The Pine Grove Briar

In this chilling, immersive episode of The Pine Grove Briar, we journey into one of the most haunting true crime cases in American history—the 1993 murders of three young boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, and the controversial convictions of three teenagers that followed. Known as the West Memphis Three, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr. were thrust into a national spotlight fueled by moral panic, flawed justice...

What if the internet died years ago, and we're just talking to its ghost? In this chilling episode of The Pine Grove Briar, we unpack the "Dead Internet Theory," a viral concept suggesting that a vast majority of online content and engagement is now generated by AI and bots, not actual people. From strangely generic comments to the eerie silence of old forums, we examine the "symptoms" of a decaying digital world and ask: Who's pul...

It's 1872, and there's gonna be a hangin'... the last one in Jamestown, Tennessee. Join us as we find out what happened to James Calvin "Cal" Logsdon (or Logston) depending on who you talk to. An axe murder had taken place in the Valley of the Three Forks of the Wolf River in Pall Mall, Tennessee. That place might ring a bell if you're familiar with the story of Sergeant Alvin C. York.

Cal Logsdon was tried and convicted of this...

In the summer of 1969, a six-year-old boy named Dennis Martin vanished without a trace in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. What was supposed to be a joyful Father’s Day camping trip turned into one of the largest and most haunting search efforts in U.S. history. In this episode of Pine Grove Briar, we sift through the facts, rumors, and theories surrounding the disappearance—everything from the official investi...

Join us as we talk about the one, the only, Judge Roy Bean - saloonkeeper and well, sort of a lawman, in his own way. The Old West wasn't ever the same after Judge Bean arrived on the scene and we are exploring his life on the Pine Grove Briar.

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In this episode, we ride through the incredible life of Annie Oakley — from a hardscrabble childhood to the world stage with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Discover how she became one of the most iconic figures of the American frontier, outshooting men, challenging norms, and earning the nickname “Little Sure Shot” from Sitting Bull himself.

We’ll mix sharp historical insight with a touch of frontier humor, unpack a few tall tales, ...

This episode on The Pine Grove Briar, we ride alongside Tom Tobin — one of the most hardened scouts and bounty hunters of the American frontier. From battling guerrillas to personally bringing in the severed heads of the Espinosa brothers, Tobin lived a life few could dream up and even fewer could survive.

We unpack Tobin’s blood-streaked legacy with equal parts history and humor — tracing his days as a mountain man, Indian fighter,...

Step into the smoky shadows of the Wild West as The Pine Grove Briar digs into the bloody, bizarre, and often exaggerated legend of Liver-Eatin' Johnson — mountain man, Civil War vet, and the alleged Crow-slaying, liver-chewing avenger of the Rockies. Was he a brutal frontier myth or a misunderstood loner with a pipe and a grudge?

We unpack the truth and tall tales in this gritty, humorous, and pipe-smoke-laced episode — complete wi...

In today’s episode, we saddle up and ride into the dusty legend of Billy the Kid — the teenage outlaw who became an American icon. We explore the real history behind the myth, swap jokes about what kind of pipe smoker Billy might have been, and dive into listener mail asking the hard-hitting questions: What tobacco would Billy smoke? What pipe would survive a shootout? And just how common was pipe smoking in the Old West?

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