In this episode, we give the most accurate, accepted account of what happened that fateful day in 1861. But are these 'accepted' facts acknowledged by the McCanles clan and Nebraska Historical Society? Not exactly. We delve into the variations, the contradictions, the differing accounts and let you decide what the truth is.

On this episode of Dead Man’s Hand, we we take a close look at the personalities of the main people involved in this bloody affair so that you can decide whose story, in the end, should be believed.

In this first episode, we explore how history first ignored the facts of the McCanles Massacre, opting instead for the tall tales that national media had popularized about the living legend of Wild Bill Hickok. This is Wild Bill's original version of events...before he would acquire a far more serious and morbid recollection of what happened that day at Rock Creek Station.

In this sneak peak of our first episode, we investigate the most controversial gunfight Wild Bill ever found himself in, the McCanles Massecre, and try to determine whether or not he lived up to his standard of justice..