John Wesley Hardin: The Deadliest Outlaw of the Wild West

Some outlaws sought the freedom of an uncivilized frontier.
Some outlaws were charming rogues.
Some outlaws left the gang after the gang left them.

John Wesley Hardin was none of those people.

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[bretthess]

"Only 25 men..." Was he an outlaw or a serial killer? The point could be made. Either way, he killed a boatload of men. Not a safe guy to be around.

[gravenightghoul]

Hardin's Wild Bill story is basically the first account of a "then everyone clapped" post.

[ethanramos]

“A bullet to the front of the head demonstrates good marksmanship. A bullet to the back of the head demonstrates good judgement”
John Wesley Hardin

[shelltowee]

I know this was a rough era, but damn 15yo kills 3 soldiers and burys there bodys in the creek. He was a psychopath.

[biblebears]

Biographics is fantastic for exploring characters about which many of us have never heard or know little about. Keep up the great work!

[miriamthompson]

I'm from El Paso, Texas and his story is still taught in the local schools. He's still a legend.

[BalkanRedneck]

This guy sounds like an IRL version of Micah Bell.

[wrestlehardamerica]

Man: *snores*
John Wesley Hardin: Anyway I started blasting.

[davidgreen]

James Hardin kills Tom Brady sounds like an NBA Celebrity game headline

[steveo]

look in his eyes is enough to convince me he did most of it.

[hanzzarkov]

Why do i so enjoy a serious and professional delivery of the line, "... the two saloon keepers hated Wild Bill's guts."

[williamsanders]

I'd love as many wild west tales as you can muster, Simon. One of my favorite times in all of American history.

[UnicornstalkRGaming]

*"You yee'd your last haw."*

[markadams]

Great vid Simon. Ty. When my fellow Texans and I chat about outlaws we always conclude that Hardin was a true socio-path (like Bonny, the Youngers, and the Jameses). Your Old West Outlaw bio-graphics are truly inspirational!

[cameronfielder]

I heard Simp Dixon would go to brothels and pay the working girls just to say hi to him.

[evinchester]

My ancestor, Jesse Turner Evans, was the first man Hardin ever saw killed.
This happened in Sumpter Texas.
Hardin even wrote about it in his autobiography.
Evans throat was slit in a confrontation.
Evans started it and the other man finished it.

[Meatball_]

Something about old school photo's are just eerie, brings out the eye's ... you can see just how evil this man was by looking at them.

[gothicadanie]

This was really cool to watch. I just found out yesterday upon going through my great grandmother's things that John Wesley Hardin is related to me. And he's really not that distantly related to me and we still live in Texas. I just shared this with my mom as we are both super interested in learning more as my great grandmother was not proud of this part of our family.

[ignitionfrn]

1:10 - Chapter 1 - Early years
3:50 - Chapter 2 - On the run
7:40 - Chapter 3 - Hardin meets wild bill
12:20 - Chapter 4 - The snoring man
14:40 - Chapter 5 - The sutton taylor feud
16:45 - Chapter 6 - Prison, freedom & death

[danbuckholz]

James Hardin, Tom Brady, John Lackey? Didn’t know this many American Athletes were in the wild west