Real Outlaws

Real Outlaws

From Billy the Kid to the Kray twins. The Peaky Blinders to Anne Bonny. Real Outlaws is the show that follows in the footsteps of history’s most notorious criminals. Be they charismatic antiheroes or bloodthirsty villains, their names and exploits live on in the popular imagination. But what are the true stories behind the myths? We'll talk to leading experts and travel back in time, to when rogues and bandits followed a code all of their own. This is Real Outlaws. For ad-free listening, bonus content, and early access to new episodes across the Noiser podcast network, join Noiser+. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started. For advertising enquiries, email info@adelicious.fm No part of this podcast may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems. In accordance with Article 4(3) of the DSM Directive 2019/790, Noiser Ltd expressly reserves this work from the text and data mining exception.

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Introducing: Real Outlaws

April 26, 2022 • 1 min
Launching May 17th - Real Outlaws. From Billy the Kid to the Kray twins. The Peaky Blinders to Anne Bonny. Real Outlaws is the show that follows in the footsteps of history’s most notorious criminals. Be they charismatic antiheroes or bloodthirsty villains, their names and exploits live on in the popular imagination. But what are the true stories behind the myths? We'll talk to leading experts and travel back in time, to when rogue...
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Billy The Kid Part 1: The Young Gun

May 16, 2022 • 37 mins
Billy the Kid is perhaps the best known outlaw in American history. Hero or villain? It depends on who you speak to. The story begins with a young boy surviving the slums of New York before becoming a legend in the Wild West. He will learn early on that justice, like fortune, is a fickle beast. And in the unforgiving saloons and dust bowl towns of New Mexico - hard choices will set him on a path from being just any kid, to The Kid....
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Billy The Kid Part 2: The Regulators

May 23, 2022 • 45 mins
Billy finally finds a happy home amongst the cowboys and saloons of Lincoln County, New Mexico. But his newfound peace is about to be shattered. Caught up in a bloody turf war, 'The Kid' must choose a side. In the Wild West the difference between outlaw and lawful citizen can be hard to see. Sometimes it’s just a matter of luck. And Billy is in the wrong place at the wrong time. The fallout will go down in history. A Noiser product...
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Billy The Kid Part 3: Dead or Alive

May 30, 2022 • 47 mins
In the fallout of the Lincoln County War, Billy the Kid tries to bury his past, but his past won’t let him go. After another round of rough justice, Billy has had a stomach full of lawmen and lawyers.   With every gunfight and jailbreak, The Kid’s legend gains strength - a folk hero in the making.  Can Billy outrun the long arm of the law... Perhaps not, but he’s willing to die trying.  A Noiser production, written by Danny Marshal...
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Ned Kelly Part 1: The Bushranger

June 13, 2022 • 46 mins
Ned Kelly is the model social bandit, an Australian legend without equal – even today he’s still considered a symbol of rebellion against the establishment. But what’s the truth behind the myth? We journey into the harsh bushland territories of Colonial Australia to see what happens when the forces of Imperial authority collide with a young man who won’t lie down, or accept the hand he’s been dealt. A Noiser production, written by ...
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Ned Kelly Part 2: Outbreak

June 20, 2022 • 44 mins
Ned Kelly, along with his brother Dan and two friends Steve and Joe are forced into hiding deep in the Victorian bush. Left to their own devices, perhaps things might cool off and settle down. I guess we’ll never know. When the police come knocking, all they’ll find is trouble. Deadly trouble. An incident will spark a crimewave that will split loyalties and pit the public against the authorities - it’ll go down in history as the Ke...
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Ned Kelly Part 3: The Iron Man

June 27, 2022 • 43 mins
The Kelly Outbreak nears its bloody end. The Kelly Gang has successfully remained hidden and out of the reach of the law for over a year… but all that is about to change. Fearing betrayal and feeling the heat of the law closing in - Ned is determined to go out swinging. He devises a high stakes plan to turn the tables on the Victorian police force, resulting in an epic siege and a high-octane gunfight that will go down in history, ...
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John Dillinger Part 1: Hard Time

July 25, 2022 • 41 mins
It’s the 1930s and America is gripped by the Great Depression. Banks are going bust and taking people’s life savings with them… in this cruel period of history, an unlikely hero will emerge. Well, a hero to some anyway.  An average guy from rural Indiana will burst onto the national stage - becoming a criminal cause célèbre. We visit his humble beginnings, and see where the road forked for the boy before he became the man of legend...
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John Dillinger Part 2: The Dillinger Gang

August 1, 2022 • 44 mins
The Dillinger craze sweeps the nation as Johnnie's infamous gang go on a freewheeling crime spree. They target the richest banks in the country, enacting the revenge of the everyday American.  But as banks topple, their rise to national obsession will cause embarrassment to state authorities - their daring escapades now draw the eye of the Federal Government. And J. Edgar Hoover is not a man to be taken lightly.  A Noiser productio...
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John Dillinger Part 3: Public Enemy

August 8, 2022 • 42 mins
John H. Dillinger is declared Public Enemy number 1! After his daring escape from Crown Point Jail the gang reorganises and doubles down on their criminal exploits - and every act is splashed across the nation’s newspapers.  But the Feds have had enough. J. Edgar Hoover finds his own job is on the line - he must prove that one way or another the bureau can bring Dillinger to justice.  A team of special agents are on the case - but ...
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The Krays Part 1: The East End

August 15, 2022 • 44 mins
It’s the swinging sixties and London is home of fashion, pop music, and celebrity scandal. But beneath the glitz and glamour is a dark underbelly of gangland crime.  Emerging from the ashes of a war-torn city; two brothers would forge a criminal empire from the snooker halls and pubs of the East End, to the jazz bars and clubs of the fashionable West End - these two young men would come to rule it all.  This is the rise of Ronnie a...
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The Krays Part 2: Bloodlust

August 22, 2022 • 45 mins
The Krays’ criminal house of cards begins to wobble and fall, as more blood soaks into London’s streets.  Reggie finds love, Ronnie finds even more trouble, and together the twins behave more erratically than ever before…and Scotland Yard’s finest are closing in.  Gang members within The Firm are gripped with fear - too scared to defy their bosses, but also terrified of where their actions will lead them.  With tensions climbing - ...
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The Krays Part 3: Richer Than Ever

August 29, 2022 • 48 mins
London’s Old Bailey becomes the scene of the criminal celebrity trial of the century. Flash bulbs pop and crowds gasp as the gory details of the Krays’ murderous empire are revealed to an enthralled public.  Loyalties are tested to the limit and old oaths are broken. Detective Nipper Reads' career is on the line; but for those who dare to give evidence - the stakes are far higher.  Will this landmark trial finally bring an end to t...
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Bonnie and Clyde Part 1: Star-crossed Lovers

September 12, 2022 • 46 mins
It’s the early 1930s. In Dallas, Texas, under the Trinity River viaduct - life is hard. They call it the Devil’s Back Porch. Amongst the tents and wagons, the dispossessed scrap it out for survival. Here, kids grow up mean. So it’s no surprise when young Clyde Barrow strays into a life of crime. In a few short years his run-ins with the law will transform him into a hardened killer.  But it won’t be until he meets the love of his l...
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Bonnie and Clyde Part 2: Ride or Die

September 19, 2022 • 46 mins
It’s April 1933. In Joplin, Missouri, a routine stakeout erupts into chaos under the suburban streetlights. Gunfire cracks the night as Bonnie Parker unleashes a hail of bullets from her oversized machine gun, buying time for Clyde Barrow and the gang to ram their way to freedom. Two cops lie dead, but the real prize for the law? An abandoned apartment brimming with weapons, personal effects—and a camera roll of playful, defiant ph...
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Bonnie and Clyde Part 3: The Final Ride

September 26, 2022 • 46 mins
The Star-crossed killers are hurtling towards their final date with destiny. But they still have one thing left to do - come good on Clyde’s promise of revenge on the facility that shaped his future - Eastham Prison.  Their daring raid will bring the bloodhound Texas Ranger, Frank Hamer, down on them. As the net finally closes in, their celebrity reaches new heights - their exploits get wilder and the stories get stranger, and the ...
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