159: American Outlaw Butch Cassidy w/ Charles Leerhsen - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

When the name "Butch Cassidy" is mentioned, it conjures an image (for many of us) of Paul Newman, who along with Robert Redford joked their way through the classic 1969 film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". But that movie was almost entirely fictional, and as often typical, Hollywood ignored the far more interesting factual historical account of the legendary outlaw and his vast criminal resume.

Charles Leerhsen, author of "Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw", is my guest on this Most Notorious episode. He helps separate fact from fiction, and shares some fascinating stories about the life of the gentleman robber Robert Leroy Parker, aka Butch Cassidy.

The author's website: https://leerhsen.com/

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0:00.0	On this episode of Most Notorious, the legendary Western Outlaw Butch Cassidy.
0:07.0	So, to beat the Posse, Butch would have, first of all, he'd start out with some great horses.
0:13.0	He has a great horsemen himself.
0:15.0	And then a few miles out of town, he'd have arranged for some gang members and horses
0:21.0	to be waiting there for him.
0:23.0	Fresh horses, they'd ride a few more miles, get off, switch horses again.
0:29.0	You could see what I mean by this time, the original Posse's horses would be completely out of gas
0:35.0	and Butch and his guys were off to the races.
0:38.0	So, they escaped many times using that simple but very smart maneuver of tying up the horses.
0:59.0	Welcome everyone to another episode of The Most Notorious Podcast.
1:15.0	I'm Eric Rivenes. Glad as always you are joining me today.
1:19.0	Many of us are familiar with the name Butch Cassidy, primarily because of the 1969 movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
1:28.0	But he was a real outlaw and had a life far more interesting than the fictional version played by Paul Newman.
1:35.0	Anyway, let's begin.
1:37.0	It is so great to have as my guest today, Charles Learson.
1:41.0	He is the former executive editor of Sports Illustrated and has written for Rolling Stone, Esquire, and The New York Times.
1:51.0	Some of his titles include New York Times Best Seller, Thai Cobb, A Terrible Beauty.
1:59.0	Crazy Good, The True Story of Dan Patch, The Most Famous Horse in America, and Blood and Smoke, a true tale of mystery, mayhem, and the birth of the Indy 500.
2:12.0	But he is here today to talk about his latest work entitled Butch Cassidy, The True Story of an American Outlaw, officially out on July 14th.
2:23.0	Thanks so much for your time today.
2:26.0	Eric, I'm happy to be here with you.
2:28.0	Yes, this is great.
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