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194: URBAN LEGEND ORIGINS | 22 True Scary Stories | EP 182

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The True Story of George Parrot

Some say George Parrot was a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, while others say he rode with Frank and Jesse James. However, Old West historians generally agree that Parrot was more of a run of the mill horse thief and high women. He became a highly wanted man in 1878 after he and his gang murdered two loman after a botched train robbery. His skin and bones were fashioned into collector's items, then sold to the highest bidder.

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