The Wild West in Court: Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday’s Fight for Freedom After the O.K. Corral
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Thirty shots fired in thirty seconds at the O.K. Corral left three men dead and three more wounded and turned into a month-long trial with some thirty witnesses in late fall 1881. Since then, their legendary gunfight with the Clantons and McLaurys has kept the town of Tombstone, Arizona alive and has been the source of inspiration for many books and films over the years.  125 years later, many questions are still left unanswered: Were the Clantons and McLaurys cattle thieves deserving of their death? Why was Doc Holliday, a gambler and notorious gunslinger, deputized by Virgil Earp? Why did the coroner’s inquest not issue a verdict? And this 1880s criminal trial asked the original Star Wars question: who really fired first? LINKS: Sign up for our newsletter so that you’re the first to know when new episodes drop! Listen to J. Craig Williams’ other podcast, Lawyer 2 Lawyer. Tell us what you’re looking forward to the most for this show on LinkedIn, Facebook, X or Instagram!  Purchase the e-book.  SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR VOICE ACTORS: David Woodham as Wyatt Earp Scott Well as Wesley Fuller Jeremy Brown as Ike Clanton Ken Sutherland as Prosecutor Littleton Price J.D. Freedman as Defense Attorney Tom Fitch Jamie Duarte as Sheriff Johnny Behan Hon. Franz E. Miller, ret. as H.F. Sills Wylie Aitken as Judge Spicer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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