85: Liver-Eating Johnson w/ Nathan E. Bender - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

My guest is Nathan E. Bender, who wrote the introduction for the most recent edition of the 1958 classic "Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson". Johnson, (who was the basis for Robert Redford's character in the "Jeremiah Johnson" film), is known in history for hunting down members of the Crow Indian tribe to avenge his wife and child's death, but much of our modern knowledge of this now legendary figure was made up by the original authors of the book, Raymond W. Thorp and Robert Bunker. Author Nathan Bender tells us the true story of Liver-Eating Johnson, and helps separate myth from historical accuracy.

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0:00.0	And the pitch.
0:03.0	We deliver baseball caps, myths, and everything you need for the game.
0:08.0	But what you really get is so much more.
0:11.0	FedEx Delivery.
0:12.0	Game day spirit.
0:13.0	What we deliver by delivering.
1:00.0	Hello everyone, I'm Eric Rivenis and welcome to the most notorious podcast.
1:05.0	I just want to remind everyone that my book, Dirty Doc Ames, and the scandal that shook many apples is available.
1:11.0	Local Minnesota bookstores and Amazon and Barnes & Noble online.
1:16.0	I'm so pleased to have as my guest today author Nathan E. Bender.
1:20.0	He's written the introduction for the new edition of the classic book Crowkiller,
1:26.0	the saga of liver eating Johnson.
1:29.0	So glad to speak to you.
1:31.0	Thank you.
1:32.0	Thank you.
1:33.0	So this is a bit of an unusual interview for me and that you're not the original author of the book.
1:38.0	It was written by Raymond W. Thorpe and Robert Bunker.
1:42.0	But you were gracious enough to come on the podcast and talk about it anyway.
1:46.0	How did you get involved with this incredible story?
1:51.0	I was working at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center at the time.
1:56.0	And at that time, liver eating Johnson's hawk and rifle and Bowie knife were donated to the Buffalo Bill Museum,
2:07.0	the Winchester Fire Museum at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
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