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Introduction: A 43-year-old Irish immigrant named Ellen Gilkey and her teenage daughter Lizzie stake a mining claim on an exquisitely…

Part One: The explosive Gilkey family story commences with a powder horn.

Part Two: Appearances matter. When the man who murdered Edwin G. Gilkey was brought out for his pardon hearing, he…

Part Three: Our Lizzie's early years were haunted by the ghosts of murdered men.

Part Four: Two out of six executions were conducted by lynch mobs rather than government officials.

Part Five: A corrupt coroner can help men and women get away with murder.

Part Six: Ellen, Edwin, and Lizzie were not spared the “horn silver epidemic" and made their way to the mines.

Part Seven: Lizzie didn't marry George for money.

Part Eight: Surprisingly, Frank was allowed to wield a straight razor in prison.

Part Nine: Edwin might have blamed his troubles on his voracious sheep.