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The gunfight at the O.K. Corral \u2013 a 30-second shootout between lawmen and outlaws \u2013 occurred on October 26, 1881, in the small US mining town of Tombstone. When the smoke cleared, three people lay dead.\xa0\nThe gunfight might have remained little more than a minor footnote in the history of the Old West, except that it came to be romanticised, dramatised and exaggerated by countless books and movies over the years to come.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why the line between lawman and outlaw was more than a little murky in the Old West; look into why so many people had flooded to the small down of Tombstone in the first place; and discuss how the whole shootout could have been avoided if only someone hadn\u2019t stolen someone else\u2019s mule...\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 'What really happened at the gunfight at the O.K. Corral?' (National Geographic, 2020): https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/03/what-really-happened-at-the-gunfight-at-the-ok-corral\xa0\n\u2022 'Black-and-white view of O.K. Corral gunfight gets grayer' (The Denver Post, 2011): https://www.denverpost.com/2011/05/21/black-and-white-view-of-o-k-corral-gunfight-gets-grayer/\xa0\n\u2022 \u2018My Darling Clementine\u2019 (1946): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3f3qIXXcEY\nLove the show? Join\xa0\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\xa0\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\nPlus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.\nJoin now via\xa0Apple Podcasts\xa0or\xa0Patreon.\xa0Thanks!\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices