Part 1 of 4 - The Life, Death, and Conspiracy of Jesse James

A teenager when he rode off to join Confederate guerrillas in 1864,
Jesse James never really stopped fighting the Civil War. Unable to
accept the defeat of the secessionist cause, Jesse trained his fury
on banks, trains and stagecoaches. He fancied himself a modern
Robin Hood, robbing from Radical Republicans and giving to the
poor. But the myth hid the darker reality of a repeat murderer
whose need for attention kept him committing crimes long after the
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