TALL TALES UNCOVERED: Recent Episodes
Joe Cummings
Taking tall tales of cowboys to gangsters of the Cherokee Strip researching them and discovering the true story
David E. George committed suicide in Enid, Oklahoma in 1903. Before he died, he declared he was the assassin John Wilkes Booth. The legend grew but now, modern tests may hold the truth to his claim.
The 1893 Oklahoma Cherokee Strip- Discovering the Four Doctors who made the Run to stake a claim or not amidst total chaos.
Journey on the Oklahoma Land Run of 2023 with Mike and Bea Parker, the winners of the Oklahoma Historical Society contest to visit the most Historical sites from Oklahoma's early beginnings, Native Americans, the Wild West, the Civil War battles, the Land Runs, and beyond. How did a baby buffalo become a prize indeed? What Native Americans inspired its name?
In The Oklahoma Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893, Was there a Tall Tale in being #2? Can #2 be a # 1?
Lydia Markland Pace was a rare woman Pioneer of her own making and a pathfinder. Richard Messall went in a different direction. Yet, they shaped the Cherokee Outlet in their own unique way. Two Pioneers clashing or not? Let the Tall Tale decree!
Today is release date of new book nationwide: Oklahoma Tall Tales Uncovered. Tall tales from Okla. Giant to Bonnie and Clyde with everything in between! Endorsed by US Marshal museum and national artist & sculptor H. Holden.
Was there a Snob Hill where the East side looked down on the West side?Why a battle over the downtown square? Why a very high border fence?Who ended it? High Drama in Enid, Oklahoma Territory.
Is it possible a grocer stopped the Outlaws,the Dalton Gang, the Wild Bunch? 60,000 arrests on federal charges? Gunfighters of the “wickedest type?” Did the Grocer raise an Army of 150 U.S.Deputy Marshals?
The total destruction of a raging fire in 1901 downtown Enid. Why was Jake Roach carrying 18 sticks of dynamite? Was he the cause of the fire? It is true the Opera House exploded in fire and sent lit embers into the Kenwood addition eight blocks away? What happened while Enid burned? The Tall Tale story of the Never-Ending Fire and the 18 sticks of Dynamite.
John Phillip Sousa and his Marine Corps Band performed in Enid, OKlahoma for a Christmas concert in 1919 and 1925. He also gave concerts in 1921 and 1928 which are all explained. DId he really spend $6,000 ($93,000 today's cost) on white kid gloves? What did he leave for the community? The story of "The March King" in the Cherokee Strip.
Was Amelia Earhart ever in Oklahoma ? Is there any truth to the TALL TALE that Amelia Earhart was arrested in Oklahoma? What happened to her?
What are the Ninety Nines in Oklahoma? What kind of Plane did she fly? Let's journey back!
The Nationwide Search for Lawrence Devol, the triggerman of the Ma Barker-Karpis Gang, was in full swing in July,1936. An insane killer was on the loose. Does the Tall Tale of a major gunfight on the Enid downtown square have any truth to it? Was the last of the depression era killers in Enid?
Paul Harvey gives a warning of what he sees in the future for America with startling accuracy.
What connection could there be between Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill? Did they visit the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma Territory? Was either one or both involved in the land run of April 22,1889 in the Oklahoma Territory?
What was Christmas like and how was it celebrated in the Twin Territories? Was Christmas dinner buffalo tongue and possum? Were there any gunfights on Christmas ? Who was first to celebrate Christmas?
The true stories of Lewis Wilkins, "The Oklahoma Giant" and "Little Nick" ,Oklahoma's own Goliath and Tom Thumb
What possible connection could there be between the Oklahoma Outlaw Elmer McCurdy, a carnival mummy, and the hit T.V. series "The Six Million Dollar Man?
How can the skull of Geronimo be at The Smithsonian, Yale University, and reappear in his grave while involving the Grandfather and Father of Two U.S. Presidents, Yale University, U.S. Army, Smithsonian, and a federal Lawsuit? The Mystery at Beef Creek Apache Cemetery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory
What could have possibly caused the big ruckus in the Enid Jail involving Judges, a candidate for Governor, a gunfighter, the newspaper editor, a banker, a former mayor, doctors, and a dead soldier ?
Five innocent brothers sought falsely for everything from horse stealing to murder of a Sheriff end up involving three states, U.S. Marshals, Texas Rangers, Governors of two states, and the U.S. Supreme Court plus the gun battle of Dry Creek, The lynch party fight in the Graham, Texas Jail, and a whole town that rescued them.
Jesse James Gang connections to the Twin Territories, Gunfights in Ada, Oklahoma City, Deacon Jim Miller, John Wesley Hardin, U.S. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves, The Three Guardsmen, Frank Eaton: Pistol Pete - The Wild West in The Twin Territories.
Face to Face quickdraw duels in Enid, Waukomis, Anadarko ,Perry/ "The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight", John Wesley Hardin on the Chisholm Trail, Gunfight at Ingalls, Okla. Territory, Wild Bill Hickok ,Doc Holliday, One Buffalo Hunter against 700 Indians. The Twin Territories as the Wild Wild West.
The capture and death of Pretty Boy. Oklahoma's largest funeral. Pretty Boy rises to Folk Hero.
After a 600 mile Tail of Tears to Oklahoma, the Choctaw help the Irish in their Great Hunger,
A famous shoot out between Dillinger and Detective Henry Cummings that affected St Paul,Minnesota, the FBI,and even the US Congress.
Outlaws like the Doolin gang and U S Deputy Marshals " The Three Guardsman" and legendary U S Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves
Stories were told of Giants in Oklahoma Territory. Were there Giants? If so, Who and where were they?
Three Rough Riders in the Spanish American War-The huge impact they had on the Oklahoma Territory and the United States plus the firsr boxing match in the White House