Step into the smoky shadows of the Wild West as The Pine Grove Briar digs into the bloody, bizarre, and often exaggerated legend of Liver-Eatin' Johnson — mountain man, Civil War vet, and the alleged Crow-slaying, liver-chewing avenger of the Rockies. Was he a brutal frontier myth or a misunderstood loner with a pipe and a grudge?
We unpack the truth and tall tales in this gritty, humorous, and pipe-smoke-laced episode — complete with listener mail, and pipe musings. Saddle up, light your bowl, and join the campfire.
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