Billy the Kid Debunked: The Truth Revealed

There is a lot of misinformation about Billy the Kid's death. This is your comprehensive guide to cut through the noise and determine fact from fiction. Thank you to all of the historians whose research I rely upon.
On the night of July 14th, 1881, Sheriff Pat Garrett gunned down Billy the Kid. Or did he? Why is there still so much confusion surrounding the alleged death of William H. Bonney? Is it true that Pat Garrett’s deputies said that he killed the wrong man? Why did Sheriff Garrett bury the body without letting anyone see it? What was he trying to hide? And why was there no photograph taken? If Garrett did kill the Kid, why didn’t he receive the reward? And while we’re asking questions, who was this Billy Barlow character? What’s that all about? And who was Brushy Bill Roberts? Did Brushy have all the same scars as Billy the Kid? And wasn’t there a photo comparison study conducted by the FBI that showed Brushy and Billy were a 93% match? We will discuss all this and more as we finally clear up a few misconceptions concerning one of the greatest history hoaxes of all time! #history #western #wildwest
1:15 - Did Pat Garrett receive the bounty?
8:13 - Did Pat Garrett’s deputy say that he shot the wrong man?
10.33 - Did Garrett bury the body before anyone could see it?
19:15 - Why was there no photograph?
22:39 - Did Billy the Kid have a beard? Did Garrett accidentally kill a Mexican?
25:32 - Billy Barlow
26:02 - Were Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid friends?
27:49 - Was Billy too smart to be killed by Pat Garrett?
30:50 - Were the residents of Fort Sumner in on the hoax?
33:23 - Anecdotal stories
34:50 - Brushy Bill’s history of tall tales
38:12 - Brushy Bill’s scars
39:26 - Brushy Bill Roberts Autopsy
41:15 - Did Brushy Bill know things that nobody else could have known?
42:36 - Was Billy the Kid left-handed?
43:10 - The Billy the Kid Historical Coalition
44:12 - Brushy Bill Roberts affidavits
46:40 - Jesse Evans
47:46 - 1990 Photo Comparison Study
55:08 - Valid questions concerning the death of Billy the Kid
56:30 - Who was Brushy Bill Roberts?
60:29 - Cousin Ollie theory
65:04 - Why would Brushy lie?
67:48 - Jim Miller
68:41 - Why did Billy the Kid speak Spanish?
71:10 - Billy the Kid’s Sixth Sense
73:12 - Did Garrett’s deputies say that Garrett killed a Mexican?
75:55 - Did Billy the Kid stab someone in NYC?
80:04 - Did Pat Garrett accidentally kill the wrong men?
86:55 - Did Garrett’s widow say he killed the wrong man?
89:35 - Did Brushy Bill have the same eyes as Billy the Kid?
103:34 - Was Billy already dead in the tintype photo?
104:21 - Was Billy the Kid a woman?
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[@WildWestExtravaganza]

So what do you think? Cased closed or nah?

[@Justice4BurreRapes740]

Never

[@CleoHarperReturns]

Closed, of course. It should never have been reopened in the first place. All this crazy speculation does is strip Billy's death of its dignity. Whether one believes he was an outlaw or a freedom fighter, he was indeed just a kid who truly believed he was on the right side of the law. Turning him into Forrest Gump does his memory a huge disservice.

[@richardlincoln8438]

What's yer name again pard ? Since the days of Bloody Beaver, i thought it was Josh. Now something else is bandied about ? Are we going down the 🐎💩 trail ?

[@danielwebster5748]

I think that that was very uncharacteristic of Billy the kid. He would not be sneaking around barefoot with a butcher knife in his hand if he saw strangers particularly Anglos.. and to me this is the biggest thing that proves that Billy the kid was not the man that gunned down why in the hell would he go down there with a porch full and a room full of anglos and speaking Spanish.. I will even go further than that that was so uncharacteristic of Billy the kid that even if brushy bill was proven to not be Billy the kid I would still believe he escaped. He had a sixth sense that saved him and Pat Garrett had already gone down the wrong Man twice. Also on their deathbed it was proven that they both deputies said he shot the wrong man. Both men said he shot. A Mexican that was coming to get a slice of beef. And I think the proof of that whether people want to believe it or not is he would never go in there with a group full of angels and speak in Spanish.

[@danielwebster5748]

I love your videos but in this case you and me are going to disagree Billy the kid would never go up on the porch where they were strangers and speak in Spanish. Delvina Maxwell also said me and the coroner's jury who was all Spanish are mostly all Spanish live at the time and said it was Billy the kid because we wanted him to get away and it worked didn't it. She said the man in the room was absolutely not Billy the kid it was a half breed. She said the corner story the Spaniards talk to the over amongst themselves and said Billy has done so much to help us that now we need to help him. I don't give a damn about the 93% match. Even his own daughter said my father shot the wrong man and to keep himself from getting hung because the man was not wanted he lied and said it was Billy the kid. Where is very very few people that agree that Billy the kid was dead and a ton of them that believed he got away. I'm not talking about historians or modern-day people I'm talking about contemporaries. Both deputy said right off the bat pat you shot the wrong man. It was a Mexican and we would have never allowed him on the porch if it was Billy.finally Pat bully them and the jury in the saying it was Billy the kid. But on their deathbed they most definitely 100% without a doubt said Billy the kid was not shot that night or any other night. That Pat Garrett for the THIRD TIME. YOU KNOW HE HAD A POLICY OF SHOOT FIRST AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER IT BOGGLES MY MIND WHILE PEOPLE JUST AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPT THAT HE KILLED THE KID. I MEAN ACCORDING TO DELVINA MAXWELL THE FIRST WOMAN IN THE ROOM THAT PAT GARRETT AND THE DEPUTIES WERE TOO BUSY RUNNING AND SHE HAD TO GO IN THERE AND MAKE THE IDENTIFICATION. THE MEXICANS LATER SAID THAT PAT GARRETT IN PARTICULAR WAS SCREAMING LIKE A WOMAN. SHE CUSSED THEM FOR COWARDS WHEN THEY WOULD NOT GO IN AND SHE WENT IN HERSELF. THESE ARE THE COWARDS AND THE LIARS THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE SHOT BILLY THE KID. I MEAN JUST LOOK AT HIS BOOK ON BILLY THE KID IT'S A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES. BECAUSE OF THAT BOOK WHICH IS A BOOK PACKED WITH LIES PAT GARRETT PROVES THAT HE IS NOT TRUSTWORTHY YET EVERYONE JUST ACCEPTS THAT HE SHOT BILLY THE KID. HAD HE PUT HIM ON ICE AND WAITED FOR A CAMERA I DON'T CARE HOW FAR AWAY IT WAS HE WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY TAKEN A PICTURE BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE PUT HIM NOT ON ME AS A SHERIFF FOR LIFE BUT PROBABLY IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT IT LOGICALLY HE ALREADY SHOT BILLY THE KID TWICE BEFORE. I MEAN COME ON. I LOVE YOUR STORIES AND VIDEOS BUT ON THIS WE WILL NEVER AGREE. I DON'T SEE HOW ANYONE CAN BELIEVE THAT BILLY THE KID WOULD WANDER AROUND AIMLESSLY AND GET SHOT WITH ANGLOS IN THE AREA AND HE KNEW PAT GARRETT WAS IN THE AREA.

[@localenterprisebroadcastin5971]

I don’t know …none of this follows the documentary “young guns”

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Haha

[@willratcliffe6124]

Regulators!!!!

[@matthewstorm4135]

🤣

[@bethbartlett5692]

​​@@WildWestExtravaganza Having KZbin Tech Difficulties, (won't keep my comment with link) ... so I will leave Link in regular comments section. See symbol: 📚 An Author's Video on the Subject that demonstrates his "interpretation the Resource". Thoughts you would really appreciate the effort, and enjoy his work. Thanks, Beth Bartlett Sociologist/Behavioralist and Historian .

[@MoonSammich]

Hahahahaha 😂😂

[@Dan_Ben_Michael]

I’m a history buff from Sydney Australia. I love stories of the old west. I honestly thought this was put to bed years ago and it was established that A) Brushy Bill Roberts was full of shit, and B) Pat Garrett killed Billy The Kid. I guess every few years these stories pop up and a new generation believes these fairy tales that Billy the Kid somehow survived and lived until his 90’s. I gotta say, this is a very interesting and in depth, definitive account of Billy The Kid’s death. The best I’ve heard.

[@pontiacfan76]

So let's assume Billy the Kid was tanning his skin to pass himself off as a Mexican. Would it not be logical to assume that he spoke Mexican as to not give away his identity. I mean if I'm going through all that trouble to make myself look like a Mexican to keep myself from being picked up by the law and I know how to speak Spanish I would think I would be speaking Spanish every chance I get even if I'm with a group of people that I trust I would think I would be wanting to speak Spanish and every opportunity that I got just to keep people from identifying me.

[@allendean9807]

I’ve owned Old Henry since it was released. This is a severely underrated movie. I know, one of these days, it will be put up there with unforgiven, Josey Wales and Tombstone.

[@deedeldeedle]

Excellant film

[@hankworden3850]

Tombstone is OVERRATED!

[@Dive-Deeper]

Tombstone was a Hollywood story with not a hint of truth in it. Unforgiven is a masterpiece. Old Henry, although fiction, is an amazing film.

[@angelic7007]

I use to love the Oh Henry candy bar.

[@Itsnotapet]

@Dive-Deeper wait...Tombstone had no truth in it? You confident of that statement

[@JerryEricsson]

I arrested on of my best friends for rape many years ago, he was convicted and proved to be a serial rapist in our small town. When you are a cop you do your job and friendships sometimes go by the wayside when duty comes first.

[@SumDumGy]

…and sometimes not.

[@willratcliffe6124]

So your friend was called Duty ?????

[@JohnnyDanger36963]

so you are friends with a serial rapist? 👎

[@nathannielsen1669]

On?

[@JohnnyDanger36963]

@@nathannielsen1669 piss off, Bot!

[@godwarrior3403]

I'm gonna watch, but be warned. Nothing you say is gonna make me forgive you for revealing brushy bill was not billy the kid. I know you been worried about that.

[@nathanielgreer2764]

He went and ruined our good time.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Haha. It's all good, I'm just glad you're here

[@Bobbysixgun]

Lol

[@bignateesquire]

Hahahaha!

[@Mctabbycat]

Ha

[@rustleshackleford1553]

He's partying in South America, with Elvis and Hitler 🤔😳

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Ha

[@JoshuaTraffanstedt]

They been going at it for many many decades.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

@@JoshuaTraffanstedt the road goes on forever and the party never ends

[@IHulk-ij8jq]

Party DJ'd by Osizzy B-Laden, catered by DB Cooper Hospitality Inc.

[@jeffharper9703]

And also does Central-Bubb Bubbnigg, the Bubb of all Bubbes daddy'o ☝😂

[@CleoHarperReturns]

If I've never said it before, I freaking love you. All this alternative history BS must be stopped -- and you're the perfect person to help put a stop to it. Also, Lew Wallace was a complete dick.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Hey thanks!

[@sartainja]

Yes, he was a real ass hole.

[@chrisbrown8640]

Soooo...we got it all wrong about Billy huh....no kiddin ?

[@CleoHarperReturns]

@@chrisbrown8640 You must be great fun at parties.

[@SumDumGy]

I kinda don’t want it to stop.

[@markissboi3583]

Movie Old Henry watched it over 10 times 1st year 23:10 tim blake Nelson uncanny how he looks like him on the left

[@robertcaudell7413]

Everyone wants the kid to have lived. Your videos bring me back. But I still want young guns 3🤣

[@robertcaudell7413]

So stop🤣

[@billymoore6801]

Ÿyyÿeeeesßsss!!!!!!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Oh I’m definitely looking forward to part 3

[@MigrantAssassinationSquad666]

God, no. We don't need a 3rd Young Guns movie 😕😕

[@ExKUKicker]

Great investigative work, Josh...as usual! As one that has been in the funeral profession for 38 years, I can guarantee you, as stated, Garrett would NOT have wanted to travel such a distance with a deceased body in the New Mexico Summer heat...🤢 Would have been a very unpleasant experience to say the least. Besides the bloating...a few other bodily issues would not have provided a quality photo, anyway. So...its understandable as to why the Governor didn't require such identification...and of course, the eyewitnesses made up for the unfortunate, circumstances. Keep up the fantastic historical stories...Much Appreciated!🤠

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Thanks

[@RougaRouKJun]

@@ExKUKicker i still think photos of the body would still have been taken

[@ExKUKicker]

@@RougaRouKJun not with the photographer being so far away...I doubt that with all due respect. And if so, they would have appeared by this time...too much $$$ to be made.

[@RougaRouKJun]

@@ExKUKicker you could be right for sure. I’m also sure no one had any idea it would end up such a mystery all these years later

[@ExKUKicker]

@@RougaRouKJun true

[@terrioestreich4007]

Brushy's mouth is very different than Billy. I think he liked the attention he got and he probably could talk a good talk. People have done versions of the same thing throughout history

[@MigrantAssassinationSquad666]

Brushy Bill was NOT Billy the Kid.

[@MicahBell_1860]

But Jo-osh. We know that Henry was loved by everyone in Fort Sumner, so why is it not feasible that the whole town, including Pat, conspired to give Henry a new life by claiming that Pat killed him? In your own words, "Just because they said it happened, doesn't mean it was so!"

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Well, that assumption is a false one. What we know is that Billy was not universally loved at Fort Sumner. Area ranchers such as Manuel Brazil were actively working with Garrett, as were others. Beaver Smith and even Pete Maxwell are suspected of aiding Garrett.

[@MicahBell_1860]

Okay, ​@WildWestExtravaganza (Josh), in a previous video, you did say that he was loved by all the senoritas in Fort Sumner, & so I took it that he was loved by everyone. My bad. For clarity, my comment was tounge in cheek, but I am still left wondering if indeed maybe everyone, including Pat, could have conspired to fake his death, so he could start afresh somewhere else. After all, it was only 200 people. & even if some hated him, they would have been rid of him? Although like you said, he was stoopid enough to return. To be honest, I love the conspiracies that keep us guessing. 😛Anyway, vaya con dios, Cowpoke

[@TexasCowboy10132]

@@MicahBell_1860 I agree.

[@silverstar4289]

Because it is beyond absurd to believe every single person would buy into the scheme. One has to suspend what is known of human nature. The man was a psychopath and many were likely relieved with his demise

[@dwightcurrie8316]

@@MicahBell_1860 Billy's "Popularity" with the Ladies, may have also added to the list of "Men" who had no love for Billy, aiding in his Demise. Plus Billy's propensity for Stealing Horse and Cattle, to make his living, wouldn't have added to his being "Loved" by all the members of that community. Just a couple of points

[@jaredkirts543]

"Billy was too smart" Ya, he was a smart guy but he was also an older teen that probably had a hell of an ego on him because of his success.

[@Globulas]

Bravo great work

[@UncleBildo]

Brushy Bill Roberts..... the REAL Forrest Gump!

[@UncleBildo]

Some people just won't accept anything that goes against their beliefs, hero worship, and conspiracy theory fixations. Might as well claim JFK was killed by a lone gunman, Mary Jo Kopekne was driving Ted Kennedy, and Abe Lincoln was straight. Gonna start a fight regardless!

[@jonkeathley3772]

@@UncleBildo 🤣

[@TommyLawson-yc3ru]

@@UncleBildo 😆 🤣

[@tom-c1j2p]

no youre the real Forest Gump

[@nathannielsen1669]

You misspelled uncledildoo

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

I knew an old man back in the 70's, actually 73,74,75, i was 13,14,15 but that old man knew it all, seen it all,done it all. He loved to talk, and supposedly rode with different outlaws ( criminals), knew a lot of different criminals, he was a early SEAL , which was a frogmen, way back in the day, WW2, i think? Hell I don't remember what all he used to say or tell everyone back then, I think most of us just liked to hear him talk and tell his stories, and stories i believe was all they were, i don't know he may have done some of that shit but nobody really knew. He was damn near 100 in 74-75, looked like he was in his 70's, but yeah back in the late 1800's he run with some outlaws, on horseback, out west, haha, but like i said, who the hell knows. Man if he did half the shit he claimed, he'd be one bad SOB. Geez! Lol

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Haha, I've known a few guys just like that

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

@@WildWestExtravaganza- Hahahahaha, yeah I still know a few like that too, try to blow smoke up peoples butts and try to make folks think they big and bad! lol

[@themulletteer6839]

Just in time my man. Always a pleasure. Thank you for your continued work.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Thank you for returning!

[@themulletteer6839]

​@@WildWestExtravaganza I've been listening a plenty, just had not spoken up recent like. Try to stay out of the heat. VA been nasty this week, reckon y'all been as bad.

[@donc9751]

I'm with you! This channel is the best on the net as far as I'm concerned!!!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

@@donc9751 too kind!

[@job4391]

Brushy Bill looked NOTHING like Billy the Kid, the facial structure was not even close even taking ageing into account.

[@frankhummel955]

Bs they did a fbi did a comparison and it was 98percent a match so go find a hole and gruel in ok

[@glenbonura6246]

@@frankhummel955 RELAX

[@frankhummel955]

Yu had better check out the truth ok your full of bull

[@MigrantAssassinationSquad666]

​@@frankhummel955.....You Brushy Bill people are utterly DELUSIONAL 😆

[@MigrantAssassinationSquad666]

​@frankhummel955 .......Brushy Bill was NOT Billy the Kid. You mean, Brushy Bill.....the lying conman ?????? 😁😁

[@dannysimmons3167]

I don’t have the words. Yeah I do, old-west stolen notoriety. I may have just invented something.

[@snappers_antique_firearms]

Thanks josh, i spent the last few days listening to your older podcasts while on a grand canyon trail, aka death march, my wife made me go on with her. Hope all is well.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Haha, sounds like a fun trip. Everything is good here, you?

[@snappers_antique_firearms]

Yeah, it was fun. Nice being away from civilization. Just wish i never had to come back. Been doing very well myself. Just picked up a 1866 trapdoor in 50-70 from garrett.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

@@snappers_antique_firearms Nice

[@Justice4BurreRapes740]

Micha Bell must pay

[@phil7144]

Aha! I knew that rat was behind it all!

[@TheRush1966]

i like to think billy the kid survived. my fuukin hero all my life, but no matter all the evidence yeah or nah, we will never know. and ive been reading and watching for 50 years... thats why i love good channels like this. keep up the good work mate :)

[@gearldbuck1852]

Good job, the facts don't matter to some people, so sad !

[@mikec6111]

Something Else about Gov Lew Wallace. He was the author of Ben Hur. The novel that became a play and several feature films. Most Notably, the one starring Charlton Heston in 1959.

[@flynnoldman3542]

Ever since I've seen Galaxy Quest, I've become hesitant to use the term "historical documents".

[@thegorillabobthegorillabob1245]

I'm glad rolled your "R".

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Did that just for you, don't tell no one

[@juansantana9678]

@@WildWestExtravaganza 😜

[@juansantana9678]

👏🏼

[@jessmann2780]

Josh , once again bringing common sense, logic & no BS to the Internet.

[@johndilday1846]

I don’t have a concern about Billy supposedly getting away. Please look into the mysterious murder of Pat Garrett. Quite a story and lots of rumors about what really happened.

[@rodharp972]

Josh want to ask you a question you said the Poe said to Pat you shot the wrong man After some rather forceful persuasion, indeed, we induced Maxwell to procure a light. He finally brought an old-fashioned tallow candle from his mother’s room at the far end of the building. He placed the candle on the window sill from the outside. This enabled us to get a view of the inside, where we saw a man lying stretched upon his back, dead, in the middle of the room, with a six-shooter lying at this right hand and a butcher knife at his left. Upon examining the body we found it to be that of Billy the Kid. But if you back and read what Poe said before that Poe said that he never seen Billy or Maxwell before so how would Poe know if Pat really killed Billy or someone else he can only go back what Pat or Maxwell say? Josh just playing devil advocate I don't think brushy is Billy but I do think he was there with or he knew someone who was there. I think Billy lived a long life never to be heard from again and that's what I think he really wanted.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Correct, Poe and McKinney never had previously encountered the Kid. You gotta ask yourself what scenario is more probable. Scenario A) Garrett and Maxwell lied to the deputies. The dead man was not Billy the Kid but Garrett couldn’t afford to let the news spread that he had once again shot the wrong man so he silently conspired with Maxwell to trick the deputies. The other residents of Fort Sumner went along with it…all 200 of them. Their ruse was so successful that they not only convinced the deputies, but also the coroner’s jury and the entirety of the New Mexico Territorial government. Also Billy the Kid finally took the hint and never again resurfaced. Or scenario B) Deputies Poe and McKinney used their deductive reasoning, coupled with the reaction from locals and identifying information on the dead man’s body, that he was Billy the Kid.

[@waruikoneko1635]

I remember when I was a kid my dad telling me Billy hadn't been killed, and pointed out Brushy and many other of the points mentioned in this video. As I got older and started reading up on it, I realized there was no possible way Pat let Billy go or shot the wrong man. My dad still holds to his belief that Billy survived, and tbh at his age I figure it's better to let him die thinking his hero stuck it to the man than tell him the truth. Still, I love these videos. This channel is criminally under rated.

[@Shannon_Dobbs]

Josh, I will say this. I do NOT believe that Brushy Bill was Billy the Kid. I DO believe that Billy was gunned down by Garrett in 1881. However… I do, wholeheartedly, wish that when Joseph McCarty met Garrett, years after Billy’s death, that Pat told Joseph: “Look, I shot the wrong man, convinced all in Fort Sumner to pass him off as your brother, met up with Billy later and told him to get his ass to old Mexico and not come back, and he’s still there, and this is where.” I WISH that would be the real reason why Joseph left amicably and later said it was concluded, and Billy lived a low key life and died surrounded by family. No lying Brushy Bill, just a former outlaw, given a second chance and taking it, living his life quietly in old Mexico, regaling his brother with stories of his adventures until old man Bonney passed quietly. A man can dream.

[@MigrantAssassinationSquad666]

I agree ❤❤ Brushy Bill Roberts was NOT Billy the Kid !!!!

[@frankhummel955]

@Shannon_Dobbs no yu are wrong so get your facts straight garret never killed the kid and all the prof is there Morris's proved it all so deal with it and move on the facts are there plain ad day even gators kids said he didn't kill the kid so ho much more do yu all need facts are facts dig him up and the prof is there as well

[@MigrantAssassinationSquad666]

@@frankhummel955 .....Learn to spell, dummy 😆😆

[@ProudGirlDadX2]

Ah-Ha I kneeew it! I knew it was Gator and Gators kids all along. I f**kin knew it! Thank you random illiterate Internet Karen for putting this controversy to rest. And someday when the stars are right, beneath the waves in the dreaming city of R'lyeh the great Gator god will awaken from his slumber, along with all of Gators kids, and reclaim this world and all of it's inhabitants.

[@Shannon_Dobbs]

@@frankhummel955 first: learn how to spell. Second: why don’t you prove to me that he SURVIVED!! I am waiting.

[@dwightcurrie8316]

IF Brushy Bill had 26 wounds on his body, that makes him practically a Piker, compared to Cole Younger, who was "Truthfully" said to have more than 70 wound scars on his torso, at the time of his death, from Old Age.....Just Sayin. Now to the Controversy............... Today, in 2024, we ALL have access to information that could not have been Dreamed Of, when Garrett, Killed, or Didn't Kill, Billy The Kid.....Nobody but a Fool would argue that one Premise/Fact, right? Given that we have such unbelievable Access to Information, often that goes back Centuries and longer, is it not a bit Perplexing that "WE" are also Inundated with "Rumor, Upon Rumor, Conspiracy Theory Upon Conspiracy, Myth Upon Myth....you get the idea... With all the info at the touch of a finger/Mouse & Very Soon "Allegedly", The Blink of an eyelid(That Whole Eyelid/Eye/Tongue, You Name it, stuff is gonna "Revolutionize" the Now All But Outdated, "Butt Dialing" that we have all been guilty of). A Century+ later, we can't agree on who did and who didn't, Kill Billy, much less, "Did Billy Die when Garrett said he killed BTK?". This Means that there really was some Skullduggery involved in that whole, Death Of BTK Thingy, right???? Remember that a month or so ago a Former POTUS And Current Presidential Candidate & Party Nominee, was the victim of a Failed Assassination Attempt, that, Thank God, only cost the Target a little bit of his Right Ear, and a lot of Blood, because head wounds always bleed Effusively.....AND, there are as many Versions, of "What Really Happened" than there are Peanuts In Georgia, every September. There will Never be a Consensus without Undeniable Testimony and Rock Hard Truth, in massive amounts is Revealed......Likely, Not Even Then. You know it, I know it, Hell we all know it. That's how we Americans "Work", and I for one am thankful that we have passed the "If it's on TV or The Internet, it must be true" stage in our society. For the most part anyway. As for there being some huge(For That Time) conspiracy to cover up the Fact that Garrett Didn't Kill BTK, or some variation of that theme. I submit that all the Testimonies coming from people who knew Billy On Sight, have Put Paid to that "Rumor". Based Solely on what I have read over the last 50+ years, of "Following the new evidence" that comes out regarding Pat & Billy, I have not found One Single Bit Of Info that makes me look Kindly upon Garrett as anything but a Craven, Opportunist, Grifter, Liar, Self Promoter, Criminal(At Times), for pretty much his entire life and some of his "Less Than Legal" Antics just may be what got him Ambushed and Murdered....(My opinion is that Deacon Jim Miller was Garrett's Assassin", but Miller got his Dumb Ar$e Hung in Ada Ok. in 1908, so he can't admit or deny any of his Victims & he killed more folks than Influenza, in his day)....but no proof exists, one way or the other. Did Garrett kill Billy? Yeah, as much as I dislike almost Everything about Garrett, I believe he got Lucky Twice, that night, 1-By being in Pete Maxwell's Bedroom, when Billy Came stumbling in & 2- throwing up a shot, in the Dark Bedroom, that hit Billy in or near his Heart(But Garrett was well known for being a Crack Shot, with lots of Practice as well as Combat rounds fired by Garrett, and Muscle Memory is a real thing & may be the reason, other than Blind Luck).....Too many people who knew The Kid by sight, saw the Body and weren't Bashful in telling their Story. For Me, that settles it, but this is just an Opinion, like so many others who completely disagree. Will it ever be settled? Oh Hell No! We Americans Do So Love our Old West Heroes and Villains, and Hopefully that will always be the case......... Excellent Video, Josh

[@DgDanger72]

Our man Danny McBride rolling them Rrrrrrr’s

[@jakeroberts7435]

No matter what the "truth" is, and l just started the video, but l liked the movie "Old Henry", l got it in the $5 bin at Wal-Mart. Good movie

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

$5 bin remains undefeated

[@jakeroberts7435]

@@WildWestExtravaganza Kinda strange though, the bin, all the clutter, disorganization, always reminded me of.....me. The other day l was there and the movies were stacked neatly, you could read titles, organization. I said to myself, l said self, is this a sign, should l get my life.....naw, no way 😔

[@speakupriseup4549]

The recent Netflix documentary proved that Brushy Bill wasn't Billy the Kid, he was Old Henry 😂

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

I forgot about that

[@jakeroberts7435]

Gotta admit that was a good movie, but my favorite was Pat Garret and Billy the Kid, the Sam Peckinpaw masterpiece, a great shoot um up with an unbeatable music score. The shotgun shells loaded with dimes and a few other things are questionable, but still entertaining.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

@@jakeroberts7435 another great one

[@bethbartlett5692]

I don't know ... I disagree. DNA is the Gold Standard.

[@Blacc_yoshi]

@@bethbartlett5692 I'm Billy the kid

[@PhilipCallicoat-k9z]

The governor Lew Wallace was the author of the famous novel Ben Hur... The movie was based on the novel... Good movie also... Starring Charlton Heston...

[@Bobbysixgun]

Billy' folly was staying where he was comfortable

[@JamesWoods-q9j]

Love this channel, been watching since he was the bloody beaver 😂 he's the uncle your mom warned you about 😂😂

[@gbart7175]

I heard Davey Crockett survived the Alamo and went home to Tennessee and opend the 1st ever Rootbeer float stand under the alias Cravy Dockett..so if he can do it why cant billy?...put that in your pipe and smoke it 😏..🤣🤣

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

You make a very good point, I take it all back.

[@allendean9807]

It was actually Gravy Docket. And he became a CPA in Tucson, Arizona. Lived to be 142 years old. Died rescuing American prisoners of war in Viet Nam. The man was a legend.

[@williamhurt8512]

@around, 25:36, is that emilano zapata..??........ blasphemy, i don't who this fictional billy barlo was but as other blasphemy's go, i'd kiss gods ass to be half the man emiliano zapata was and furthermore, i really like that big moustashe and who is this billy barlo to be illistrated by the illustroius likes of zapata..??!!.......bahha humbug....................................................

[@Bobbysixgun]

I been to Vegas tiny little town walked through there on my way to the city of angels stray dog followed me til I got a ride

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Heck yeah

[@sartainja]

Was the dog’s name “Sooner”?

[@Bobbysixgun]

@sartainja no idea I just called him go away fucker I'm trying to get a ride

[@Smitty_Time_24]

Im disappointed that Billy really did die so young but i prefer the truth over the fiction spun by liars. Thanks for the hard worl brother.

[@mistyjames810]

And so concludes the story of Billy the Kid! Adiós amigo, vaya con dios! 🤠

[@-PanzerRabbit-]

OMG.... This is gonna be a hellava Saturday... 1 minute after regaining contiousness this morning i got porky pig stuttering on my TV and then on my phone i got Josh telling me "the kid" has wide child bearing hips !! 🤣 O chit ! Now im trying to get fully awake while considering if Pat the weasel killed Billy in some failed attempt at procreating... 😮 Damn the the thats alot for a ole carpenter to absorb so early in the morning... The west may have been a little wilder than i thought :-) Nice Job Josh always expanding people's mind and making us think.. 👍 😏

[@podunkmissouri4999]

Well jesse james wasn't really killed by Bob Ford. So there

[@ermano58]

Jesse james was killed by bob ford on april 3 1882 cant b argued cant b debated , j frank dalton was a phony , didnt recognize his “ daughter “ , mary who brought jesse s boots which didnt fit phony dalton

[@LordMerlic]

Well very done and presented, I love style of debate. As always, I am looking forward to the next installment of Wild West Extravaganza!

[@RzaGzaODB]

If I ever commit a crime I hope David is not on the jury.

[@Davidgreene-t2y]

@@RzaGzaODB YOUR TALKING ABOUT ME AGAIN.

[@CrazyFeathers]

Hello Bob, goodby Bob.

[@jasonmoehring5326]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I thought Millers first name was John and Jim Miller had something to do with Pat Garretts death?

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Yes, correct. If I said Jim I misspoke, I meant John.

[@richardmartin2646]

So journalism has always been this bad, and I already knew Lincoln shut down over 400 newspapers, jailed editors, and reporters In the north, I'm not surprised a good job , Josh

[@desertrat3795]

Josh check out Dee Harky, some say he lied a lot. I have read the book abt. him but that's all I know. if it's worth it might be a good investigation. Thanks

[@garrettfromsmokeinthewoods]

Lol, the brushy bill is a liery liery liery lier part 8 1/2. I'm just kidding another great one, josh!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Haha

[@ninkd0311]

Young guns movies are documentaries right ?

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Yes

[@cherylyoung440]

These two don’t match at all Billy’s ears are lower , mouth smaller, eyes further apart and so on. I can see it’s not a match

[@pxrays547]

There are a lot of Brushy videos around that buy into his bragging. Thank you for the cool headed, evidence based video piece!!

[@ninohiggs6339]

I drank beer with Billy at a bar one night and he told me the whole story...

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Same

[@jakeroberts7435]

@@WildWestExtravaganza John Wilkes Booth was drunk in a bar in Enid Olklahoma and got his head blown off by Jesse James for running his fool yap in 1903. Booth didn't die in that barn and John Surrat lived out his days in Maryland, but they hung his mom.

[@fokkerd3red618]

Your a Helluva man. Thank you so much

[@chrisbrown8640]

Last I heard Billy was alive and well and living in Argentina.....................

[@jakeroberts7435]

I married Billy's sister, l know the truth

[@willdarkth1125]

Supposedly while on the the run billy stayed a couple nights in my my great great ect. Grandparents barn and supposedly there was a rifle in the family that was given to them as a thank you for hiding him

[@WillMGlynn]

Brushy's ears were completely different then the Kid.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Lol

[@WillMGlynn]

@mickyfrench1965 Many Chinese men have identical eyebrows.

[@MrCashewkitty]

Our ears and nose, but especially ears, keep growing as we age. Especially in men. Look at our potato head president. Not saying Billy wasnt shot dead at all.

[@MrCashewkitty]

@mickyfrench1965 id take an inbred banjo player over Joe

[@billyhill777]

I just have to say, i stumbled on your chanel a good while back, im a truck driver & i put your chanel on and just let it roll , while im rolling. I love the old west & you make it fun to listen, but regardless of my biased this is the best pod cast on youtube period! Thank you for your work. God bless you & yours..

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

I love my truckers! Stay safe out there!

[@DM-wu5hn]

These people must have been rich to have so many photos of themselves.

[@mikekirylo5357]

Facts 😎💯

[@Tater4200]

Case has been closed... it's just flat earth kind of people that keep this crap up

[@beau4129]

Love me some WWE 💥🔫🌵🏜️

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Many thanks

[@JerryEricsson]

Sometimes you want to go where everyone knows your name - Fort Sumner .

[@jaytaggert9883]

Billy the Kid only had peach fuzz for facial hair. If he was Brushy Bill, he sure got hairy in his old age....

[@jim7831]

His eyes grew closer together too. Weird 🤔

[@johnstanley9719]

I'd have to agree. I've have had a mustache and a goatee since high school. But can't grow a full beard because hair doesn't grow on my cheeks. Facial, not ass. Got plenty there.

[@kennyberg1395]

Brushy Bill was the Forrest Gump of Hico, TX.

[@jamierobinson3349]

I'm sure I'm not the only female fan here who's been approached by full of crap losers like Brushy Bill lol. He was a pathetic compulsive lier. And if I was psychic I would think it a good probability that David might still live with his mom, but of course I could be wrong. Dude, I loved the intensity of the way you brought the A-game of facts over fantasy. I've been a total tomgirl all my life surfing, climbing, hunting, etc..and being born and raised in the West, I love hearing the old stories especially the outlaws. Your channel rocks 🎩😎🤘

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Thanks!

[@MrCashewkitty]

Hey chica. Im a SEAL Team Delta Ranger who now works with the CIA. Im just living with mom as deep cover. Want to go get some drinks? My Astin Martin is in the shop. Can you drive? 😂

[@jamierobinson3349]

@@MrCashewkitty 😅👍

[@dalgarrett5108]

Too bad they didn’t have CCTV, Ring, or something like that. I believe that Pat did kill Billy. But people might think I’m biased.

[@rschultz9492]

this is one of the best channels on KZbin

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Thanks!

[@andrebriscoe2272]

Brushy bill Roberts looks nothing like emilio estavez lol

[@buckmusky2201]

LFG!! best night of the week is when TWWE uploads!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Thanks!!!!

[@frankhummel955]

Alot of Bullshit he died of old age in 1951and there's prof up the yingyang

[@danielblackburn1241]

Total BS

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HA!

[@lauriealexander5857]

Almost 2 hours, I'm in heaven❤❤❤❤❤

[@CleoHarperReturns]

I know, I feel that way every time he uploads a deep dive. It's never long enough for me. I could listen all day -- and have.

[@b.a.n20O3]

1:11:55 6 in probably meant 6 inch. Talking about his revolver.

[@pickititllneverheal9016]

Nice tongue roll 😂 Keep em coming brother.

[@mrbill_oh_no]

Was a good one!

[@dwightcurrie8316]

So, Josh.....You're saying that Neither Paul Newman, nor Kris Kristofferson were chosen to portray Billy The Kid, because of an Uncanny Physical Resemblance, between them and Billy???? Another Fantasy Dashed To Bits....Dammit I Blame you, Josh :)

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Ha

[@valis992000]

The problem is that there was very little electrical service in the frontier towns. That made it almost impossible to keep your cell phone charged outside of the big eastern cities. When you know that then you understand why no picture was taken. People really need to do their homework on this stuff.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Great point

[@TheFrogfeeder]

@@valis992000 cmon bro, it’s well documented that fort sumner had its own EV charging station…

[@SamVaris]

I love the way you just give the truth with such lies like this

[@marlinmealer6506]

58:17 - 59:51 had me in TEARS lmao. Reminded me of a Forklift Driver who showed me a Super Bowl Ring (quite a few times) and said "I was a part of that Super Bowl Winning Patriots Team . . .but never specified which one.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

I’ve known a few people like that

[@DustyB]

I would love to see an in depth analysis on the likes or Orin Porter Rockwell

[@acatwiththreenames3658]

Excellent! You convinced me of what I always suspected, that brushy Bill was not Billy.

[@sheiladean9394]

I have a thought. If Garrett had no issue pulling the trigger, to take a human life, then why would he have any worries about the grave to that life he took? Any concerns about grave robbers? Why would he bother himself to check the grave? He was paid handsomely for that body and that should have closed that chapter. Is there anything in history regarding Garrett checking out any other graves or graveyards in itself for robbers?

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

So within like a week of the Kid’s death there were allegations in the papers that either Garrett or one of his deputies had cut off Billy’s trigger finger and sold it. I think it was more a defending his honor kind of thing

[@Bobbysixgun]

Brushy bill is a lying liar

[@danielblackburn1241]

A total all-around lier

[@danielblackburn1241]

Liar

[@rodharp972]

Well this is my thoughts on the whole Billy The Kid. I do not think Pat killed Billy Pat story have to many holes in it. I have discussed this with Josh, but as far as brushy being Billy don't know even his was Billy or he was there with Billy. I just think Billy was to smart for the things Pat said happened. For example Pat said that when Billy was coming to Maxwell house he saw the other two deputies and if Billy knew Pat and others were after him why in the hell if you see two people you never seen before there asking you questions and they are not Mexican and speaking english why would you answer them in Spanish and the most important part is why would you continue going towards them make no sense but there are a lot of more questionable things Pat said in his book that just dumb. But if we want to get to the bottom of thing why don't we just get DNA from Billy brother and compare it to brushy. One more thing what did Pat tell Billy brother when they met in that bar cause Billy brother said he was going to kill Pat on sight when he see him.

[@rodharp972]

@mickyfrench1965 you lost me what about a $1000

[@mrbill_oh_no]

Brushy Bill is the vampire son of Billy the Kid… who was the vampire magistrate of the region. Pat was a member of the secret society of vampire hunters and did his duty!

[@billymoore6801]

That would be a good movie

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Yeah but where do the Paladins fit in???

[@alexanderson8772]

That not what happened I was there I hnew Billy the kid

[@CleoHarperReturns]

BTW Michael Anthony Giudicci (I probably spelled it wrong😅) is pronounced: Ju-da-si-si. I love the guy, and the Coalition at Chasing Billy. The three channels are my go-to. Is there any chance of you doing a future video on Jesse Evans? The above just did an interview with actor Daniel Webber (who plays Evans in the series) and there seems to be very little reporting of him outside of his connection to Billy. I'd like to know more about Evans and you seem to be able to dig deeper than almost everyone. I'm sure you've got a full plate but if you don't ask, you know?

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Noted. I’d love to learn more about Evans one of these days

[@chungul]

I saw a KZbin documentary done by a professional investigator who does imvestigagtions on historical matters like Billy The Kid's death. He spoke with Billy's decendants and they said Pat Garrett was one of Billy's best friends from childhood and that it was all a setup. She told him that they killed someone else in the dark and buried them instead of Billy and that he lived a very long life. People got paid off to claim that it was Billy's body in the coffin. At least that's what she told the investigator.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

This is the type of misinformation that I highlight during this video. Billy the Kid has a total of zero known descendants. Anything you saw where someone was claiming to be a descendant of Billy the Kid is apocryphal at best. Please, I'm begging you, stop getting your history from KZbin channels, mine included. Pick up a book written by a legitimate and respected historian. You'd be amazed at what you might learn.

[@Marcivermectin]

Lets go! Josh is back.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

I never left

[@Jeffrey-rq2gq]

Thumbs up for the extrrravaganza!! Thanks.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

You bet

[@danielarens9941]

Love this channel my man!! Keep up the great work ❤YEEHAAA!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@fatherofmimes4236]

Hey Danny, thanks for clearing all this up!! I see where your taking this, but let me ask you a question. Do you think Pat Garrett really shot Billy the Kid?!? I'm justa Joshin' you. Entertaining as always and I DO thank you for that!

[@WVF112469]

Billy retired from a small pet shop in Tijuana. The shop was pretty much black, gray and white except for the red or blue Beta fish and a couple other secondary examples for a texture. He spent his last years living casually paranoid while occasionally shitting in a hole and eating barbecue iguana. Perhaps at the same time and place. I heard it on a Mexican radio, I'm on a Mexican radio

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Iguana sounds delicious

[@blueliesmatter2]

Its tough eating, but if you want to clean your palate after eating a bloody beaver it gets the taste out. ​@WildWestExtravaganza

[@MrCashewkitty]

Mexican, whoa whoa, radio....

[@mikemalcom834]

Josh, about debunking conspiracy theories, Mark Twain once said, as I best recall, 'It is easier to fool somebody than to convince them they have been fooled'. How about a break from the outlaws and lawmen let us see your lighter side? If it falls flat, you will be forgiven, after all, as you often remind us all, nobody's perfect. Josh, I do appreciate your effort to preserve the historical record and not rewrite it as seems to be a policy of many today. Consider the western travels of Sam Clemens as a topic, please.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Great suggestion

[@BBFtB]

Wow. Thanks for the shout-out brother. We really appreciate it. Always glad to help a fellow Kid historian. Great episode!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Any time!

[@davidcoleman4558]

Do you think Pete Maxwell betrayed him and set him up? And also have you heard the theory that Billy would not only speak fluent Spanish but also fluent Irish given his background as an Irish immigrant stock.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

I think it’s a possibility

[@robertbolino9052]

Did you ask The Delta Force Guy for his DD214? Bet he gives you a blank look! Like the one you are giving me! AS a VET! WE all talk Our own Language

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

I didn’t have to ask, he was piling it on too thick.

[@RayR-ge8np]

Danny Shane gillis McBride lmao