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Podcast: Astonishing Legends
Episode: The Cowboy in the Canteen
Description: In tonight’s dead letter… a VFW canteen worker in Michigan has a close encounter with a mysterious cowboy, complete with vintage attire and dollar coins. The stranger asks her to champion his cause of getting “shell shock” recognized for a Purple Heart. After the encounter, the letter he provides vanishes and the general he mentions turns out to be from the Civil War.Links:Jim Harold’s Roadhouse Saloon Campfire SToryhttps://jimharold.com/the-roadhouse-saloon-from-the-files-of-jim-harolds-campfire/The VFWhttps://www.vfw.org/Shell Shockhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_shoc...