Mystery Files - Season 1 - Eps 6: Billy the Kid
It’s the late 1870s. One of the most infamous outlaws of the American Wild West is Billy the Kid… a teenage killer who terrorizes New Mexico. Legend tells us that he killed 21 men, one for each year of his life. For in 1881, at the age of 21, the Kid is gunned down by his one time friend and lawman Pat Garrett. But the real person behind this legend is very different. Who is The Kid? Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim, William H Bonney, The Kid. These are just some of the Kid’s names. He appears in the historical records at the age of 15, when he is caught stealing some clothes from a washing line. He had been orphaned, and found himself alone in the world. He escaped from jail and ended up in the town of Lincoln, New Mexico. It was here that he met English business man John Tunstall who gave the Kid- who had nothing- a job, a gun and a horse.
About Mystery Files
Title: Mystery Files
First Air Date: 2010-02-01
Last Air Date: 2011-06-14
Status: Ended
Rating: 1/10 (from 1 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 26
Network: National Geographic Smithsonian Channel Investigation Discovery
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Parthenon Entertainment
Synopsis
From the Legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood to the recent events of the Russian Revolution, history is full of fascinating and evocative unsolved mysteries. They have inspired, intrigued and often confounded us – but how much do we really know about them? And can we separate fact from fiction? In Mystery Files, the dust is blown off the case files of the world’s most famous and iconic mysteries in a dynamic series that asks, what is the truth behind the greatest stories ever told?
Cast
Struan Rodger
Himself / Narrator
