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The women of the Wild West mostly spent their lives laundering men\u2019s clothes, bringing up children, and avoiding getting caught in the crossfire - but that didn\u2019t stop a legend forming around them; not least dime novel heroine and \u2018Bandit Queen\u2019 Belle Starr, who was murdered on 3rd February, 1889.\nThe \u2018outlaw\u2019 was riding home, two days before her 41st birthday, eating a piece of cornbread, when she was blasted off her horse. And then shot again, in the face. But mystery still surrounds the identity of her killer.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain how the fallout from the civil war shaped Starr\u2019s life; ask whether ostrich plumes, rattlesnake rattles and dried earlobes could come back into fashion; and explain what Tom Starr\u2019s gang had in common with Elton John\u2026\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\n\u2018Belle Starr the Bandit Queen: How a Southern Girl Became a Legendary Western Outlaw\u2019 (Atlas Obscura, 2013): https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/belle-starr-the-bandit-queen\n\n\n\u2018Belle Starr The Badass "Bandit Queen" Of The Wild West\u2019 (allthatsinteresting, 2021): https://allthatsinteresting.com/belle-starr\n\n\n\u2018Belle Starr's Crazy Life Story & Grave!\u2019 (Rhetty for History, 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2XLrY0cuJ8\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\n#1800s #Person #Strange #US\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices