🎧 Dust Toll – Episode 7 : Vengeance Unveiled

Blood debts, buried truths, and the shot that refused to stay silent.

The winter of 1932 brought the Kimes family to another breaking point. Nellie Kimes’s near-fatal shooting—first dismissed as an accident—exposed a darker betrayal and set her outlaw brothers on a collision course with vengeance. From hospital whispers to a deadly New Year’s Eve showdown in Seminole, rumors of justice, revenge, and cover-ups tangled together until no one could say who really pulled the trigger.

As investigators and eyewitnesses clashed, the Kimes brothers once again walked the thin line between punishment and protection—shielded, perhaps, by the same officials sworn to keep them caged. By the time the smoke cleared, another man lay dead, Oklahoma’s newspapers blazed with scandal, and the legend of the Kimes family deepened its shadow.

Episode 7 traces the twisting aftermath of the Noland killing, the conflicting testimonies that followed, and the bizarre public fascination that saw the notorious brothers play baseball games under guard while rumors linked them to Pretty Boy Floyd. In Vengeance Unveiled, retribution blurs into survival, and the Kimes legacy becomes harder than ever to untangle.

Chapters:

00:00 – Story Recap

01:04 – The Truth Behind Nellie’s Wound

02:38 – Vengeance and the Trap : George Noland’s End

04:52 – Conflicting Accounts and the Cover-Up

11:11 – The Unfolding Year : From Vigilante Justice to Public Spectacle

14:51 – Episode 8 Preview

🎵 Theme Music: A Lazy Farmer Boy by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931

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The Kimes family’s story twists ever tighter.

Even with George and Matthew Kimes locked behind McAlester’s walls, their name still carried the echo of gunfire and scandal.

Episode 6 follows the aftermath of the Beggs murders and Matt’s death sentence, the brothers’ long years under a new warden’s reforms, and the chaos that continued to orbit their sister Nellie—whose every attempt at a normal life seemed doomed by the weight of her family’s infamy.

From courtroom reversals and prison “watermelon feasts” to a mysterious automobile crash involving an escaped killer, The Ties That Bind…and Entangle traces how loyalty, notoriety, and tragedy kept the Kimes name in Oklahoma headlines long after the guns went silent.

The episode closes on one of the family’s darkest years—1932—when Nellie’s near-fatal shooting and another family member’s sudden, tragic death drew the brothers out of prison once more, setting the stage for the next storm in the Kimes saga.

Chapters:

00:00 – Episode 5 Recap

00:51 – Matt Kimes Saved from the Electric Chair

04:18 – Life Behind Bars – Reform under Warden Van Dyke 06:57 – Nellie Kimes and the Weight of Notoriety

09:52 – The Ada Accident and an Escaped Killer

11:54 – Nellie’s Near-Fatal Shooting

13:37 – Another Tragic Kimes Death

15:11 – Episode 7 Preview – Storm on the Horizon

About Dust Toll:

A 10-episode true-crime audio series uncovering the untold saga of the Kimes family - a story of loyalty, consequence, and the American outlaw spirit. Every episode draws from realy newspaper archives of the era.

New episodes released regularly.

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Theme song: "A Lazy Farmer Boy" by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931

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Dust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Matthew Kimes, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, Bank Robbery, Beggs Oklahoma, 1920s Outlaws, Phantom Bandit, Dust Toll Podcast

Even with both George and Matthew Kimes behind bars, the shadow of their name still loomed over Oklahoma. In this episode, the focus turns to the Kimes sister Nellie — and to the father whose own tragic fate would deepen the family’s legacy of crime, sorrow, and survival.

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📜 Chapters

00:00 – Episode 4 Recap

01:00 – Nellie’s Ordeal

02:07 – The Dying Farmer

04:49 – “Just a Girl, but Badly Abused”

08:40 – Trial and Release: A Family Under Fire

10:09 – The Liquor Raid

15:24 – Conflicting Accounts and Shady Lawmen

17:45 – Wrap Up and Episode 6 Preview

📜 About Dust TollA 10-episode true-crime audio series uncovering the untold saga of the Kimes family—a story of loyalty, consequence, and the American outlaw spirit.Every episode draws from real newspaper archives of the era.

🎙 New episodes released regularly

🔔 Subscribe for the next chapter → @DustToll

Theme song: "A Lazy Farmer Boy" by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931

🔖 TagsDust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Matthew Kimes, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, Bank Robbery, Beggs Oklahoma, 1920s Outlaws, Phantom Bandit, Dust Toll Podcast

The manhunt peaks, the legend grows.

Matthew “the Phantom Bandit” Kimes slips through disguises and roadblocks, kidnaps a marshal at shotgun point, and vanishes into the Osage Hills—only to reappear on the rim of the Grand Canyon. His capture ignites a media frenzy, a motion picture, and a trial that decides his fate - for now.

🩸 In This Episode

🕰 Chapters

00:00 – Previous Episode Recap

01:00 – The Phantom’s Elusive Game

05:21 – The Oilton Buick and the Baby · Marshal McAninch Abduction

07:50 – Manhunt in the Osage Hills

09:58 – Grand Canyon Sting – “I Quit, Fellows”

12:42 – The Journey Back to Oklahoma

14:16 – The Phantom Bandit on the Silver Screen

16:20 – The Beggs Trial – Alibi vs. Eyewitness

22:08 – Verdict and Sentence

23:36 – Next Time on Dust Toll

📜 About Dust Toll

A 10-episode true-crime audio series uncovering the untold saga of the Kimes family—a story of loyalty, consequence, and the American outlaw spirit.Every episode draws from real newspaper archives of the 1920s Midwest.🎙 New episodes released regularly

🔔 Subscribe for the next chapter → @DustToll

Theme song: "A Lazy Farmer Boy" by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931

🔖 TagsDust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Matthew Kimes, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, Bank Robbery, Beggs Oklahoma, 1920s Outlaws, Phantom Bandit, Dust Toll Podcast

A mother’s last wish. A town under fire. A phantom bandit who refuses to disappear.

After months on the run, Matthew Kimes—Oklahoma’s infamous “phantom bandit”—pushes his luck with a streak of daring robberies and narrow escapes that leave lawmen baffled and headlines blazing. From the daylight chaos of the Beggs triple bank heist to the quiet tragedy of Lilly Kimes’ final days, Episode 3 of Dust Toll plunges deeper into the Kimes family’s spiral of violence, grief, and legend.

🩸 In This Episode

🕰 Chapters

00:00 Story Recap

01:17 Matt on the Run

01:52 Sapulpa and Cushing Robberies

03:43 The Luther Bishop Murder

04:43 The Beggs Triple Heist

07:13 Another Lawman Gunned Down

09:40 Close Call in Wewoka

10:36 Frankie Hall Abduction

13:14 A Devasting Family Loss

17:11 Outro / Next Time on Dust Toll

📜 About Dust Toll

A 10-episode true-crime audio series uncovering the untold saga of the Kimes family—a story of loyalty, consequence, and the American outlaw spirit.Every episode draws from real newspaper archives of the 1920s Midwest.🎙 New episodes released regularly

🔔 Subscribe for the next chapter → @DustToll

Theme song: "A Lazy Farmer Boy" by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931

🔖 TagsDust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Matthew Kimes, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, Bank Robbery, Beggs Oklahoma, 1920s Outlaws, Phantom Bandit, Dust Toll Podcast

Before redemption ever had a chance, freedom slipped through their hands.

Fresh out of Oklahoma’s state penitentiary, George and Matt Kimes taste liberty for only a moment before plunging into one of the most violent crime sprees in early-20th-century America.

Bank robberies, deadly shoot-outs, a desperate flight through the Ozark hills—Episode 2 of Dust Toll follows the brothers’ rapid descent from newlyweds to the most wanted outlaws in the Southwest.

“They thought they’d escaped the walls…but every road they took only led them back.”

In This Episode:

00:00 Episode 1 Recap

01:04 The Covington Robberies and Sallisaw Gunfight

05:59 Manhunt

06:19 Captured

09:12 The Trials

13:45 Jailbreak

16:33 George's Failed Escape

18:07 Closing and Preview of Episode 3

A 10-episode true-crime audio series uncovering the untold saga of the Kimes family—a story of loyalty, consequence, and the American outlaw spirit.Every episode draws from real newspaper accounts and court records of the era.

Theme song: "A Lazy Farmer Boy" by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931

Dust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, 1920s Outlaws, Bank Robbery, Sallisaw, Covington, Outlaw Family, American Southwest, Depression Era Crime, Oklahoma Gangsters, Criminal History, Dust Toll Podcast

Before the headlines and gunfire, there was a family trying to make a living in Oklahoma’s oil fields—until everything unraveled.

Dust Toll is a true-crime audio series exploring the Kimes family’s rise from hard times to infamy.

🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Episode 1 – The Root of Trouble

00:00 Intro

03:00 Setting the stage: Oklahoma in the early 1900s

05:39 The Kimes Family

10:55 The Early Kimes Gang

14:24 First Convictions

16:29 Early Release

17:20 Surprise Weddings

18:19 Kimes Legal Trouble Spreads

19:23 Summary and Episode 2 Preview

About Dust Toll

A 10-episode true-crime audio series uncovering the untold saga of the Kimes family—a story of loyalty, consequence, and the American outlaw spirit.Every episode draws from real newspaper accounts and court records of the era.

Theme song: "A Lazy Farmer Boy" by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931

Dust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, 1920s Outlaws, Bank Robbery, Sallisaw, Covington, Outlaw Family, American Southwest, Depression Era Crime, Oklahoma Gangsters, Criminal History, Dust Toll Podcast

Dust Toll is a historical documentary podcast tracing the true story of the Kimes family—an outlaw clan whose crimes and tragedies echoed across 1920s Oklahoma and Arkansas, and beyond.

Through court records, eyewitness accounts, and restored archival sound, Dust Toll reconstructs the desperate years of Prohibition-era America, where justice was as rough as the land itself.

Not explicit, but includes discussion of violence and historical crimes.

🎙 Written & Produced by Dust Toll Productions
🎵 Music: “A Lazy Farmer Boy” – Buster Carter & Preston Young
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