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Six Wildly Weird Westerns Worth Watching
Cowboys and Indians Magazine picks six oddball films, including a 1935 singing-cowboy serial with a ranch built over radium; the list sadly skips Florida.
At a glance
- First reported by Cowboys and Indians Magazine: “Six Wildly Weird Westerns Worth Watching”, with reporting from Wikipedia.
- Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 31, 2026, at 3:46 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance.
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- Cowboys and Indians MagazineSix Wildly Weird Westerns Worth Watching
- WikipediaCowboys %26 Indians (magazine) facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCowboys and Indians Magazine ranks six weird westerns, and one has a singing cowboy whose Radio Ranch sits on a radium deposit.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat is The Phantom Empire, from nineteen thirty-five, starring Gene Autry. It is a western, Chip, set in the West.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA glowing hole under a ranch where everybody sings? That's a Florida sinkhole with better songs. Spiritually Florida.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe list also has Swamp of the Lost Monster, from nineteen fifty-seven, and the hero's horse is named Moonlight.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSwamp. Moonlight. Gloria, I rest my case.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYou have rested nothing. It is a western, and nobody in it is retired.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFive alligators. The radium is still down there, and I'd like a word with whoever owns the lease.
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