Episode 49 — The Mexican Game of Thrones, Part V — Pancho Villa’s Last Ride

In 1920, after a decade of revolutionary struggle, Pancho Villa surrendered. He retired to the hacienda of Canutillo in Durango, Mexico, with a bodyguard of his faithful Dorados. For three years, he lived a peaceful life. That life came to an end on July 20, 1923, when a hit squad shot up his 1919 Dodge Roadster as he drove through the city of Parral.

Head Games by Craig McDonald — mentioned in this episode — is a fantastic pulp caper novel based on the 100-percent true fact that somebody broke into Pancho Villa’s tomb in 1926 and stole his head. Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich, the ghosts of the Mexican Revolution… What’s not to love?

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