Billy the Kid's Bullet Holes: FACT vs FICTION

Can’t wait to read y’all’s book on the court house history, we got married on the top floor…

Great Video, I visited Lincoln from the UK in July, fascinating place to visit, particularly the Courthouse, I found standing next to the window that Billy fired the shotgun killing Olinger a highlight of a very packed visit to the US. Anybody reading this just be aware that the Courthouse and also excellent museum/visitors centre only opens on a Thursday. So would be a BIG disappointment if you arrive and cannot enter. I have been lucky enough to have visited Tombstone many years ago and Dodge last year. Lincoln does have a feeling of a place that has not changed that much over the years.

I've visited the courthouse years ago, I was told they put the plexi over it because people would chip off a piece of the wall for souvenirs... people can't help themselves, they just have to destroy things...

I visited the Lincoln County Courthouse in 2022, looking down the stairs at the bullet holes where Bell lost his life and looking out the window where Bob Ollinger was shot dead in the street was a very erie feeling! I recommend those that haven’t visited the town of Lincoln, New Mexico to please go see it, it’s well worth to buy a ticket to view the old buildings and feel the history!

Garrett said Bell was killed by "a poor shot" a rebound off the top of the stairs entering his right side ....trajectory doesn't align with the" bullet hole" : Brushy said it was by accident he shot Bell at the top of the stairs - at a range of just a few yards - BTK would not have missed as Garrett established.

Visited Lincoln in the mid ‘90s as a young teenager. Back then tour guides said upstairs was closed bc it was unstable. Glad to see it’s in a preserved state. Would love to go back sometime soon

I have been to this courthouse a few times as a kid. It’s changed a lot since then. Who really knows what changes have been made since billy the kids time? I was there in the 80s.

We can't wait to come and see Lincoln, New Mexico ourselves. Love your informative videos! Thanks for sharing!

Bell did not fall dead at the bottom of the stairs. He made it outside and fell in the yard. Olinger ran up to the gait and saw Bell laying there. Someone said," Look Bob the kid killed Bell,: and Bob said, "and he killed me too," as he was looking up into his own shot gun that Billy was holding saying "Hello Bob," BANG!

Billy the Kid was my great great grand uncle from Inchigeelagh Cork, Ireland. His given name was Henry McCarthy and growing up my grandparents spoke of his mother leaving Cork with Billy emigrating to the New York. She may have left her husband. As a child in Ireland and later NYC he suffered much but always sought adventure and wound up on the wrong side of the law. My relatives never really enjoyed talking about him.

Great video, thanks for sharing your amazing work. Will read the book with interest and made Lincoln a future destination.

Tim is the best historian in America.

About 45 years ago I walked through this building. I saw the blood on the floor and the bullet holes. I don't blame Billy for what he did. They Murdered Mr. Tunstall. God Bless you, Billy Be safe. Wherever you are. Charles Town.

Very cool. Your book looks interesting, I will order one.

Could listen to you description any day of the week. Excellent presentation and content.

Fantastic video and research. I wish you all would put out more content. This channel could be huge.

Well done! Thank you for this information. Very interesting.

Reasonable example of using historical scholarship to lessen conjecture about the providence of the holes. I suppose you’d have to question if nobody every repaired or repainted the wall soon after the event?

i first would like some one verify where billy and bell were standing when he fired. if so that would explain the location of the bullet hole. plus where was bell standing in reference to the wall was he close to the wall when shot or perhaps on the first few steps. bloody hand print could be he stumbled back against it. from seeing the hole a little high i would say they both were on the stairs and close to each other.

billy said he was lying down on top of the stairs when he shot bell