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This week we're talking the Klondike gold rush and a real varmint gangster, Soapy Smith. We also discuss current events regarding the geriatric executive branch, digging in Tallahassee and more, enjoy!

July 8, 1898. Notorious confidence man Jefferson “Soapy” Smith is killed in a gunfight with a vigilante in the Alaskan boomtown of Skagway.Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Saubere Arbeit von Niklas, wirklich eine blitzeblanke Folge vor der Sommerpause. Ja, leider kein verspäteter aPril-Scherz: Wir machen ein paar Wochen Pause, mehr dazu im Podcast. Also hört einfach rein, vor allem natürlich für die Geschichte von Möchtegern-Cowboy Soapy Smith, der im Wilden Westen allerhand Schabernack getrieben hat. Der war wirklich mit allen Wassern gewaschen. Mehr Wortspiele fallen mir aus dem Stehseif nicht ein, viel Spaß!

There is no new episode this week. Instead, I thought I'd share a compilation of previously released material. In this collection of true stories from the Old West, we'll discuss Comanche Jack Stilwell, his heroics during the Battle of Beecher Island, and his brother's time in Tombstone. Afterward, we'll join Billy the Kid and his pals over at White Oaks and discuss the Kid's arrest at Stinking Springs. We'll take some sage advice from the legendary Wyatt Earp, delve into the lives of Alabama outlaw Rube Burrow and Old West conman Soapy Smith, join Kit Carson as he faces off against the Comanche at Adobe Walls, draw inspiration from sharpshooter Annie Oakley and finally, we'll take a look at the circumstances surrounding the death of Billy the Kid. (0:00) Comanche Jack vs Wyatt Earp (10:27) Billy the Kid & the White Oaks Standoff (14:17) Wyatt Earp Speaks (26:59) Rube Burrow (1:15:43) Billy the Kid's Arrest at Stinking Springs (1:20:49) First Battle of Adobe Walls (1:45:54) Soapy Smith (2:31:41) Billy the Kid's Escape from Lincoln (2:37:07) Cullen Baker (3:21:58) Annie Oakley Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Into History for ad-free and bonus content! https://intohistory.supercast.com/ Merchandise! https://www.teepublic.com/user/wild-west-extravaganza Book Recommendations! https://www.amazon.com/shop/wildwestextravaganza/list/YEHGNY7KFAU7?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d

Wow- I recorded the Compulsory Education episode when I had the flu, and I didn't realize how bad I had it.  I missed a few edits, and even lost an entire track.  Not my best work.  To make up for it, here's a bonus episode.   A short story about a character born in Georgia who would become the premier con man of Denver, then Scagway Alaska amid the Yukon Gold Rush The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon. But they are dead - A look at mourning and notable burials in Northeast Georgia

“It's just as easy to make big money as little money. In my profession, a hundred dollars is just chicken feed. We think in thousands, not tens. Experience has taught me that it is as easy to separate a sucker – the right sucker – from five thousand dollars as from fifty. We always offered our services to well-to-do men, holding out the promise that their investments were certain to net them profit in three to four figures, at least – and that's the real bait for the sucker – particularly if he's the close-fisted kind that always wants something for nothing. Yes, there always was a lot of satisfaction as well as cash profit in trimming some old skin flint who would rob his grandmother if he had a chance.” - Doc Bags; a legendary con artist and frontier gambler who plied his trade throughout the West. Although Doc is largely forgotten today, his lasting legacy was his most notorious apprentice, a young man from Georgia who'd come to be known as Soapy Smith. You see it's on the streets of Denver that Smith learned all Doc Bags had to teach. And when it came time for Doc to move on, young Soapy took his spot as the undisputed kingpin of the mile-high city. But he wasn't a gunman, at least not really. Instead of colt revolvers, Soapy's weapon of choice was a quick wit coupled with a silver tongue, a whole helluva lot of charisma, and the magical ability to make people see and believe things that did not exist; all of which would earn him the title of King of the Frontier Conmen. That said, Soapy certainly wasn't afraid of resorting to violence if the situation called for it. With an army of thugs at his disposal, Smith would face down more than a few deadly killers. And like many other icons of the Old West, Soapy would ultimately go down in a blaze of gunfire.  They say fortune favors the bold and they don't get much bolder than Soapy Smith, a charming rogue who spent his life operating in the shadows, leaving behind a legend as complex as the frontier he called home.  Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/   Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/   Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest   Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/   Join Into History for ad-free and bonus content! https://intohistory.supercast.com/   King Con: The Story of Soapy Smith by Jane G. Haigh - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0962753076?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzjoshta02-20&creativeASIN=0962753076&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.YEHGNY7KFAU7&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin   Merchandise! https://www.teepublic.com/user/wild-west-extravaganza   Book Recommendations! https://www.amazon.com/shop/wildwestextravaganza/list/YEHGNY7KFAU7?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d

Arkansas' Jacksonville Museum of Military History holds pieces of jagged shrapnel that rained down on the nearby town of Damascus during an explosion of near-epic proportions. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum displays a pair of binoculars wielded by an innovator who took the art of espionage to unprecedented heights. And the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Museum in Skagway, Alaska, houses a crude mannequin that depicts a prolific con man whose most infamous scam was born from a simple bar of soap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NCHS Executive Director Larisa Scott is heading up the 2023 Oak Hill Cemetery Tour, which focuses on Newnan residents of the 19th and 20th centuries. Featured graves in the 2023 tour include:  the Dent Brothers, the Yancey Sisters, conman Soapy Smith's grandmother, an arm buried by itself near its owner, a stately elderly couple, and a dynamic Newnan personality among others. Tours are led by guides portraying Sheriff Lamar Potts, Chief McIntosh, Mayhayley Lancaster and several others. An added bonus stop this year takes place at the African-American Heritage Museum located at 92 Farmer St. Tour goers are invited to stop by at either 8 or 9 p.m. for a special presentation and visit to the slave cemetery located on the property.Purchase tickets at eventbrite.com or paper tickets at the McRitchie-Hollis Museum at 74 Jackson St. Tickets are $50/Adult and $22/Child (12 and under).  Questions? Review the thorough information offered on eventbrite.com or call the museum at 770-251-0207.

From Colorado to Alaska, Jefferson “Soapy” Smith made a name for himself as one of the premier con artists of the Old West. He used a variety of tricks to swindle people out of their money, but none was more famous than the soap-with-a-prize scam. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Noiser+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. For more details, visit our website www.blackbarrelmedia.com and check out our social media pages. We're @OldWestPodcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. On YouTube, subscribe to LEGENDS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Gilded Menace, the investigators try to make a deal with Soapy Smith, the mayor of Skaguay, but things don't go quite to plan. Hear those juicy deets here on Playing With Madness!Cast:Andrew Collins-Anderson - The KeeperChris Thiel - Nigel CunninghamDanny Deluca - Roman PetrofskiMorgan Just - Pennarew NemwitzChris French - Smuthers BurdenJared Witkofsky- Leopold Westin A huge thank you to Danny Deluca, Jordan Fickel, Pressure Highway, and Motoshi Kosako for the music contained herein. Edited by Chris Thiel. 

The most famous con artist of the Old West started in Portland, then traveled throughout the state working the “marks” with his signature swindle. Fifteen years later, an Oregonian shot him in a gun fight in Skagway. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1880s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1705d.soapy-smiths-oregon-story-445.html)

In the wild and wooly country near Skagway, a group of rough and shady characters recognize a chance for a scam. Sophie is the leader of the gang, and unbeknownst…

Comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Tom Cardy to examine conman Soapy Smith Tour Dates Redbubble Merch Sources   Squarespace Helix Sleep

Geboren in eine gut situierte Familie von Plantagenbesitzern aus Georgia, stand der junge Jefferson Randolph Smith II. nach dem Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg vor dem Nichts. In den 1870ern beschloss der 17-jährige, seinen eigenen Weg einzuschlagen. Was mit Kartenspielen und kleinen Betrügereien begann, sollte der Anfang eines großen Aufstiegs werden, vom Bandenchef hin zum Unterweltboss. Sein Weg führte von Rindertrails durch Goldgräbercamps und Wildwest-Großstädte - und gipfelte in einem waschechten Shootout. Sein Markenzeichen sollte die sogenannte "Seifenlotterie" werden, die ihm und seinen Gefährten ihren einschlägigen Namen verpassen sollte: Soapy Smith, der Chef der Seifen-Gang!  00:00 - Einleitung: Ein glitschiger Geselle 02:59 - Rocky Mountain News (Colorado), 13.03.1885 05:17 - Der junge Jefferson Randolph Smith II. 07:23 - Von Georgia nach Texas: Muschelspiele und Kartentricks 10:47 - "Soapy" und die Seifen-Lotterie 15:29 - Perle des Wilden Westens: Umzug nach Denver 16:41 - Vom kleinen Trickbetrüger zur Unterwelt-Größe: Soapy's Geschäfte und Tricks 23:34 - Der Boss von Creede: Ein zweites Imperium 29:50 - Rückkehr nach Denver und neue "Geschäftsideen" 31:23 - Krieg ums Rathaus: Der "City Hall War" 35:41 - Das Ende in Denver und ein neuer Anfang 37:18 - "Der wahre Herrscher von Skagway, Alaska" 40:48 - 8. Juli 1898: Die Schießerei auf der Juneau-Werft 51:26 - Was hat die Geschichte inspiriert? 54:35 - Verabschiedung und Ausblick aufs nächste Mal

Jefferson 'Soapy' Smith had a different sort of destiny than his siblings, who were doctors and lawyers. Soapy led a dishonest life that included bribery and graft, fraud, theft, and extortion. When he discovered that he could make more money with less effort by being clever, he changed his line of work to running confidence games on gullible westerners, from soaps scams Colorado to fleecing prospectors in Alaska.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Snaxton and Goose as they discuss a high priestess of blood and con man Soapy Smith in this weeks episode of Cons & Frauds. Make sure to rate/download, comment, and subscribe.

The grandson of a Georgia plantation owner, “Soapy” Smith turned to crime when his family's morally-criminal fortunes vanished at the end of the Civil War. Travelling from Texas to Colorado to Alaska, Smith was a natural leader who couldn't help but expand his short con mini-gangs into full-fledged political and criminal empires. But how on earth did he get the name “Soapy”? A very clever flimflam and a cop gave him the moniker that made him famous. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

In the movies, a grifter might be portrayed as someone with beady little eyes and a toothy smile that could charm even the cleverest out of their fortunes. Someone who was able to wheel and deal their schemes across the land until they're eventually forced to pay for their crimes.   That's how it was with Jefferson "Soapy" Smith - who ended up living (and dying) as one of America's slipperiest con artists.     Stories from History's Dust Bin is a 3-volume set of historical short stories.  These are the nuggets of gold that had fallen by the wayside… the little known and unusual.  Many of these gems were destined to be forever lost until they were collected, dusted off and brought back to life by author Wayne Winterton.   Each podcast episode features one of over 450 short stories from either Winterton's Award-Winning Stories from Dust Bin series* or the companion volume, From Ace to Zamboni: 101 More Dust Bin Stories, as narrated by either the author or his son, William, or daughter, Jana.   If you enjoy today's episode, please leave us 5 stars and a glowing review on iTunes!  And if you don't want to wait a whole week to hear another story from the Dust Bin, consider picking up the books on Amazon (either downloadable or good ol' fashioned ink and paper).   The Entire History's Dust Bin Collection Is Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3bDrip4

The Challenge of the Yukon was a long-running adventure show that aired from February 3, 1938 to June 9, 1955. It featured Paul Sutton as Sergeant William Preston, the show's main character, along with the “Yukon King,” his sidekick. The story was about how Preston and his sidekick fought the evildoers during the period of the Gold Rush in the 1890s. Preston's initial goal was to capture the killer of his father. After doing so, he started to work for Inspector Conrad, with the assistance of Pierre, his French-Canadian guide. GSMC Classics presents some of the greatest classic radio broadcasts, classic novels, dramas, comedies, mysteries, and theatrical presentations from a bygone era. The GSMC Classics collection is the embodiment of the best of the golden age of radio. Let Golden State Media Concepts take you on a ride through the classic age of radio, with this compiled collection of episodes from a wide variety of old programs. ***PLEASE NOTE*** GSMC Podcast Network presents these shows as historical content and have brought them to you unedited. Remember that times have changed and some shows might not reflect the standards of today's politically correct society. The shows do not necessarily reflect the views, standards, or beliefs of Golden State Media Concepts or the GSMC Podcast Network. Our goal is to entertain, educate give you a glimpse into the past.

This episode of Things I Text My Brother starts with a dramatic reading of a text exchange between the brothers Drouillard regarding a hygienic frontier confidence man called Soapy Smith and goes on to discuss capers, scoundrels, short cons, kitchenettes and Kitsch Annettes, Skagway and Lacey, and McGinty the Petrified Man. Father Art blesses us with another visit as well. Follow us @ThingsITextMyBrotherPodcast on Instagram where you can leave us notes for us to tackle in future segments of Ablutions and Edification. Like, subscribe, and do all the other things which podcasts tell you to do. Then, tell a friend, enemy, and total stranger. ————————----------- Theme Music: Still Pickin by Kevin MacLeod (Royalty free music) (filmmusic.io) "Still Pickin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Lovely Piano Music Under Dramatic Reading: Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Church bells and various sounds effects: https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/ Mixkit Sound Effects Free License https://mixkit.co/license/

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In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet--in winter yet--woefully unprepared, with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder. In Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike (Doubleday, 2021), author Brian Castner tells a relentlessly driving story of the gold rush through the individual experiences of the iconic characters who endured it. A young Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold. Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves. The notorious gangster Soapy Smith, goodtime girls and desperate miners, Skookum Jim, and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. The unvarnished tale of this mass migration is always striking, revealing the amazing truth of what people will do for a chance to be rich. Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named a New York Times Editor's Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Year. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and on National Public Radio. He is the co-editor of The Road Ahead, a collection of short stories featuring veteran writers, and has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, and to paddle the 1200 mile Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet--in winter yet--woefully unprepared, with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder. In Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike (Doubleday, 2021), author Brian Castner tells a relentlessly driving story of the gold rush through the individual experiences of the iconic characters who endured it. A young Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold. Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves. The notorious gangster Soapy Smith, goodtime girls and desperate miners, Skookum Jim, and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. The unvarnished tale of this mass migration is always striking, revealing the amazing truth of what people will do for a chance to be rich. Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named a New York Times Editor’s Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Year. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and on National Public Radio. He is the co-editor of The Road Ahead, a collection of short stories featuring veteran writers, and has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, and to paddle the 1200 mile Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet--in winter yet--woefully unprepared, with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder. In Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike (Doubleday, 2021), author Brian Castner tells a relentlessly driving story of the gold rush through the individual experiences of the iconic characters who endured it. A young Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold. Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves. The notorious gangster Soapy Smith, goodtime girls and desperate miners, Skookum Jim, and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. The unvarnished tale of this mass migration is always striking, revealing the amazing truth of what people will do for a chance to be rich. Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named a New York Times Editor’s Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Year. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and on National Public Radio. He is the co-editor of The Road Ahead, a collection of short stories featuring veteran writers, and has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, and to paddle the 1200 mile Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet--in winter yet--woefully unprepared, with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder. In Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike (Doubleday, 2021), author Brian Castner tells a relentlessly driving story of the gold rush through the individual experiences of the iconic characters who endured it. A young Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold. Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves. The notorious gangster Soapy Smith, goodtime girls and desperate miners, Skookum Jim, and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. The unvarnished tale of this mass migration is always striking, revealing the amazing truth of what people will do for a chance to be rich. Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named a New York Times Editor’s Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Year. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and on National Public Radio. He is the co-editor of The Road Ahead, a collection of short stories featuring veteran writers, and has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, and to paddle the 1200 mile Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet--in winter yet--woefully unprepared, with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder. In Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike (Doubleday, 2021), author Brian Castner tells a relentlessly driving story of the gold rush through the individual experiences of the iconic characters who endured it. A young Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold. Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves. The notorious gangster Soapy Smith, goodtime girls and desperate miners, Skookum Jim, and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. The unvarnished tale of this mass migration is always striking, revealing the amazing truth of what people will do for a chance to be rich. Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named a New York Times Editor’s Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Year. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and on National Public Radio. He is the co-editor of The Road Ahead, a collection of short stories featuring veteran writers, and has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, and to paddle the 1200 mile Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-west

By familial demand, Nat brings us on a wild ride of the mischief and misdeeds of American con artist and gangster frontiersman Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith.Soapy SmithThe humorous model of Smith at the Jeff. Smiths Parlor MuseumDenver City Hall War, 1894Soapy in SkagwayJefferson Smith’s Parlour, SkagwaySOURCES:Wiki, history.com, Legends Of America, soapysmith.net, alaska public media, The Criminal podcastMERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’!SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram SUPPORT: Our network, Arcade Audio, is on Patreon. Support them and gain access to loads of bonus content from Shared History and other Arcade podcasts: patreon.com/arcadeaudio CREDITS:Original Theme: Garreth SpinnOriginal Art: Sarah CruzEpisode Edit: Natalie YoungerAbout this podcast:Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, ECBG Cake Studio & The Banditry Co.

Soapy Smith is the kind of con artist you can't help but admire. He's a scumbag but dam is he clever. His "cons" included rigged poker games, sleight of hand tricks and eventually politics. Soapy will build three empires over the course of his life and it's nothing short of incredible!

In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. When newspapers announced that gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks, tens of thousands of them were embarking towards some of the harshest terrain on the planet, in the middle of winter, woefully unprepared and with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder. Today’s guest is Brian Castner, author of STAMPEDE: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike. We discuss a number of characters who joined the Gold Rush, including Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold; Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves; the notorious gangster Soapy Smith; goodtime girls; Skookum Jim; and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. The unvarnished tale of this mass migration is always striking, revealing the amazing truth of what people will do for a chance to be rich.

This week, Murder, My Dude takes a little detour to the Old West to explore the life, times, and death of one of the greatest confidence men in American history: Jefferson Randolph “Soapy” Smith II. Born into privilege to a wealthy family in (barely) pre-Civil War Georgia, the fall of the Confederacy and Reconstruction altered this son of a lawyer and grandson of a plantation owner’s destiny, but he still reached incredible heights through dubious means before meeting an untimely end. We explore the swindles, the supporting cast, and the sad end of Soapy in this episode! But first! We look at a case of cannibalism in Spain and a cold case solved because of a podcast (not us!) in This Week In Murder. And, as always, we finish with Who Died The Worst? Like what we're doing? Subscribe and tell a friend! Think we could do better or have some other feedback? Reach out to us via email at murdermydude@gmail.com! We're also found by looking for @murdermydude on most major social media. Our Facebook is @podcastmydude - though you'll also find us by searching for Murder, My Dude. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/murdermydude/support

The most famous con artist of the Old West started in Portland, then traveled throughout the state working the “marks” with his signature swindle. Fifteen years later, an Oregonian shot him in a gun fight in Skagway. (Lane, Multnomah, Clatsop counties; 1882) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1705d.soapy-smiths-oregon-story-445.html)

Sources:Adney, Tappan. The Klondike. Harper, 1900. Blum, Howard. The Floor of Heaven: a True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush. Broadway Paperbacks, 2012. Gray, Charlotte. Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike. HarperCollins, 2010. Miller, Greg, director. The Great Klondike Gold Rush, Gold Prospectors Association of America, 2016, www.goldprospectors.org/Learn/Videos. Spude, Catherine Holder. "That Fiend in Hell" Soapy Smith in Legend. University of Oklahoma Press, 2012.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to The Wild Card Podcast!  This is episode 182 of our attempt at this whole podcasting thing!! Today's episode features: Jared Eaton taking a pass, Jeff Curtis being the treasure and directing us to shut up, and Ron Blair really deserving a beating for so many reasons (Boogaga)! Throughout the episode, you'll hear the three of us discuss such varied topics as: the way this podcast is about recipes for disaster, a flashy Commercial, our picks for directors directing other works, math being hard (man), shoving Steve Buscemi into wood-chippers, the restorative powers of soap (it's kept Jeff alive for a century), discomfort in the parietal lobe, and occasionally we part from our tangents to discuss the hometown of the King of Clubs, Creede, Colorado!! This week, Jeff lays out a series of seemingly disconnected stories that all converge upon his home; we learn about Soapy Smith, Silver rushes, and we each pick our favorite stripper names.  Thank you for joining us on this journey to wherever and we're sure you'll find you've struck gold (or silver) as you listen to our Back Home Podcast!Please like/subscribe and leave comments below! Let us know your thoughts on Creede, Colorado, the best thing about your hometown, what directors you would like to see direct alternative works, whether you would use The Wild Card Travel Agency (and how great our jingle was!), thoughts on our upcoming 200th episode, what Patreon rewards you are most interested in, positivity chains (encourage one another!), any future reports you'd like us to do, and if you are interested in being an official Deckhead!P.S.  “While this world is filled with sorrow,             and hearts must break and bleed,             it's day all day in the daytime,              and there is no night in Creede."~ Cy WarmanP.P.S. Stay Safe, Stay Wild, and Bite the Edge!

The History Guy podcast features two stories of the Wild West. First is the Bandit Dick Fellowes, a surprisingly successful stage coach robber who despite the ups and downs of his life always seemed to be defeated by his demons. Next is Soapy Smith, a very bad man who straddled the line between gangster and outlaw at the edge of the frontier. Both men and the lessons we can learn from them are history that deserves to be remembered. https://www.magellantv.com/ (MagellanTV) - a brand-new streaming service that features the very best collection of historical documentaries available anywhere. The service includes over 3,000 documentary movies, series, and exclusive playlists across the major genres, with particular depth in Ancient History, Modern History, War and Military. Check out their curated https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history (history playlist), designed with you in mind. Claim your free month trial at: https://try.magellantv.com/historyguy (https://try.magellantv.com/historyguy) Support this podcast

Pascale and Keith interview Alice Cyr, former Skagway interpretive guide for the National Parks Service and Alaskan cruise ship lecturer, about why the Klondike Gold Rush continues to fascinate, her favourite stampede tales and who pulled the trigger first in the shootout between Soapy Smith and Frank Reid.

Soapy Smith is one of the gold rush's most notorious names, even though he never made it to the Klondike. He found his gold in the pockets of other men. After Frank Reid shot him in Alaska's most famous shoot out, a Seattle newspaper remarked that he remained "the most popular man in Alaska."

Today we have a man who knows what really keeps the world ticking, running scams and paying off politicians and cops. Soapy Smith, and don't worry we explain why that's his name, ran empires in several cities, knew several famous people, possibly killing one of them, and was even congratulated by a sitting president. The old west was a weird time in American history, but damn if there aren't some great stories that came out of it. Enjoy!

On this episode Joan goes over a Big Sad and a Big Fun when talking about Center, North Dakota, a double meaning to the small town. Annalisa heads back to The Wilds going over Skagway, Alaska. 

Soapy Smith was the Wild West's freshest con-artist. With a soap kinder egg in one hand, some rigged walnuts in the other and a deck of cards rolled into his foreskin he swindled his way from Texas to Colorado to the Klondike.

Born in Georgia in 1860, Jefferson Randolph Smith went west while still a young man, finding work as a cowboy in Texas. Smith eventually tired of the hard work and low wages offered by the cowboy life, though, and discovered that he could make more money with less effort by convincing gullible westerners to part with their cash in clever confidence games.

Music: Gregory Alan Isokov. Town: Creede, CO Player: Curt Flood Book: Killshot by Leonard

History Highlights for today: Soapy Smith. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historyhighlights/message

A jam-packed episode because we get to talk about TWO of Cody's favorite things! Joined by good friend and guest Will Bixby, Cody sits down to discuss the storied history of the bowler. From its genesis in London to its dominance of the American West, the bowler has topped the heads of everyone from Marion "The Derby Kid" Hedgepeth to Charlie Chaplin. Then, a deep dive into Samuel Beckett and his avid use and vitriolic hatred of the bowler. Hats AND Beckett?! The stuff dreams are made of... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deathtaxesandhats/support

In which Alaska chooses to make a cheerfully lawless gold rush villain into a beloved folk hero, and Ken wonders if he's married to a dice-rolling confidence artist. Certificate #35570.

In the late 1800s, notorious outlaw and con artist Jefferson “Soapy” Smith had created a criminal empire in Denver. But when a "law and order" league threatened to shutter his businesses, Soapy decided to expand his operations—resulting in a violent end.

"I coulda been anything, so I chose a life of crime!" Tonight on TruTV! A dive into the life and scams of Soapy Smith, one of the cheatiest cheats of the ol' West. Featuring Chuck from the podcast "Stuff You Should Know!" --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/htwwf/support

At the end of the 19th century, Jefferson Smith was just a teenage cowboy who stumbled into the world of shell games and card sharps. But after just a few years he would assemble a gang of like-minded crooks, and mastermind a slew of ingenious cons to become the scam king of Denver. 

Set against against the backdrop of late 19th century Colorado, join our host David Allan Rohrer as he takes us through the rise and demise of a man who became known as the King of the Frontier Conmen, the legendary Soapy Smith.

This week, Isaac and Demetria go back to the Wild West for our very first outlaw of the American frontier. There's rootin', there's tootin', there's plenty of shootin', and also a truly astonishing amount of...soap? Show notes, photos, and sources at this link (Note: This page contains a photograph of a dead body)

   This week we conclude the story of the infamous con man Soapy Smith! Donate to our Patreon! Follow us on Instagram! Follow us on Twitter! Email us - bumblebuttpodcast@gmail.com  Intro/outro music is titled 'LOSE' from New Totally Radical by EXIT MINDBOMB Brando's Twitter

This week we delve into the life and death of one of the OG con men in America, Soapy Smith!   Donate to our Patreon! Follow us on Instagram! Follow us on Twitter! Email us - bumblebuttpodcast@gmail.com  Intro/outro music is titled 'LOSE' from New Totally Radical by EXIT MINDBOMB Brando's Twitter

In the 1890's, the Klondike Gold Rush kicked into high gear, bringing tens of thousands of miners and prospectors north to Canada and Alaska. Among them would be a conman looking to get rich an easier way. Check out my ETSY for your holiday shopping! If you would like to become a monthly supporter of the podcast, please visit my Patreon To do a one-time donation, click HERE For $5 off of your first purchase at POSHMARK, use my promo code MUMS5! Facebook, Age of Radio, Threadless Get 2 free audiobooks at Audible Get $30 off your first Blue Apron order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandi and Sunni discuss the infamous Soapy Smith, the man who Con'd the Klondike. Visit us online at www.bookofliespodcast.com

Kath and Pat discuss Soapy Smith, The Old West Con Man.

He was born Jefferson Randolph Smith II in Newnan, Georgia, on November 2, 1860 and he would be known as Soapy, on of the most notorious con men in the old west. From the Shell Game and Three-card Monte to a fake telegraph and investments, if there was a way to take advantage of people, Soapy was involved. Today I tell his story! Show notes and links: * Soapy Smith – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) * Soapy Smith – Bunko Man of the Old West (legendsofamerica.com) * Alias Soapy Smith (soapysmith.net) * Tombstone Times – THE SURE THING MAN ~ SOAPY SMITH (tombstonetimes.com) * Soapy Smith killed in Skagway, Alaska – Jul 08, 1898 (history.com) * Soapy Smith: Con Man’s Empire (historynet.com) * The Legend Of Soapy Smith (alaskapublic.org) * Gold Trails and Ghost Towns – Soapy Smith (youtube.com)

My guest today, Catherine Spude, author of "That Fiend in Hell: Soapy Smith in Legend", tells the story of the renowned con-man, crime boss and murderer Soapy Smith, known in history as the "King of Skagway". She also helps separate the fact from the fiction and dispel some myths about the most notorious man in Alaskan history.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back again, and "O" baby do we have a killer show lined up for you! First, they say the neon lights are bright on Broadway, but we learn that dramatic tragedy existed on and off the stage. Next, we learn that being a good guy to a bad guy could make you a bad guy, too. And finally, slake your thirst with a delicious blend of citrus, vanilla, and... egg...?

Episode 80 – On this special of Behind the 8 Ball Ochoman has been booted from his own show. Armand, Todd, and Big E takeover the show and run it into the ground. They talk about Armand’s next writing project about Soapy Smith and how he conned people. Big E and Armand argue about who... The post Behind the 8 Ball w/o Ochoman: Armand, Todd, and Big E talking about Soapy Smith, Who can get more women, and Looney Tunes. appeared first on Ochoman: Behind the Eightball.

Jefferson "Soapy" Smith was slick, selling $5 bars of soap, a fake telegraph office, and a desire to be the first thief in Alaska. A very proper gentleman while robbing miners, but in the end justice was served. The Klondike lured thousands in search of gold, so how did we get Alaska? The Chilkoot Trail and Skagway is part of the story, but there are many more than these. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices