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Charles Bent was always in the right place at the right time making the right choices.

And it made him a wealthy and powerful man right up until a cold day in January, 1847, when Bent was – finally - in the wrong place at the wrong time - with no idea of what was coming to his front door.

If you’d like to know more about the history behind this episode of The Wild Wild Death, check out these links:

https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/charles-bent/

https://sites.libraries.uta.edu/usmexicowar/topic/taosrevolt#:~:text=On%20January%2019%2C%201847%2C%20Pueblo,of%20collaborating%20with%20U.S.%20force

https://www.nps.gov/people/charles-bent.htm

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6669910/silas-bent

https://womenoftaos.org/women/profiles-legends?/item/74/Josefa-Carson-and-Ignacia-Bent

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/bent-st-vrain-company/

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/beol-enslavement.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_and_Dick_Green

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George Maledon spent decades dropping killers through trapdoors with clinical precision—and total peace of mind. Justice was simple and the mechanics of a hanging were precise. But when the man who killed his daughter got life instead of the noose, Maledon finally called it quits. Turns out, mercy—not murder—was a dealbreaker for the Prince of Hangmen.

If you’d like to know more about the history behind this episode of The Wild Wild Death, check out these links:

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ar-georgemaledon/

https://truewestmagazine.com/article/the-prince-of-hangmen/
ncyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/george-maledon-5748/

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/george-maledon-5748/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151220571/anna-maledon

https://lawmen.genealogyvillage.com/lawmen/gmdead.htm

https://research.ebsco.com/c/siow6l/viewer/pdf/56t3fmhwqf

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Judge Roy Bean may have been THE LAW west of the Pecos River, but he NEVER followed the rules.

If you’d like to learn more about the history behind this episode of The Wild Wild Death, check out these links:

History: Scoundrel Bean, bride wed San Fernando - https://www.mysanantonio.com/life/life_columnists/paula_allen/article/History-Scoundrel-Bean-bride-wed-San-Fernando-4392930.php

Judge Roy Bean: The Law, the Lies, and Lillie - https://texashighways.com/travel-news/judge-roy-bean-the-law-the-lies-and-lillie-in-langtry/

Looking Back – Judge Roy Bean - https://www.harriscountylawlibrary.org/ex-libris-juris/2017/3/15/looking-back-judge-roy-bean

PHOTOS OF THE JERSEY LILLY SALOON –

https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.tx0268.photos?st=gallery