This is the story of Bo Gritz, the controversial and bloodthirsty real-life soldier who inspired Sylvester Stallone's Rambo.

Jurors in the trial of James G. “Bo” Gritz and Sheldon Robinson were suddenly escorted out of the courtroom Thursday as a deputy sheriff served a subpoena to Gritz’s wife, Judy. The subpoena ...

“Bo” Gritz said it’s time to focus on what he says is the real issue: Wiegand’s children. Gritz said it’s time for Wiegand to stop living in hiding and resume waging a very public battle ...

In August 1992, federal agents called retired Green Beret Lt. Col. James “Bo” Gritz from a deadly siege at a small cabin in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. They needed his help. The agents had already shot ...

James “Bo” Gritz, the former Green Beret colonel and leader of the right-wing Patriot Movement, was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound along a highway near his home after falling into ...

Bo Gritz is long gone from Idaho. But he isn’t forgotten. The conspiracy theorist, who fancies himself as the inspiration for “Rambo,” deserves credit for talking Randy Weaver from his Ruby ...

James “Bo” Gritz, a former Green Beret colonel and right-wing leader of the so-called Patriot Movement, was hospitalized in Idaho with a gunshot wound. No one but Gritz was believed to be ...

OROFINO, Idaho James “Bo” Gritz, a former Green Beret colonel and right-wing leader of the so-called Patriot Movement, is in an Idaho hospital with “an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound ...

The diving crew included former Army Col. Bo Gritz, a noted Vietnam POW seeker and government critic; his daughter, local deep rescue diver Melody Gritz; and rocket scientist Gregg Mikolasek ...

Ex-Green Beret/radio talk show host James Bo Gritz sitting on site of future refuge for covenant communities of Christian patriots nr. Kamiah, ID. (Photo by John Storey/Getty Images) A highly ...

A documentary about James 'Bo' Gritz, who claimed to be the real Rambo, makes you wish it were a real movie. But it captures how Gritz anticipated the insanity of today. The closing credits of a ...

However, Rambo’s origins in cinema are not entirely fictional; the character is inspired by former Green Beret Bo Gritz, a media figure from the late 1970s and early 1980s. ‘The Real Rambo ...