In 1875, Major John B. Jones leads the gradual transition of the Texas Rangers from frontier fighters to law enforcement officers. As Texas becomes the heart of the cattle ranching industry in America, cattle rustling becomes a serious problem. In Mason County, two factions battle each other. And as the murder rate rises, Jones leads the Rangers to town to t ... Show More
Jul 2024
TEXAS RANGERS Ep. 4 | “Family Feuds”
In the early 1870s, the Horrell brothers were involved in the murder of a sheriff, the murders of State Police officers, a jailbreak, and a bloody episode known as the Horrell War in New Mexico before the infamous Lincoln County War. In 1877, they become embroiled in a deadly feu ... Show More
39m 32s
Jul 2024
TEXAS RANGERS Ep. 5 | “McNelly On The Border”
In South Texas, in an area known as the Nueces Strip, cattle rustling is a huge problem and it comes with an additional layer of complication: many of the rustlers are from Mexico. They ride across the border, steal Texas cattle, and drive the cattle to Mexico. In 1875, Captain L ... Show More
31m 43s
Sep 2023
Ep.464 Tales Of The Texas Rangers: Hanging By A Thread
<p>Tales of the Texas Rangers, a western adventure old-time radio drama, premiered on July 8, 1950, on the US NBC radio network and remained on the air through September 14, 1952.<br/><br/>Movie star Joel McCrea starred as Texas Ranger Jayce Pearson, who used the latest scientifi ... Show More
31m 2s
Sep 2024
145: Ruby Ridge, Waco, & the bombing that TERRIFIED America | Dark History
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Most of us here at Dark History know about the Waco massacre. But nobody really talks about how the Waco massacre led to the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in United States history. And the story of how we got there is *WILD.* I’m ... Show More
43m 46s
Feb 2025
Buffalo Soldiers | The Brass Letters | 1
<p>In the spring of 1865, with the Civil War finally over, American lawmakers began to debate whether Black soldiers would have a permanent place in the peacetime Army. Some 180,000 Black men had fought in the Union ranks, but never before in the nation’s history had they been al ... Show More
38m 35s
Oct 2020
Ranger Bill 60-07-20 (081) Bridge Out! aka Henry's Bridge
Ranger Bill is a Christian radio program from the 1950s, produced by Moody Radio. With over 200 episodes produced, Ranger Bill stars Miron Canaday as the title character and Stumpy Jenkins and Ed Ronne, Sr as Grey Wolf. The main character, Ranger Bill, is a forest ranger located ... Show More
29m 13s
Jan 2020
Brian Cervantez, "Amon Carter: A Lone Star Life" (U Oklahoma Press, 2019)
Raised in a one-room log cabin in a small North Texas town, Amon G. Carter (1879–1955) rose to become the founder and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, a seat of power from which he relentlessly promoted the city of Fort Worth, amassed a fortune, and established himself ... Show More
56m 37s
Jul 2024
Charles Whitman: The Texas Tower Sniper
<p>On the morning of August 1, 1966, twenty-five-year-old Charles Whitman arrived at the University of Texas Austin campus a little before noon, carrying with him several rifles, pistols, and a shotgun contained within a military footlocker. After talking his way past a guard, Wh ... Show More
1h 32m