Bob Cash
Glenn Boyer on Ringo
Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:15

One thing you need to be aware of when starting to research John Ringo is the role author Glenn Boyer played in spreading a fictional account of the death of Ringo. However, he presented it as historical fact based on a manuscript he attributed to Wyatt Earp's wife, Josephine, when in reality it was a total fabrication written by Glenn himself.

This article by Gary Roberts is one of the best you can read to begin to understand the "dark side" of research into the Cochise County Earp-Cowboy War. It is from the Tombstone History Archives at the top of the page, already referenced to you by Eddie Lanham.
http://www.tombstonehistoryarchives.com/the-real-tombstone-travesty.html


  • Rangers — Eddie Lanham, Thu Feb 17 2022 8:10
    We were researching Ranger Capt. N. O. Reynolds. Most researchers probably say death by suicide, but others have various killers. I have not a clue. Like I stated, go through the BJs Archives.
    • Glenn Boyer on Ringo — Bob Cash, Sat Feb 19 2022 10:15
      • The Boyer lies... — AzGal, Wed Apr 27 2022 8:49
        Hi, I was scrolling down the page, being new to this forum, and saw the name of Glenn Boyer...I wasted money years ago for the book “I Married Wyatt Earp”, saw the fake picture of Josie, and wondered... more
        • Another spat of Boyer posts. — Randie O'Neal, Thu Apr 28 2022 10:52
          I always love to read through the remembrances of Boyer. They are always entertaining. Thanks guys!
      • total fabrication? — B.J., Mon Feb 21 2022 18:10
        Actually IMWE was partially based on the so called 'Cason Manuscript' I personal estimate it represented up to 35% of the book. It was very incomplete so Boyer claimed the rest was based on his so called... more
        • Re: total fabrication? — Bob Cash, Mon Feb 21 2022 21:02
          B.J., if you look at my post again, you'll see I was warning Karen about Boyer's fabricated account of Wyatt Killing Ringo. This did not appear t all in I MARRIED WYATT EARP, but was published several... more
          • Re: Re: total fabrication? — B.J., Mon Feb 21 2022 22:10
            Years ago at one of the FoT/TTR events, one of the speakers was a Cason family member. He clearly acknowledged the parts of IMWE was in the actual Cason manuscript and what parts were not in the Cason... more
      • Glenn Boyer — Karen M, Mon Feb 21 2022 6:13
        Thank you for sharing this - I had a cursory look and will read it through properly soon. I am vaguely aware of the controversy surrounding that fellow…his name seems like a 4 letter word in this field... more
        • Glenn was actually pretty funny — Dan Brown, Tue Mar 01 2022 0:20
          There used to be some outstanding wordsmithing whenever Glenn showed up here or over at Terry Clanton's website. For a while he sort of had a corner on the Earp market. Thumb through the bibliographies... more
        • Re: Glenn Boyer — B.J., Mon Feb 21 2022 10:06
          Boyer publicly accused his perceived adversaries of being homosexuals or communists (or both) ..... trying to steal his secret Wyatt Earp files. His stepson: danny boy is a bully but for reason he has... more
          • Re: Re: Glenn Boyer — Karen M, Mon Feb 21 2022 12:47
            WOW. I had read somewhere something along the lines of he faked a bunch of information for his books, which he tried to pass off as real, thereby leaving legitimate historians to try untangle the mess... more
        • Re: Glenn Boyer — Pam Potter, Mon Feb 21 2022 7:27
          I suspect if one were to follow the philosophy of "if you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything at all" there would be mostly silence about the man.
          • I'll give it a shot — Dan Brown, Wed Mar 02 2022 13:09
            Glen idolized Earp. Maybe it was Lake book or the movies or the TV show. He wrote pamphlets and books about Earp and the Tombstone stalwarts and probably made a little money and what was for him a lot... more
          • Re: Re: Glenn Boyer — B.J., Mon Feb 21 2022 10:51
            Exposing fraudulent manuscripts and toxic diatribes is important per maintaining historical accuracy.
            • Re: Re: Re: Glenn Boyer — Wayne Sanderson, Mon Feb 21 2022 21:21
              My attitude about Boyer, having never met or communicated with the man is probably much the same as an art aficionado’s view is on an art forger- At best a grotesque curiosity, at worst a crook whose... more
              • Glenn may not have liked you either — Dan Brown, Tue Mar 01 2022 0:33
                As I recall, Glenn accused most of the men here as being dues paying members of the Peter Pan patrol. He didn't rightly care for the up and coming generation of western oriented historians asking him far... more
                • Wyatt Earp's Death Bed....... — B.J., Tue Mar 01 2022 10:50
                  ... was set up in a small guest house behind the so called Boyer 'ranch house'. The death bed was definitely the type of bed one would find in the 1920's California motor court hotels. However I have never... more
                  • Dibs — Erik, Fri Mar 11 2022 20:42
                    PIE? LOl...
                  • Re: Wyatt Earp's Death Bed....... — Dan Brown, Wed Mar 02 2022 7:58
                    I am highly impressed that Albert Behan would be able identify Earp's death bed. The pistol auctioned off as Earp's, after Boyer's death, had had its serial numbers filed off. I reckon Earp had some free... more
                  • Truly bizarre, Billy. — olds, Wed Mar 02 2022 7:07
                    But what in the name of Barnum is a "Boyer Cleric"? (I have my suspicions, but they aren't fit to mention in this forum.) Your story reminds me of another similar one about the Lizzie Borden... more
                    • Macabre Olds? — B.J., Fri Mar 04 2022 23:18
                      I’m not sure if you would have asked to sleep in Wyatt Earp’s death bed? I think that any man asking for that particular accommodation would have been immediately assigned to Boyer’s gay alert radar... more
                      • What can I say? — olds, Tue Mar 08 2022 5:50
                        I do my best work in the dark. Or so the rumor. No voodoux or seances though, at least that I can recall, but then, my powers of recollection, among so many other things, ain't what they used to be.
                        • You met Oprah — erik, Fri Mar 11 2022 21:01
                          I didn't. Some of my colleagues did. There was a fire in a senior care facility and, just like Wyatt Earp in Lake's book, they assisted in the safe evacuation of all the seniors. They were invited... more
                • I’m certain he wouldn’t — Wayne Sanderson, Tue Mar 01 2022 9:14
                  Pretty sure he wouldn’t like me.
                  • Depends — Dan Brown, Wed Mar 02 2022 12:51
                    Towards the end there he seemed desperate for attention and even approval. Sort of like he was cornered by his own shadow. It's possible that he would have pretended to like you. For your ears.