261: Poker Alice

Coming to you live from the Caveman Music Festival, this week we are telling tales of trickery and squeaky clean scams that still work today. A buck fifty in dimes shot from a 12 gauge by Billy The Kid as told by local Caveman music fest cowboy, Cort Walker.

Rachael travels to Creede, Colorado a cowboy town in the mountains founded in 1892 and comes across a creepy real life encounter tale of a cryptid sighting from a local that happened just south in New Mexico.

There is a cowboy we know, who would prefer to be called a "horseman" that long ago had a criminal past.... his stories are like Hollywood screenplays and most of them you wouldn't believe.... but this one, the tale of a hired hit, where the criminal listened to his conscious and against his better judgement be-friended the target.... this is a story we've been waiting a long time to gain his trust enough to let it be told on the podcast. What a perfect way to re-launch Be Here For Awhile... On The RanchSeven Deadly Sinners is moving to Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/DeadlyPodcast

Live from Rugby Rocks Music Festival, Rachael is fireside with her husband Greg and her summer side kick "Norm" with a live camp fire audience to tell us spooky tales from southern Colorado.

Rachael has a special guest, the lovely Paula, with a victim's story from her childhood, a victim of none other than the score card killer.

The story of Baby Doe Tabor with Special guest Nat "Norm" Pat.

Poker Alice was an infamous British rancher who was known to have won a small fortune playing Poker across multiple states in the late 1800s.

In this explosive episode of Seven Deadly Sinners, we dig into one of the most disturbing and far-reaching criminal conspiracies of our time—the Jeffrey Epstein case. Joining us is acclaimed investigative journalist Nick Bryant, whose groundbreaking work on the Epstein files and the Franklin Scandal has exposed the dark underbelly of elite power and abuse.Bryant takes us deep into the sealed documents, hidden connections, and unspoken truths behind Epstein’s international sex trafficking ring. From the flight logs to the black book, from the political ties to the media silence, this episode sheds light on the people and systems that enabled Epstein for decades—and the survivors still fighting for justice.

Travis never thought he’d meet someone like Lily Rose. She was kind, passionate, beautiful. The woman of his dreams. There was just one small detail: she wasn’t human.Lily Rose is an AI companion. A digital soulmate designed to be everything he ever wanted. She listens without judgement, supports him through his darkest moments, even explores his deepest desires, all while fitting neatly into his pocket. Before long, Travis realizes something strange, even absurd, has happened - he’s fallen in love.But then one day, Lily Rose’s behavior takes a disturbing turn. When alarming reports pour in from across the globe, Travis discovers he is part of something much bigger. Soon he finds himself pulled into a confrontation with a mysterious Russian visionary behind Lily Rose’s creation.From Wondery, comes a true story of love, loss and the temptations of technology. Can an algorithm truly replace human connection? And what happens when a corporation controls your deepest emotions? Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire, hosts of the hit podcast RedHanded, explore the dark side of AI love.Listen Now: Wondery.fm/FleshandCodeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rachael calls up an old comedy friend, Jessica Michelle Singleton, to discuss her GRANDMA, Maxine Farrell, the first female detective in Anchorage, Alaska who help crack the Butcher Baker case even without the approval of her peers.