Johnny Ringo: The Real Story (Who Really Killed Him?)

Johnny Ringo: the real story of the Tombstone outlaw, told from the real photographs and records. Who was Johnny Ringo, did Doc Holliday really kill him, did Wyatt Earp, and why did a coroner's jury rule that he shot himself? Johnny Ringo was born in Indiana in 1850. This Old West documentary follows him from his father's death on the trail west to the Mason County War, or Hoodoo War, in Texas, where he killed an unarmed man, to Tombstone, Arizona, the Cochise County Cowboys and his friend Curly Bill Brocius. Then the feud with the Earps: the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, his standoff with Doc Holliday, the ambush of Virgil Earp, the murder of Morgan Earp, and the Earp Vendetta Ride, when Johnny Ringo rode with Sheriff Johnny Behan's posse. Finally, his last ride in July 1882, the body found in the oaks at West Turkey Creek, and every theory about who killed Johnny Ringo, from Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday to Michael O'Rourke and Buckskin Frank Leslie. Chapters 0:00 July 14, 1882: The Body at West Turkey Creek 1:28 The Trail West: Johnny Ringo's Early Life 3:08 The Hoodoo War: The Mason County War 5:38 First Blood: Johnny Ringo's First Killing 8:50 Tombstone 10:41 The Cochise County Cowboys and Curly Bill 14:38 The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 15:58 Ten Paces: Johnny Ringo vs Doc Holliday 17:38 The Murder of Morgan Earp 18:37 The Earp Vendetta Ride 20:29 The Last Ride 22:02 The Body in the Oaks 23:52 Who Killed Johnny Ringo? The Theories 28:03 The Legend of Johnny Ringo Sources Wikipedia: Johnny Ringo; Mason County War; Cochise County Cowboys; Curly Bill Brocius; Gunfight at the O.K. Corral; Earp Vendetta Ride; Doc Holliday; Tombstone, Arizona; Ike Clanton Photographs and newspapers: public domain archival images from Wikimedia Commons, plus the licensed images credited below. Maps and diagrams are our own. Image credits (Wikimedia Commons) CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0): "Chiricahua mountains and turkey creek caldera" by Ken Bosma from Green Valley, Arizona, USA; "Post Oak" by Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA; "Dragoon Mountains" by Dane from Oxford, Mi CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0): "Burnet county former jail 2014" by Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0): "Old Hachita" by Hadley Paul Garland from El Paso, USA; "Sunset over Cochise Stronghold" by Mia & Steve Mestdagh from Berchtesgaden, Deutschland CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0): "Chiricahua Mountains AZ" by Melissa A. Ausburn; "Fort Mason 2", "Fort Mason 4" by Pi3.124; "Quercus stellata tree" by Choess; "Skeleton Canyon" by BAlvarius; "Tucson 19thCentury Adobe" by The original uploader was Willjay at English Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0): "Pearce-Grave of John Ringo-1882-6", "Pearce-Grave of John Ringo-1882-1", "Pearce-Grave of John Ringo-1882-2", "Pearce-Grave of John Ringo-1882-5", "Yuma-Yuma Territorial Prison-1875-5" by Marine 69-71; "Oregon Trail wagon ruts" by NevadaBay; "Llano River seen from County Road 320, Kimble County, Texas, USA (17 April 2015)", "Ranchland in the Edwards Plateau, Mason County, Texas, USA (17 April 2015)" by William L. Farr; "HEINRICH AND FREDERICKA HASSE HOUSE, ART, MASON COUNTY, TX" by JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D.; "Mason County Jail, Mason, TX" by 25or6to4; "Graves of Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury, & Frank McLaury" by DrStew82; "Prairie San Pedro Valley Near Tombstone Arizona 2015-04-27" by The Old Pueblo; "Grab von Morgan Earp" by BernerAchim; "Tombstone Hills" by StellarD Music: "Crossing the Divide", "Lost Frontier", "Pale Rider", "Smoking Gun", "Showdown", "Western Streets", "Americana", "Windswept", "Oppressive Gloom", "Cowboy Sting" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Narration is AI-generated from our own researched script. Maps and diagrams are our own. Which American legend should we take apart next? Tell us in the comments. #JohnnyRingo #Tombstone #WyattEarp #DocHolliday #OldWest #WildWest