Longtime Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly serves as an executive producer of this adaptation of the "Legends & Lies" book series. The documentary series explores the stories behind events and the notable historical figures involved. Historical re-enactments and analysis from historians and other experts are used to bring viewers details about the topic discussed in each episode.
Showing Season 1 of 4
The Real West
2015
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01. Jesse James: Bloody Politics
2015-04-12
A profile of Jesse James.
02. Doc Holiday: Desperate Measures
2015-04-12
A profile of John Henry "Doc" Holliday includes the gunfight at the O.K. corral.
03. James "Wild Bill" Hickok: Plains Justice
2015-04-19
A profile of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok features his reputation as a marksman and penchant for gambling.
04. Kit Carson: Duty Before Honor
2015-04-26
A profile of Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (1809-68) explores his reputation as a mountain man, wilderness guide and Army officer.
05. Davy Crockett: Capitol Hillbilly
2015-05-03
A profile of Davy Crockett (1786-1836), a frontiersman, politician and folk hero, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.
06. Black Bart: Gentleman Bandit
2015-05-10
A profile of Black Bart, a notorious stagecoach robber in the Old West.
07. Billy the Kid: Escape Artist
2015-05-17
A profile of Billy the Kid, a New York City native who became an outlaw in the Old West in the 1870s.
08. George Custer: A General's Reckoning
2015-05-31
A profile of George Armstrong Custer, a Civil War commander in the Union Army, who later died at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.
09. Bass Reeves: The Real Lone Ranger
2015-06-07
A profile of Bass Reeves (1838-1910), a former slave who became a deputy U.S. marshal and is thought to be the inspiration for the Lone Ranger.
10. Butch Cassidy: The Last Man Standing
2015-06-14
A profile of Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, a pair of notorious Old West outlaws, who were immortalized in the Oscar-nominated 1969 film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
