History For Weirdos
Episode 151: Tombstone’s Bloody Reckoning - The O.K. Corral Incident and Aftermath
Mon, 28 Apr 2025
In the heart of Tombstone, Arizona, a gunfight erupted that would echo across history, but the real story of the O.K. Corral is far messier, bloodier, and weirder than the Hollywood versions let on. This week, we dive deep into the tangled web of grudges, rivalries, and outright chaos that led to one of the most infamous shootouts of the American Wild West. But the O.K. Corral wasn’t the end, it was just the beginning. In this episode, we unravel the bloody aftermath: the revenge killings, the manhunts, and the myth-making that would turn Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday into reluctant legends. We’ll explore how a dusty frontier town became the backdrop for a brutal power struggle, and why the real Tombstone story is far stranger (and far sadder) than you were ever taught. So holster up, Weirdos! This isn’t your sanitized Wild West. This is Tombstone’s Bloody Reckoning. - Thank you for listening Weirdos! Show the podcast some love by rating & subscribing on whichever platform you use to listen to podcasts. Your support means so much to us. Let's stay in touch 👇 Email: [email protected] IG/Threads: @historyforweirdos Website: historyforweirdos.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What is the main topic of this episode?
Hello and welcome to History for Weirdos.
We're your hosts, Andrew and Stephanie. And we're going to take you on a journey into the strange, obscure, and relentlessly entertaining corners of human history.
Now listen up, friends, because it's about to get weird. Welcome back, weirdos.
Welcome back, weirdos.
We are here with another episode of History for Weirdos. We are coming to you from the very sophisticated and refined studios of our living room.
Exactly. Studio Shangri-La, our living room.
Shangri-La, our living room. Yeah. So we cannot guarantee that you will not hear Pericles puppy sounds in the background.
In fact, just to set your expectations, you probably should hear... Pericles puppy sounds and sometimes bird sounds. Yeah.
Even though the bird is at the literal opposite end of the apartment, folks have been funny in messages before. Like, I can hear her go like... Just faintly. In the background. Yeah. Well, I'm really excited to hear the tale that you're going to tell this week. I know a little bit of insight into it because I participated in some of the research.
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Chapter 2: What led to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral?
Yeah.
So ironically, I, Clanton, who had been threatening the Earps and Doc, immediately threw up his hands in the air, ran towards Wyatt, exclaiming he was unarmed and even embraced Wyatt. Like kind of like he was on his knees, like embracing him.
And what a weenie.
I know at that point, Wyatt famously responded, get to fighting or go away.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Like, I don't know what you're doing, dude, but stop hugging me.
Also, like, what an incredible, like, thing to say.
Get to fighting or go away.
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Chapter 3: Who were the key figures involved in the O.K. Corral incident?
Oh my gosh.
Yeah. So Billy Clanton and Tom McClary both were shot multiple times and bled out within minutes. So when the smoke cleared, Frank and Tom McClary were both dead as well as Billy Clanton.
Okay, so a set of brothers and then one of the Billys.
Yeah.
Wow. This all must have felt like it happened at the same time to them.
It must have, yeah.
Everything that you just described must have felt like 30 seconds isn't a long time.
right it must have happened it must have been like so quick and like took forever at the same time very chaotic yeah yeah so uh virgil and morgan both sustained injuries while doc suffered a superficial wound white earth was uh he was unscathed nice that's why he's our hero yeah exactly he's the one who didn't get shot
So in the wake of the gunfight, Ike Clanton, who had fled the scene unarmed, sought to sway public opinion by portraying the Earps and Holliday as cold-blooded killers.
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