Our Fake History · PodcastOne
Episode #240 - Who Invented the Wild West? (Part I)
December 2, 2025·1 hr 18 min·5 clips
Buffalo Bill dressed in velvet to stage a duel, then scalped a Cheyenne leader to avenge Custer.
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A lively look at how Buffalo Bill helped turn frontier fact into Western myth.
Buffalo Bill anchors a story about William Cody, the rhyme that helped make him famous, and the Pony Express mythology he later performed for audiences.
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Follow William Cody from prairie buffalo hunter to Buffalo Bill, the showman and myth-maker behind the legend.
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