In the late 1800s, Belle Starr was a notorious female outlaw in America s Old West. Her close friends included the legendary American outlaws Cole Younger and Frank and Jesse James. Her reputation, the novelty of being a female outlaw, and her violent, mysterious death led to her being called "The Bandit Queen."
Unsolved mysteries of the Wild West and Butch Cassidy s corpse conspiracy theory
Who really murdered Belle Starr? Was Billy the Kid really shot by Pat Garrett? And did Butch Cassidy actually survive? We look at the top Wild West outlaws and some of the mysteries around them.
Outlaw and Bandit Queen Belle Starr who was shot dead in the back (Image: Getty Images)
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