Original title
Wild West Chronicles
Released
4/11/2021
Origin country
US
Genre
Documentary, Western
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
5
Number of episodes
57
Once a feared lawman, the legendary Bat Masterson trades his sheriff's badge for a pen and becomes a newspaper reporter. He now travels the frontier to chronicle the amazing true stories of the Wild West and bring them to life once more.
Former friends Wild Bill Hickok and Davis Tutt begin to argue over gambling debts and the affections of a beautiful woman. When they meet in the middle of town, their rift is settled once and for all in the Old West's first quick-draw duel.
When a ruthless outlaw is on the loose, an aloof rancher volunteers to help the Texas Rangers track him down. Along the way, the rancher transforms from loner to lawman and begins a legendary career that inspires the hit novel, The Lone Star Ranger.
Escaped slave Bass Reeves heads west to find sanctuary among the Native Americans. After the Civil War, he becomes the first black Deputy U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi and hunts down one of the most feared killers in the Indian Territories.
As one of the few female physicians in the late 1800s, Dr. Susan Anderson faces her share of doubters on the Western Frontier, but she earns the trust of a rough-and-tumble Colorado mining town when she saves the life of a severely injured young boy.
Legendary gunfighter-turned-newspaperman Bat Masterson recalls his time as sheriff of Dodge City when he and Wyatt Earp outlawed guns north of the town's "dead line." When a troublemaker ignores the law, they do what they must to keep the town safe.
Legendary gunfighter-turned-newspaperman Bat Masterson recalls his time as sheriff of Dodge City when he and Wyatt Earp brought law and order to the notorious town. When a beloved dance hall singer is shot, they race to bring her killer to justice.
Though lacking in experience, young lawman Elfego Baca more than compensates with courage. Just days on the job as a sheriff's deputy, he battles a wealthy rancher's hired guns in a legendary battle that comes to be known as the Frisco Shootout.
When a young boy is torn away from his frontier family, he becomes a man amongst the Apache, fully adapting to their customs and language. Though the years pass by, his mother never gives up hope that she will be reunited with her son once again.
When a young Annie Oakley accepts a challenge to face one of the best sharpshooters in the country, she wins the match and his heart. She marries trick shot artist Frank Butler and they struggle to make it in show business. A better shooter, Annie must become the main attraction for them to succeed.
After Bill Doolin escapes from jail, the US Marshals are determined to keep the notorious outlaw from robbing any more banks or trains. When Heck Thomas and his posse finally corner Doolin, he refuses to surrender, and gunfire is the only way out.
When Mother Amadeus takes ill, former slave Mary Fields travels west to nurse the nun back to health. Soon Mary becomes a fearless mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, protecting the mail from bandits and earning the nickname "Stagecoach Mary."
When they hear about a train with a full safe, Butch and Sundance plot one of the West's greatest train robberies. Their devious plan is to use official Union Pacific lanterns to signal the train and fool the engineer into believing a bridge is out.
The true tale of Pearl Hart, known as the notorious "Bandit Queen." With no money to care for her gravely ill mother, Pearl makes a fateful decision to enter a life of crime and soon becomes the first woman to rob a stagecoach in the Old West.
Marshal Ed Masterson's youngest brother, James, decides to follow in his footsteps and become a lawman. But when James' life is threatened, middle brother Bat Masterson races back from Arizona to protect his kin.
In 1880, Bat Masterson's old friend, Ben Thompson, asks him to help save his brother from the gallows. Ben's brother, Billy, has evidently shot off a man's thumb in a gunfight and is wounded himself. While Billy claims self-defense, an overzealous sheriff is eager to see him hang. Though he is no longer a lawman, and he lacks any kind of legal authority, Bat agrees to travel to Nebraska to talk to the sheriff. When his common-sense appeal fails to impress the sheriff, Bat hatches an elaborate plan to help Billy escape, which only succeeds when Buffalo Bill shows up to lend a hand. Years later, when Bat's editor balks at printing the tale, Bat tries to explain the difficulties of dispensing justice in the Old West.
Teenaged fugitive William Bonney is given a second chance when a kindhearted ranch owner, John Tunstall, offers him a job. Within days, Tunstall becomes a close friend and something of a father figure to young Bonney. But when his new employer is killed in cold blood, Bonney reverts to his criminal ways and vows to seek vengeance. Enraged and once again alone, Bonney faces off with the men who gunned down Tunstall and the bullets begin to fly. Years later, gunfighter-turned-newspaperman Bat Masterson enters the campaign headquarters of congressional candidate Robert Widenmann, who also worked for Tunstall, to find out how a young William Bonney was transformed into the notorious Billy the Kid.
As U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves attempts to arrest Belle Starr and her outlaw husband, Belle asks for 24 hours to find someone to care for her young daughter, Pearl. When the Starr family decides to flee instead, the Marshal must track them down.
After failing to capture the ruthless murderer Augustine Chacon on U.S. soil, Arizona Ranger Burton Mossman relinquishes his badge to cross the border. In Mexico, he goes undercover as a horse thief to join Chacon's gang and spring his trap.
When a deadly smallpox outbreak spreads, Calamity Jane works to save the lives of the infected citizens who once treated her with such contempt.
The Many Faces of Charles Siringo
After two Mexican vaqueros cross the border in search of their stolen cattle, they are gunned down by the rustlers. When El Paso's newly appointed marshal arrests local ranch hands for the murders, he sparks one of the West's most infamous gunfights.
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