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November 18, 2021 47 mins

Season 1, Episode 12: Guilty by Association

Summary: They say that legends never die, but what happens when the stories that fuel the myth are speculative at best? For Episode 12 of Lawless, we venture back in time to the Wild West, exploring the legendary mythos of Belle Starr, the “Bandit Queen.” While this woman did live a life of questionable morals, how much of her story is truth and how much is folk tale? 

 

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Research Sources:

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-bellestarr/ 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Belle-Starr 

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/belle-starr-murdered-in-oklahoma 

https://www.biography.com/personality/belle-starr 

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=ST018 

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/belle-starr-2406/ 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-17-me-then17-story.html -- 

https://www.geni.com/people/John-Judge-Shirley/6000000009586820832

https://missouriencyclopedia.org/events/missouri-kansas-border-war 



Audio Credits:

Intro/Outro: Possessed Doll - Purple Planet Music https://www.purple-planet.com/

Background/Sound Effects: Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/


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