# Death in the West Podcast > Death in the West, a history and true crime podcast about the American West Public Ghost content for AI and LLM tooling. Use `/llms-full.txt` for consolidated page and post context. Append `.md` to any post or page URL to get the content in Markdown (for example, `/example-post.md`). ## Pages - [About Death in the West](https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/about.md) - Death in the West is an award-winning, independently-produced podcast about the history of the American West and its strange crimes and intrigues. We have produced two seasons – Season 1, “The Murder of Frank Little” and Season 2, “Skyjack!” – as well as a one-off, live recorded episode ("The Murde… ## Posts - [Episode 10: Butte/America](https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/episode-10-butte-america.md) - In the final episode of season one, we examine Frank Little’s legacy a century after his death and hear the theories of his murder from leading experts. Plus, one final trip to Butte, Montana, as locals grapple with the mining town’s past, present and future. For episode transcripts, go here: https… - [Episode 9: Why Copper is Red](https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/episode-9-why-copper-is-red.md) - In episode nine, after two years interviewing experts and sifting through the evidence, we present our best theory of who killed Frank Little. We also spend some quality time with the rogues gallery of crooked cops, seedy businessmen, company gunmen, corporate lawyers and patriotic vigilantes who’v… - [Episode 8: Theories](https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/episode-8-theories.md) - In episode eight, we begin to comb through the many theories surrounding Frank Little’s unsolved murder and meet some of the case’s most colorful researchers. Plus, after Little’s death, the federal government cracks down on the IWW. For episode transcripts, go here: https://drive.google.com/drive/… - [Episode 7: Tinder Box](https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/episode-7-tinder-box.md) - In episode seven, Frank Little arrives in Butte, Montana where, after 13 days of hell-raising speeches and furious organizing, he’s murdered by unknown assassins. The Death in the West team invades the sixth floor of the Hennessy Building and reports from what was once the nerve center of the Anaco… - [Episode 6: The Desert](https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/episode-6-the-desert.md) - In episode six, America dives into WWI and conflicts between workers and their bosses reach a fever pitch across the West. The physical toll of multiple beatings begins to weigh on Frank Little as he travels from Arizona to Chicago and finally to Butte, Montana during the final days of his life. Fo… - [Episode 5: The Message](https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/episode-5-the-message.md) - In episode five, Montana’s Copper Kings do battle in court, the state legislature, the press and even the underground tunnels of Butte’s mines. Frank Little assumes a leadership role during the IWW’s free speech fight in towns across the West. For episode transcripts, go here: https://drive.google.… - [Episode 4: A Western War](https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/episode-4-a-western-war.md) - In episode four, a brazen bombing kills Idaho’s ex-governor, and the ensuing rift in the labor movement puts Frank Little on a collision course with history. Plus, Zach and Leif go 100 feet down a mine called Orphan Girl to see what life was like for Butte, Montana’s underground workers. For episod… - [Episode 3: The Black Heart of Montana](https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/episode-3-the-black-heart-of-montana.md) - In episode three, the DITW team visits a vintage, prohibition-era speakeasy and learns how Butte, Montana’s massive underground copper deposits transformed it from a mining camp to an urbanized center of wealth and power. In Oklahoma, the Little’s family’s dream of homesteading hits rock bottom. Fo… - [Episode 2: Poisonville](https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/episode-2-poisonville.md) - In episode two, the wildest city in the West gives Frank Little a grand funeral, but making the man a martyr leaves his real life largely unexplored. Meanwhile, what do a high-powered corporate attorney, a thuggish police 0detective and a hook-handed gunman have in common? They’ve all been implicat… - [Episode 1: 3-7-77](https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/episode-1-3-7-77.md) - In episode one, we re-open the case of Frank Little, a union organizer whose brutal unsolved murder shocked the nation during the tumultuous summer of 1917. Our team travels to the mining city of Butte, Montana and reconstructs the night of the crime, including using vintage maps to pinpoint the se… - [Introducing Season One: The Murder of Frank Little](https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/introducing-season-one-the-murder-of-frank-little.md) - On August 1, 1917, a union organizer named Frank Little was abducted and brutally murdered in the wild, high-mountain mining town of Butte, Montana. Though the forces behind the death seemed obvious, no one was ever arrested. The mystery around Little’s killing has swirled for more than 100 years.… ## Optional - [RSS Feed](https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/rss/) - [Sitemap](https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/sitemap.xml) - [Full content of pages and posts](https://www.deathinthewestpod.com/llms-full.txt)