Murder on the Southern Pacific: full documentary

100 years ago, one of the last of the Wild West train holdups happened in the mountains of Southern Oregon.

It’s been called “The Last Great American Train Robbery,” memorialized in movies, songs, and even comic books. But everything about that name is wrong. It wasn’t the last train robbery, and it certainly wasn’t ‘great.’ Four men died, and three brothers spent years on the run.

Nonetheless, the events of October 11, 1923, would be remembered even without the embellishments. Federal agents launched the era’s most extensive investigation that ultimately helped establish the field of modern-day criminal forensics.

“Oregon Experience” explores this legendary event and the enduring mysteries in the case.

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