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326: The Life & Crimes of Charley Flynn w/ Matthew Bernstein
326: The Life & Crimes of Charley Flynn w/ Matthew Bernstein
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Length:
77 minutes
Released:
Dec 20, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
One of the most colorful criminals in 19th-century California history was a man that you may not have ever heard of - Charley Flynn, aka Charles Mortimer. Flynn was a charmer and a ne'er-do-well whose life was something right out of a movie - a seemingly non-stop series of dramatic robberies and daring escapes. Flynn's activities turned terribly violent, however, after partnering with fellow criminal Carrie Jones, and culminated in two horrific murders and his eventual execution.
My guest is author and editor of the Wild West History Association Journal, Matthew Bernstein. He joins me to talk about his book "Hanging Charley Flynn: The Short and Violent Life of the Boldest Criminal in Frontier California".
More about the author and his work here: https://www.unmpress.com/9780826365040/hanging-charley-flinn/
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My guest is author and editor of the Wild West History Association Journal, Matthew Bernstein. He joins me to talk about his book "Hanging Charley Flynn: The Short and Violent Life of the Boldest Criminal in Frontier California".
More about the author and his work here: https://www.unmpress.com/9780826365040/hanging-charley-flinn/
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Released:
Dec 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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