1308: The Pale-Faced Lie part 1

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Javier Leiva

Society & Culture, True Crime, Technology

4.7 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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David Crow says he was his father's criminal accomplice. In today's episode, we delve into the extraordinary story of David Crow, author of the book titled "The Pale-Faced Lie." It's the story of a father and son entangled in a life of crime. David recounts his experiences as his father's criminal accomplice, always by his side. And what it was like growing up with a violent and convicted felon who used the Native American reservation as a refuge to evade his enemies. This episode is the story of a young boy grappling with his place in the world, torn between his father's influence and his desire for a different path. The Pale-Faced Lie part 2 is now available on PATREON and PRETEND+ on Apple Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.3	earliest childhood memories with their father, they're probably thinking about throwing the football
0:52.5	back and forth on the lawn or weekend camping trip or maybe even going over math homework at the
0:58.6	kitchen table. For David Crow, things were a little different. He wasn't just his father's child,
1:06.8	he was also his criminal accomplice. I have an expression childhood as a city you can never leave,
1:14.3	and when you have a hard enough life, you grow to think that you deserve it and that you can do
1:19.3	no better, you are no better. David Crow is the author of a book titled The Pale Face Lie.
1:26.2	It's a story about a father and a son living a life of crime. The father who goes by the name of
1:31.5	Thurston Crow in the book was a violent convicted felon and his son David was always by his side.
1:39.0	The book follows a young David and his three siblings on a Navajo reservation.
1:44.3	But David Crow is not a Navajo Indian and he sure as heck was a Native American.
1:50.5	His father Thurston was an outlaw working in the reservation as a way of hiding from his enemies.
1:57.9	And I was raised to think you'll never be anything, you're just the son of this terrible guy
2:02.6	and you'll do terrible things because he'll tell you to do him and you won't break that cycle
2:06.9	and it was a hard cycle to break. Imagine if the one person you trusted the most in this world
2:13.4	used you to commit crimes. That's what David says happened to him. His father was an ex-con,
2:19.8	he was cruel, violent and possibly a murderer and David says he was right by his side the entire time.
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