Outlaws

Review: The Last Chicago Boss: My Life with the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club by Peter “Big Pete” James with Kerrie Droban

By Ardi Alspach

September 21, 2017

The Last Chicago Boss: My Life with the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club by Peter “Big Pete” James is a startling and unprecedented expose into the inner workings of the Outlaw Nation from the unique perspective of its renowned leader, all brought to life through never-before-revealed interviews, police files, wiretaps, recordings, and trial transcripts. The Last…

Killers, Jailers, and Bloody Hands: Nine of Gunsmoke’s Greatest Episodes

By David Cranmer

June 25, 2015

TV’s Gunsmoke ran over twenty years, 635 episodes (1955-1975), and five television movies (1987-1994). Given such a popular, high-quality series it would be foolish—darn near impossible—to say these are definitively its greatest adventures. So I’ll call them almost two fists’ worth of the most memorable tales, and, please, challenge me in the comments with your…

Celebrating Gunsmoke’s 60th Anniversary: “Mannon”

By David Cranmer

June 24, 2015

Undoubtedly it’s a fool’s errand to single out a ‘greatest’ lone installment from a television show that ran twenty years, racking up 635 episodes. So, I’m not going to box myself into a corner by saying it’s the greatest but, when I reflect on Gunsmoke and its stunning number of quality adventures, “Mannon” is a…

Leaving Epitaph by Robert J. Randisi

By David Cranmer

May 22, 2015

Mary Shaye was in the wrong place at the wrong time—crossing the road in front of Ethan Langer and his band of renegades, who were escaping on horseback after having just robbed the Epitaph town bank. She’s trampled underfoot, sadly, leaving behind a family that includes her three sons named Thomas, Matthew, and James. Her…

Butch Cassidy Becomes Blackthorn

By Clare Toohey

August 25, 2011

We’ve been discussing what might have happened in the later years of Etta Place, after the disappearance of the so-called Mrs. Sundance.  Well, what if Butch Cassidy had survived the showdown?   Geek Tyrant reports that the upcoming movie Blackthorn, directed by Mateo Gil and opening in early October, aims to answer that cinematic question in grand fashion.…

Lady Justice reigns supreme in the modern world. But what would happen without her?

Law and Disorder in the Dark Ages

By Tony Hays

August 11, 2011

We’re lucky, in a way. Laws are codified, statutory. We know the penalty for breaking a law, sort of, barring a plea bargain of some nature and depending upon the state of prison overcrowding. We have police forces charged with keeping our streets safe. But imagine. Just for a second. Imagine that for some reason…