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Back to SearchPINKERTONS | “Charlie Siringo: The Wild Bunch”
Season 42 Episode 6
In June of 1899, an outlaw gang robs a train outside of Wilcox, Wyoming. The gang is the Wild Bunch led by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The Pinkerton agency receives the assignment to stop the…
Published on 7 hours ago
PINKERTONS | “Charlie Siringo: Into the Mines”
Season 42 Episode 5
In the late 1880s, James McParland joins the Denver office and quickly becomes superintendent. With McParland at the helm, Charlie Siringo receives assignments involving labor unions in the West. In …
Published on 1 week ago
PINKERTONS | “Charlie Siringo: Cowboy Detective”
Season 42 Episode 4
Charlie Siringo grows up driving cattle in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. In the early 1880s, Charlie retires from the cowboy life, writes a book about life on the range, and moves to Chicago. But …
Published on 2 weeks ago
PINKERTONS | “James McParland: A Murder in Idaho”
Season 42 Episode 3
After 20 years as a supervisor, James McParland yearns to get back into the field as a detective. He finds his chance in 1906 when the Pinkerton agency is hired to handle the assassination of Frank S…
Published on 3 weeks ago
PINKERTONS | “James McParland: The Celebrity Detective”
Season 42 Episode 2
As the violence intensifies in Pennsylvania, James McParland decides its time to bring the Molly Maguire case to a close before he ends up dead. In the aftermath, McParland finds himself as one of th…
Published on 4 weeks ago
PINKERTONS | “James McParland: The Molly Maguires”
Season 42 Episode 1
In the early 1870s, tensions between Pennsylvania coal miners and mine owners reaches a fever pitch. Poor working conditions for little pay results in a bitter dispute between labor and management. M…
Published on 1 month ago
HELL ON WHEELS | “Golden Spike”
Season 41 Episode 6
The race is finally over as both railroads make it to Promontory Summit. On May 10, 1869, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific meet in a massive celebration. But in the aftermath, Thomas Durant’…
Published on 2 months ago
HELL ON WHEELS | “Last Mountain, Last Battle”
Season 41 Episode 5
After surviving the chaos of the Hell on Wheels towns of Wyoming, the Union Pacific pushes into Utah. Once there, they call upon Mormon workers to help build through treacherous canyons as they inch …
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
HELL ON WHEELS | “Across the Desert”
Season 41 Episode 4
The Central Pacific moves out of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and into the Nevada desert. No longer blasting through granite walls, the workers are able to make up for lost time as they battle scorchi…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
HELL ON WHEELS | “Desperadoes of Every Grade”
Season 41 Episode 3
After Thomas Durant lined his pockets for years, investors in the Union Pacific finally force a change in leadership. The pace of construction accelerates dramatically, but the Union Pacific now face…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago