Man Vs History: 1x1

Billy the Kid's Great Escape

Images of the Wild West are inscribed in the American DNA. We’ve been raised on tales of cowboys with great nicknames dueling it out and then riding off into the sunset. We’ve consumed so much fiction about the Wild West, it’s time to get down to the facts. In search of the truth, Bil Lepp, puts Billy the Kid’s famous escape to the test, attempts Annie Oakley’s most difficult shot and investigates the validity of the “Tombstone Thunderbird.”