Ep. 05: John Wesley Hardin: The Texas Psychopath

October 13, 2026 · 35 min

Join best-selling author Bryan Burrough as he drills deep into the legend of John Wesley Hardin, the teenaged Texas psychopath who may have been the Old West’s deadliest gunfighter.

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