267: Soapy Smith

Most people go to the Black Rock Desert to party under neon skies. Nathan Morley went there to dig up a murder. Long before Burning Man, this same stretch of Nevada wasteland was home to something darker - a drifter named Ronald John Gress, known only by his nickname: Bristlewolf. He built a life in the middle of nowhere a hole in the ground, a shovel, and silence. And when the peace broke, three people ended up dead. Their bodies lay in the desert for ten days before anyone found them. For seven years, Nathan chased this story. He walked the same cracked earth, lived inside his dugout, pored over six thousand court files, police reports, and forgotten letters. He interviewed forty-two people, survivors, witnesses, lawmen, even the families of the dead. What he uncovered isn’t legend. It’s real. Bristlewolf isn’t fiction. It’s a true story about pride, madness, and the way the desert remembers what men try to bury.

In this episode of Seven Deadly Sinners, we dig into the dark history buried beneath Dodger Stadium — Chavez Ravine. Before the cheers and bright lights, it was a thriving Mexican-American community. Then came the promises of progress, eminent domain, and bulldozers. What followed was betrayal, broken families, and one of Los Angeles’ most haunting sins: a story where the American Dream was stolen in the name of it.

Rachael takes us back in time to the 1850s in southern Colorado as The Coal Queen of Colorado, TRINIDAD is taking off. 

This week we are giving a sneak peak exclusive preview of a fictional radio broadcast from a shipping container radio tower on a ranch in a parallel dimension known as Moonshadow Ranch. This series is an original audio anthology featuring short stories, paranormal vignettes and independent artists performing a number of magic tricks that can be captured with microphones. It's background noise. It's prime time audio vision. There are a lot of Easter eggs. Give it a spin, we think you'll like it. Go to www.patreon.com/deadlypodcast to hear future episodes of Moonshadows.

In one of the wildest afternoons in Major League Baseball history, the summer heat of 1984 boiled over into pure chaos. What started as a few inside pitches between the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres erupted into an all-out war. By the seventh inning stretch 17 players and managers had been ejected and multiple fans had been arrested. In this episode Seven Deadly Sinners steps up to the plate for one of MLB’s wildest, weirdest, and most sinful showdowns.

In March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished from the skies, taking 239 souls with it and leaving behind one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history. What really happened in those final hours? Was it a tragic accident, a calculated act, or a cover-up cloaked in secrecy? In this episode of Seven Deadly Sinners, we dive into the haunting disappearance of MH370—unpacking the strange timeline, the theories that gripped the world, and the unanswered questions that continue to torment families and fuel conspiracy. A story of power, deception, and devastating loss… this is the case of Malaysia Flight 370.

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 Ranch Seven 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.