More than one writer has called Doc a "deadly dentist" who killed several men during his turbulent life. Most likely Doc encouraged these stories about his deadly reputation, it was a good way to make a man think before calling him out, but how many men did Doc
Holliday actually kill?
The only one confirmed is his shotgun killing of Tom McLaury in the street fight near the O.K. Corral. During

True West May 2019
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
To The Point
Departments
- How did Settlers and Cowboys Calculate Miles?
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Cowan’s Auction
- How Accurate was the Language in the 2010 Version of True Grit?
- Shaken, Stirred and Strong
- What History Has Taught Me: Howard Terpning
- Did Ballistics Forensics Ever Come into Play in Solving Crimes in the Old West?
- Was Doc Holliday Really a Deadly Dentist?
- The Diné Return to the Four Corners
- Seminole Scouts
- Battle of Rosebud
- Did Frontier Soldiers go through Boot Camp?
- The Militancy of the Miners