of Bass Reeves (1838-1910), a former slave who became a deputy U.S. marshal and is thought to be the inspiration for the Lone Ranger.60m10E10Butch Cassidy: The Last Man StandingA profile of Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, a pair of notorious Old West outlaws, who were immortalized in the Oscar-nominated 1969 film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).60m
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