Long before his legendary last stand, George Armstrong Custer strutted through Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, a golden-haired Civil War hero convinced the rules didn’t apply to him. He was America’s “Boy General” — brave, photogenic, and utterly reckless — until the Army’s most haunted posttried to teach him humility.

This Deadly Truths bonus episode traces Custer’s rise frombattlefield celebrity to court-martialed officer, his stormy year of disgrace at Leavenworth, and the eerie echoes that still linger in the fort’s limestone walls. We’ll follow the chain of arrogance that began on those parade groundsand ended nine years later in the dust of Little Bighorn.

Hear how:
• Custer deserted his men to see his wife — and nearly lost his career.
• Leavenworth’s ghosts remind soldiers what unchecked ego can cost.
• Modern military schools still use him as a lesson in what not to do.

Bravery made him famous. Ego made him immortal. And Leavenworth may stillbe keeping score.

🔗 Listen now to uncover the truth —and the irony — behind the legend of George Armstrong Custer.

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This episode contains historical discussion related to military violence and death, intended for educational and storytelling purposes. Deadly Truths strives for accuracy while acknowledging that historical accounts may varybetween sources. Listener discretion is advised.

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Resources & References

National Park Service — Battle of the Little Bighorn: Custer’s Last Stand
https://www.nps.gov/libi/index.htm

U.S. Army Command and General Staff College / Fort Leavenworth — Combined Arms Research Library & Archives

CARL Digital Library: https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/National Archives / Court-Martial of George A. Custer, 1867

Libbie Custer, Boots and Saddles (1885)Robert M. Utley, Custer and the Great Controversy (1962)T. J. Stiles, Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America (2015)Frontier Army Museum — Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
https://home.army.mil/leavenworth/units-tenants/frontier-army-museum U.S. Army Home+1
https://www.leavenworthks.gov/visitors/page/frontier-army-museum leavenworthks.gov
(Also see NPS listing: Frontier Army Museum, Fort Leavenworth)Kansas Historical Society / Custer House / Fort Leavenworth HistorySmithsonian Magazine — How the Battle of Little Bighorn Was Won (as a representative Smithsonian article on Custer’s Last Stand)
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-battle-of-little-bighorn-was-won-63880188/