The Serial Killer Who Thought He Was A Cowboy



John Wesley Hardin was a 19th-century serial killer who cosplayed as an Old West outlaw. He was a degenerate gambler with an impulsive trigger finger for anyone who disrespected him, the Republic of Texas, or the sanctity of sleep. He had plenty of run-ins with the law — including multiple encounters with “Wild Bill” Hickok — and had a body count the size of the Lone Star State.

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