Podcasts about wickedest town

Creative Nonfiction In his writing blog, Find Your Creative Muse, Dave Hood provides a great summary definition of Creative Nonfiction: “A historical text presents the facts and causes and effects, and significance. Creative nonfiction does the same, but also adds narrative, including storytelling, dialogue, setting, character development. Writing Nonfiction History relies on an authoritative tone and is written in the third person."  In this episode, we interview Jim Cosgrove, author of the creative nonfiction title Ripple: A Long, Strange Search for A Killer. You may be familiar with Cosgrove as a nationally recognized, award-winning children's entertainer known by young fans as Mr. Stinky Feet. He is also the author of three children's books and Everybody Gets Stinky Feet, a collection of inspirational essays from his time as a parenting columnist for The Kansas City Star. Cosgrove spent his time during the COVID pandemic and subsequent lockdown to finish his incomplete investigative work focused on finding the killer of a family friend, Frank McGonigle. His resulting book, Ripple, is Cosgrove's story about Frank's cold case. He uncovers connections to a ruthless local crime boss and the blunders by the threadbare sheriff's department. “Our story is no different from what a lot of families have dealt with. A child, a brother, whoever. They got murdered in a violent way that didn't make any sense. ~Ripple, A Long Strange Search for a Killer - Jim Cosgrove We use Jim's book as an exemplar of creative nonfiction because he walks us through his experience researching and writing. We truly get the story behind the story! We also bring in Local History Librarian Amanda Wahlmeier who walks us through regional reference resources available so you too can research the next great creative nonfiction true crime novel! Our Recommendations:      Charles' Choices: Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and The Wickedest Town in the American West by Tom Clavin & The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.    Dave's Double-feature: visit the streaming video section of our eLibrary: On Kanopy you'll find Capote—a biographical drama about the author Truman Capote and his writing of the non-fiction novel In Cold Blood. It details the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas. And, All the President's Men—both the movie on DVD and the book by Carl Bernstein. Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford star in this true story of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovering the White House involvement in the Watergate break-in.   From our guests: search for Jim Cosgrove in our catalog and you'll find the title we discussed today: Ripple in print, eBook and downloadable audiobook formats. You'll also see 12 other titles by Jim—music and books for kids—which just goes to show what a diversely talented individual Mr. Cosgrove is!   From our catalog: Creative Nonfiction   A Helpful Writing Resource: Find Your Creative Muse. Learn How to Write Poetry, Fiction, Personal Essays, and More, a blog by Dave Hood.

Tom Clavin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend, The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat, Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier, Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell, Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West, and the new book FOLLOW ME TO HELL: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice. He has worked as a newspaper editor, magazine writer, TV and radio commentator, and a reporter for The New York Times.  Clavin joins the show to discuss his writing journey, where he gets his story ideas for such a niche field of historical nonfiction, and how he got his first book deal. He finishes the interview by sharing the most important characteristic for children and anybody in any profession: curiosity. Website: www.tomclavin.com

At the request of a listener, Jay and Ken are discussing Jerome Arizona. Once known as the Wickedest Town in the West, Jerome goes overlooked on many most haunted destination lists. Hopefully not for long.

Join us for part 5, the final installment in our epic series. This time, we tell you the fates of (nearly) everyone, and explain how and why we know anything at all about Wyatt Earp.Sources:Bell, Bob Boze. The Illustrated Life and Times of Wyatt Earp. Tri Star-Boze Publications, 2000.Boessenecker, John. Ride the Devil's Herd: Wyatt Earp's Epic Battle against the West's Biggest Outlaw Gang. Hanover Square Press, 2021. Clavin, Thomas, and Ellen J. Lehman. Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West. St Martin's Paperbacks, 2019.  DeArment, Robert K. Gunfighter in Gotham: Bat Masterson's New York City Years. University of Oklahoma, 2013. Editors, TW. “Wyatt Earp: Is He Still a Hero?” True West, Oct. 2021. Roberts, Gary L. The Life and Legend of Doc Holliday. Wiley, 2006.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Join us for part four of our epic series on Wyatt Earp and the Wild West! This is it folks, the 30 seconds that would come to define Wyatt Earp's life, the gunfight at the O.K. Corral - er, near the O.K. Corral - which has become one of the most talked about and hotly discussed events in United States history!Sources:Bell, Bob Boze. The Illustrated Life and Times of Wyatt Earp. Tri Star-Boze Publications, 2000.Boessenecker, John. Ride the Devil's Herd: Wyatt Earp's Epic Battle against the West's Biggest Outlaw Gang. Hanover Square Press, 2021. Clavin, Thomas, and Ellen J. Lehman. Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West. St Martin's Paperbacks, 2019.  Editors, TW. “Wyatt Earp: Is He Still a Hero?” True West, Oct. 2021. Roberts, Gary L. The Life and Legend of Doc Holliday. Wiley, 2006.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Join us for part three of our epic series on Wyatt Earp and the Wild West! We meet the notorious drunk, consumptive, gambling dentist, Doc Holliday and pickup where we left off with Bat, Wyatt, and he wildest cowtown in the west, Dodge City!Sources:Boessenecker, John. Ride the Devil's Herd: Wyatt Earp's Epic Battle against the West's Biggest Outlaw Gang. Hanover Square Press, 2021. Clavin, Thomas, and Ellen J. Lehman. Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West. St Martin's Paperbacks, 2019. Gwynne, Samuel C. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History. Scribner, 2011. Roberts, Gary L. The Life and Legend of Doc Holliday. Wiley, 2006.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to part 2 of our epic series on the Wild West as it occurred to Wyatt Earp. In this episode, the Dodge City dream team including Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp was formed to tame the wickedest town in the west. Crack a cheap beer and join us!Sources:Boessenecker, John. Ride the Devil's Herd: Wyatt Earp's Epic Battle against the West's Biggest Outlaw Gang. Hanover Square Press, 2021. Clavin, Thomas, and Ellen J. Lehman. Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West. St Martin's Paperbacks, 2019. Gwynne, Samuel C. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History. Scribner, 2011. Roberts, Gary L. The Life and Legend of Doc Holliday. Wiley, 2006. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Join us for this epic series on the Wild West as it occurred to Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Doc Holliday, and all the myths and legends in between!Sources:Boessenecker, John. Ride the Devil's Herd: Wyatt Earp's Epic Battle against the West's Biggest Outlaw Gang. Hanover Square Press, 2021. Clavin, Thomas, and Ellen J. Lehman. Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West. St Martin's Paperbacks, 2019. Gwynne, Samuel C. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History. Scribner, 2011. Roberts, Gary L. The Life and Legend of Doc Holliday. Wiley, 2006. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Wyatt Earp & his lead in to the O.K. Corall. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pete and Chris throw down with another good episode, this time with a feature on the bizarre history of Jerome, Arizona. It's a former mining town that was dubbed the "wickedest town in the west" for some wild drinking, murder, violent death, and rampant prostitution. There are many claims of paranormal activity there and the guys dig in deep to discuss it. They are joined in studio with Joey Goremonger and Pete's wife, Jenny. CK joins in to discuss the band, DRI, and other metal news. CK and Pete share some hilarious high school stories, a new Killer Cage Match, karaoke beat down, and much more!Music by Cannibal Corpse, Flotsam & Jetsam, and DRI.Murder Metal Mayhem intro music by Low Twelve.CK Intro music by Crisix.Go to Murder Metal Mayhem to hear all the past shows and bonus content. Like us on Facebook, Follow us on Twitter, and Subscribe to our YouTube channel.Join the 666 Club and be a Patreon supporter! For only $3 a month you'll get the episodes and notes for the show before anyone, get the karaoke songs before anyone else hears them, discounts on merch, and bonus content only for the VIPs.Check out Spellbound FX and Art for some incredibly sick artwork. Visit the website for their amazing online catalog.Book a Jeffrey Dahmer Cream City Cannibal tour at Shaker's Cigar Bar in Milwaukee! America's most haunted bar!Check out PeteAltieri.com to buy Pete's books and get the latest on what he's doing writing horror stories and novels!Karaoke by I Kill Karaoke

Week twenty-seven:  We visit the amazing town of Jerome and learn about wine, ghosts and women of the night! We wave goodbye to family and I leave Arizona again! For pictures, you can find me on instagram @samwalkerradio and on twitter @walkersam

February 25, 2019 - We welcome a familiar face back into the passenger seat of our time machine. It's Tom Clavin, who we last chatted with about the book, Valley Forge, he co-authored with Bob Drury. Tom returns solo with the definitive true story of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok. A soldier in the Civil War, spy for the Union, scout, lawman, gunfighter, gambler, showman, actor, and romantic, he crossed paths with General Custer, befriended the boy who grew up into Buffalo Bill Cody, and locked horns with Calamity Jane -- which may surprise those who've grown up with Hollywood portrayals of the pair as lovers. Wild Bill's life story is also peppered with Ben Thompson, Kit Carson, and a slew of too-slow gamblers and gunmen looking to beat the fastest gun in the West and steal the title themselves. We can enjoy all these stories in Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter. Tom Clavin is the author or coauthor of sixteen books, including the #1 best-seller Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West. You can visit our guest at TomClavin.com.    

Episode Seventy Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– 70th Episode Giveaway –The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America – Virginia Sole-SmithDemocracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America – Nancy MacleanThe Flight Attendant – Chris BohjalianReconstructing Amelia – Kimberly McCreight– 10th Readalong –True Grit – Charles Portis Send in questions or comments by March 28, 2019 – we will discuss on April 2nd episode.– Currently Reading –The Street – Ann Petry (CW)The Flatshare – Beth O’Leary (EF) (release date 5/28/19)Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill (CW)– Just Read –Jonah’s Gourd Vine – Zora Neale Hurston (CW)Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir – Ruth Reichl (EF) (release date 4/2/19)Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter – Tom Clavin (CW)Shadow Daughter: A Memoir of Estrangement – Harriet Brown (EF)Golden Child – Claire Adam (EF)More Than Words – Jill Santopolo (EF)– Biblio Adventures –Chris saw Roxane Gay at Yale University in conversation with Claudine Rankin on 2/5/19To read Roxane’s essay about her weight loss surgery click HEREEmily watched some book to TV/Movie adaptations:The Sisters Brothers based on the book of the same title by Patrick dewittKilling Eve based on the book Codename Villanelle series by Luke JenningsThe Durrells in Corfu based on the book My Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellChris is watching The Man in the High Castle based on the book of the same name by Philip K. Dick– Upcoming Jaunts –Chris will head to RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT on 2/25/19 to see Pam Huston discuss her new book Deep CreekChris and Emily will catch up with Min Jin Lee at Yale University on 2/18/19Emily is heading to Infinity Hall in Hartford on 2/23/19 to see a SpeakUp Storytelling event Chris and Emily are heading to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on 2/21/19And one more joint jaunt on 3/5/19 to see a panel including Roxane Gay discussing Writing Trauma at Yale University– Upcoming Reads –An Untamed State – Roxane Gay (CW)Monsoon Mansion: A Memoir – Cinelle Barnes (EF)The Crate: A Story of War, A Murder, And Justice – Deborah Vadas Levison (EF)Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger – Lee Israel (CW)No Traveller Returns – Louis L’Amour, Beau L’Amour (CW)Willa Cather Selected Stories: Flavia and Her Artists – Willa Cather (CW)Willa Cather Short Story Project on WildmooBooks– Author Spotlight –We got the chance to catch up with Virginia Sole-Smith author of The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America To find out what Virginia is up to go to: https://virginiasolesmith.com/Virginia co-hosts a podcast with her friend Amy Palanjian: Comfort Food Podcast– Also Mentioned –Ryan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/my.books.my.shelf/Bridget Jones Diary – Helen FieldingVoxerTheir Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale HurstonShawn the Book ManiacTender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table – Ruth ReichlDodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West – Tom ClavinThe Light We Lost – Jill SantopoloCitizen: An American Lyric – Claudine RankinHunger: A Memoir of (My) Body – Roxane GayCowboys Are My Weakness: Stories – Pam HoustonEllen Satter Institute

Episode Sixty Nine Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– 10th Readalong –True Grit – Charles Portis Send in questions or comments by March 28, 2019 – we will discuss on April 2nd episode.– Just Read –We each had a DNF:An American Quilt: Unfolding a Story of Family and Slavery – Rachel May (CW)I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff – Abi Jacobson (EF)Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love – Dani Shapiro (EF)The River – Peter Heller (CW)(EF) (release date 3/5/19)Read Chris’s review of the book on her blogFrench Exit – Patrick Dewitt (EF)A Student of History – Nina Revoyr (CW) (release date 3/5/19)The Best American Short Stories 2018 – edited by Roxane Gay (EF)– Currently Reading –Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir – Ruth Reichl (EF) (release date 4/2/19)How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays – Alexander Chee (CW)Salt Fat Acid Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking – Samin Nosrat (EF)11/22/63 – Stephen King (EF)(audio)– Biblio Adventures –Chris visited the Newberry Library while she was visiting ChicagoJanuary 19, 2019 at RJ Julia in Madison – Dani Shapiro with her new book Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and LoveJanuary 28, 2019 – Michael Chabon at Yale UniversityEmily watched the movie The Wife based on the book of the same name by Meg WolitzerChris stayed close to home and cleaned up her Goodreads TBR list– Upcoming Jaunts –Chris is going to see Roxane Gay at Yale University on 2/5/19On February 13, 2019 at RJ Julia Madison, Emily is going to see Linda Cohen Loigman, author of The Wartime Sisters, and Jane Healey, author of The Saturday Evening Girls Club, moderated by Robin KallChris and Emily are heading to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston– Upcoming Reads –Golden Child – Claire Adam (EF)Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter – Tom Clavin (CW)Jonah’s Gourd Vine – Zora Neale Hurston (CW)Willa Cather Selected Stories – Willa Cather (CW)Willa Cather Short Story Project on WildmooBooks– Also Mentioned –Just the Right Book podcast with Dani ShapiroCeline – Peter HellerDeliverance – James DickeyHeart of Darkness – Joseph ConradHell or High Water: Surviving Tibet’s Tsangpo River – Peter HellerSisters Brothers – Patrick DewittBroad CityThe Odyssey – Homer, translated by Emily WilsonDelicious! – Ruth ReichlElevation – Stephen KingAmerican Writers MuseumKathleen RooneyMartin SeayAmazing Adventures of Cavalier & Clay – Michael ChabonDodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West – Tom ClavinShawn the Book ManiacTheir Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale HurstonLee IsraelCan You Ever Forgive Me?Poet Mary Oliver passed awayMornings at BlackwaterFor years, every morning, I drankfrom Blackwater Pond.It was flavored with oak leaves and also, no doubt,the feet of ducks.And always it assuaged mefrom the dry bowl of the very far past.What I want to say isthat the past is the past,and the present is what your life is,and you are capableof choosing what that will be,darling citizen.So come to the pond,or the river of your imagination,or the harbor of your longing,and put your lips to the world.And liveyour life.

New York Times best-selling author Tom Clavin joins me to talk about his book, "Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West".  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about Dodge City, the wickedest town in the American west, on this new Unknown History miniseries hosted by author Thomas Clavin. Check out the book at www.quickanddirtytips.com/node/10931

Marilyn Todd is known to historical mystery fans primarily for her series of novels and stories set in Ancient Rome, starring wine merchant Claudia Seferius, and for a second series set in Ancient Greece, starring High Priestess Iliona. But she often tackles more modern historical periods in her short stories. “The Wickedest Town in the West” (EQMM June 2013), which was one of the winners of the 2013 EQMM Readers Awards, is read here by actor Mandie Davis (cosmiccarousel@ymail.com). http://www.marilyntodd.com/

Nancy will be talking about the town she recently went to on a roadtrip with a group of friends. It has the title of "The Wickedest Town in the West" and is listed as one of the top 10 most haunted places in the USA. One of the group members did not know this and got a "thrown in the fire" Spirit Field Trip. Also a few stories of other spirit occurances and tidbits.

Nancy will be talking about the town she recently went to on a roadtrip with a group of friends. It has the title of "The Wickedest Town in the West" and is listed as one of the top 10 most haunted places in the USA. One of the group members did not know this and got a "thrown in the fire" Spirit Field Trip. Also a few stories of other spirit occurances and tidbits.