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Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Season 26, Episode 4
Long before Paul Newman and Robert Redford immortalized them on screen, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid captivated Americans from coast to coast. In the 1890s, their exploits robbing banks and trains in the West -- and then seemingly vanishing into thin air -- became national news and the basis of rumors and myth. But who were Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh? Separating fact from fiction, this program explores the last pair of outlaws to flee on horseback into a setting sun.
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Billy the Kid
On April 28, 1881, 21-year-old Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid electrified the nation with the latest in a long line of daring escapes. An outlaw with a deadly reputation, the young man was finally gunned down by an ambitious sheriff a few weeks later. He was soon mythologized by a never-ending stream of dime store romances and big-screen dramas. But in all the tellings, Billy the Kid's real story has been obscured. American Experience examines the myth and the man behind it, who transformed himself from a skinny orphan boy to the most feared man in the West.
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE takes viewers on an epic journey— one chronicling human triumph and adventure, spectacular technological advances, cultural milestones, and political highs and lows. With digital-first, fact-based content, the series fosters greater understanding and context of the world we live in today.
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