Billy the Kid Debunked

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There is a lot of misinformation about Billy the Kid's death. This is your comprehensive guide to cut through the noise and determine fact from fiction. Thank you to all of the historians whose research I rely upon.

(1:15) – Did Pat Garrett receive the bounty?

(8:13) – Did Pat Garrett’s deputy say that he shot the wrong man?

(10.33) – Did Garrett bury the body before anyone could see it?

(19:15) – Why was there not a photograph?

(22:39) – Did Billy the Kid have a beard? Did Garrett accidentally kill a Mexican?

(25:32) – Billy Barlow

(26:02) – Were Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid friends?

(27:49) – Was Billy too smart to be killed by Pat Garrett?

(30:50) – Were the residents of Fort Sumner in on the hoax?

(33:23) – Anecdotal stories

(34:50) – Brushy Bill’s history of tall tales

(38:12) – Brushy Bill’s scars

(39:26) – Brushy Bill Roberts Autopsy

(41:15) – Did Brushy Bill know things nobody could have known?

(42:36) – Was Billy the Kid left-handed?

(43:10) – The Billy the Kid Historical Coalition

(44:12) – Brushy Bill Roberts affidavits

(46:40) – Jesse Evans

(47:46) – 1990 Photo Comparison Study

(55:08) – Valid questions concerning the death of Billy the Kid

(56:30) – Who was Brushy Bill Roberts?

(60:29) – Cousin Ollie theory

(65:04) – Why would Brushy lie?

(67:48) – Jim Miller

(68:41) – Why did Billy the Kid speak Spanish?

(80:04) – Did Pat Garrett accidentally kill the wrong men?

(86:55) – Did Garrett’s widow say he killed the wrong man?

(89:35) – Did Brushy Bill have the same eyes as Billy the Kid?

(103:34) – Was Billy already dead in the tintype photo?

(104:21) – Was Billy the Kid a woman?

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Was Billy the Kid’s Death a Hoax? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUZ-Rc9Pt3I&t=1s

The Billy the Kid Historical Coalition – https://btkcoalition.com/

Chasing Billy YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@chasingbilly

Debunking Brushy: Were People Allowed to View Billy’s Dead Body | Billy the Kid Historical Coalition - https://btkcoalition.com/btk-history-blog/f/debunking-brushy-were-people-allowed-to-view-billys-dead-body

Petition by Dr. Robert Stahl - http://doc45.com/pleading/tenth-court-pleading-by-dr-robert-stahl-for-kid-death-certificate.pdf

Brushy Bill Saves Texas Rangers from Certain Death | Michael Anthony Giudicissi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBOGtnWS1is

Grand Saline Sun article on Brushy Bill saving the Texas Rangers - https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1016104/m1/8/?q=brushy

Debunking Brushy: How Did He Know So Much? | Billy the Kid Historical Coalition - https://btkcoalition.com/btk-history-blog/f/debunking-brushy-how-did-he-know-so-much

Was Brushy Bill Roberts Really Billy the Kid? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5s5zuDlxfM&t=1094s

Billy the Tintype | True West Magazine - https://truewestmagazine.com/article/billy-the-tintype/

Was Billy the Kid a girl? Wild West Newsletter featuring cart de visite - https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/p/was-billy-the-kid-a-girl

Billy the Kid Compilation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3yBXIa7ZuQ

Pat Garrett Compilation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMp1GayD4-4&t=14s