LEGENDS OF THE OLD WEST | Tom Horn Ep6 - “The Murder of Willie Nickell”

[@bd4246]

I can't believe your channel doesn't have more followers. I am addicted to these stories.

[@unclecrusty5241]

Once again, an excellent historical story. Thank you for keeping our history alive!

[@margiagilesvanderveur2583]

THE BEST I AND COMPLETE , I HAVE EVER HEARD ON THE DAYS OF TOM HORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@woodrowwentworth3771]

After 6 episodes I still can't tell if he was a good guy or a bad guy, I guess more of a dark hero than anything. Thanks for another great season.

[@vansongs]

Hired killer. Good or bad, really?

[@billhayes5581]

Not only that he ambushed everybody he shot, the modern equivalent of the drive by.

[@itsgoingdown803]

Wait what? The guy was definitely no good, how can you not decipher that?

[@ericcrawford3453]

Woodrow I'm with you, I don't know? But then if he did kill that kid he snapped, lost it and had to be put down. Harvey Logan gave a good comment about what he thought of him.

[@riverfest11]

Been such an interesting story of Tom! Love this channel!

[@MCOult]

Another outstanding presentation! Thank you! -- Old Matt

[@stevo271]

Thanks for an incredible insight into the life of this man. All the time and research out into it. Great work!

[@AIRRAID2]

Howdy! Gonna save it for tonight as usual.

[@stewartdalton3298]

This channel definitely opens up a whole new area of knowledge. The narrative and description of the situation is very insightful. It goes a long way to dispel the romantic gunslinger myth while also giving an insight into the actual machinations of the times. All in all. I'll remember the name Tom Horn. One of America's pieces to the wild west puzzle. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺😎👍💯

[@wadetaylor1299]

Left the break out part story out he broke out couldn't fire a auto pistol ect.

[@DDubb007]

Thanks again for the great work guys.

[@DragerPilot]

Well done. Thank you

[@louistracy6964]

What a good insight into US history.

[@jamiecaley3809]

Great series

[@scottbates7316]

Great job,,,,,,,as always!

[@AlpineForge9600]

Great work!!!!

[@oletimer5853]

Absolutely amazing!!! Thank you !!!

[@mikeswain6058]

Good job. Very enjoyable. I dug this series on Tom Horn. Preciate the cool wrk u do. 👍👍😎

[@anangryranger]

My great uncle, that taught me much in the 1950's, was a part time sheriff's deputy and bounty hunter at the turn of the 20th century based out of Butte Montana. As a young boy in the 1950's, he taught me how to be become a man of law and order. He carried the law with a 45 Colt in his day. And I later folowed in his footsteps, and that of my father's in the 1970's as a peace officer myself. As to Tom Horn, he spoke of him as a man who was not noted as a man known to ever give the thief an upper hand. He'd shoot first, and deal with the consequences later. Personally, I served 28 years as a peace officer. I killed three armed felons in the line of duty, as would my great uncle if he were there. I have no regrets, as my great uncle would. They were within the line of duty. Though to the shootings of Tom Horn? Well, I wasn't there, and I've no place to comment on them. History will deal with his motivation snd actions. My great uncle lived in those days, and I later. And the critics can say what they will.

[@TBullCajunbreadmaker]

I find it hard to believe that Tom Horn killed just 17 men. If you would have said 34 I would still suspect that number to be short of how many he actually did kill. This was a man that showed no remorse because he believed that he was actually bringing justice to the area he was charged to protect, Not only did he provide a service that the majority of the population seemed to accept. The circumstances and the times that these people were living through were pretty all came together to produce a man like Tom Horn. If it wasn't Tom Horm it would have been someone else like him.

[@benjaminglover1570]

yep. Probably 40 plus.

[@ericpieper1704]

"Riding hard, drinking hard, fighting hard so passed his days that he was crushed between the grindstone of 2 civilizations." Glendolene Kimmel

[@brianrobinson1975]

hell of a story

[@montana663]

Excellent product you guys produce I'm a huge fan. Has anyone considered that possibly the Miller's murdered the boy in retaliation for losing a boy of their own.

[@montana663]

Fantastic series wonderful content you guys produce. Always been fascinated with Horns life. In my opinion there's other evidence he didn't kill the nickels boy, one of the Millers did, his confession as well would never hold up today it shouldn't have then he was heavily intoxicated and bragging to get the Montana range detective job. Thanks for your great work.

[@ericjohnson8326]

He was a blood thirsty killer who enjoyed Killin what do you mean hero? A cold ruthless bastard who killed for money & the thrill of it.

[@whatinthefudge5346]

Except he talked abt other murders also they planted the guy for months how didnt tom know? He increasingly become drunk by those years

[@ericcrawford3453]

I think Tom Horn just snapped & they jad to put him down, but still there are alot of unanswered questions, I just don't know about this man hard to figure out

[@reeseni7620]

Thank you for this. Being a fan of Steve McQueen, I saw the story of Tom Horn just this evening. I believe Mr. Horn's meeting with secret stenographer was what is called entrapment and should have never been admissible in court. As for killing the kid, maybe, but like what I heard the gentlman narrate, the kid was wearing his father's outerwear. I seriously do not think Mr. Horn would have killed the teenager, his father? Yes, but not a child. If Mr. Horn did shoot the kid, I hopoe he died with guilt on his mind when he was hung.

[@evangreen3209]

Read Joe LeFors book Wyoming Peace Officer. He visited the Nickell home a few days after Willie was shot. He saw Willie's bloodstained clothes hanging next to his father's coat. He was, however, riding his father's horse.

[@jolla9963]

This bloke deserves a mini series. What a life he lived, a bit shonky in places, but adventurous all the same.

[@matthewwhite3444]

In the 1970s, there was a miniseries done on Tom Horn entitled "Mr. Horn." You can actually find it on KZbin. It starred David Carradine as Horn. The show played "fast and loose" with many of the facts but, overall, it was quite entertaining. Additionally, in 1980, Steve McQueen starred in a biopic based on Horn's time in Wyoming around the time of the Nickel murder. Once again, Hollywood altered some facts. However, McQueen did an excellent job of playing Tom Horn.

[@jolla9963]

@@matthewwhite3444 thank you, I was only a little kid in the 70's, so wasn't allowed to watch the big people movies, not until JAWS and then I nearly lost my dinner and was taken put of the cinema for my and others safety...

[@ericjohnson8326]

He was hardly a bloke. We don't have blokes over here. That's for England & Australia

[@whatinthefudge5346]

johnJohnson thank you it's just another foreigner wishing they were as cool as us and our American heroes hes larping!

[@jolla9963]

@@whatinthefudge5346 research the Kelly Gang, when your outlaws were fetching $5000 rewards, they were worth £10,000. They wore armour made from plough shares, and the leader of the gang was shot 28 times in one shoot out before being captured. They also nearly made an new colony with Australia, an Irish one. The Kelly Gang set siege to a town, it took 30 troopers to stop 4 men, and they needed to burn down a building to get them all. 4 men, had an entire colony hunting them, but the people never gave them up. Australia has its history, bush rangers we key to it. Ohh, foot note, we also have the biggest stage coach from that era,"Leviathan" is its name...

[@ericcrawford3453]

I just don't know? I want to like him but I also hate his ambushing way, he is either a killer or a kinda hero no I don't know what to think of Tom Horn. Thank you sir for a controversial interesting doc but I'm confused by this man.

[@thomasfreeman4578]

Been interested in Tom horn for years,,,makes me wonder when there has never been proof.doubt the world will ever know for sure

[@wadetaylor1299]

Left out the part where he broke out of jail not fire new auto luger ect.

[@danielpalmer156]

My grandfather and his brothers homesteaded what is now called Lilly Park at the start of cross mountain in NW Colorado. He had met Tom Horn and quite vehemently stated Tom Horn wasn't the man hung. And claimed to have came across him after the supposed hanging. Of course you hear all kinds of situations such as this in western history but I of course believe what my grandfather claimed.

[@evangreen3209]

Lots of tall tales regarding Tom Horn. Because he had lost weight in jail, his head and shoulders were still visible after the trap was sprung. The hanging was witnessed by Sheriff Smalley, Deputy Proctor, Deputy U.S. Marshal Joe LeFors, and the Irwin brothers.

[@montana663]

Horn definitely had a controversial life, imo Horn was framed by one of the millers.

[@michaelparks4147]

John King Fisher would be a good one too Or the newton brothers

[@steveouellette6551]

Did I miss his escape?

[@danielwebster5748]

To the man that said killing is my specialty and I got the market on it the irony is the crime he was hung for he was absolutely innocent of. A school teacher was telling everyone that would listen Tom Horn did not do it I heard the other family the Father and son talking about about it and the son admitting to killing the 14 year old boy.

[@benjaminglover1570]

Seems that a shot like Horn would have killed the father three weeks later. Something is amiss here. Maybe he is innocent.

[@BrightBrandi]

Hanging couldn't have happened to a nicer person