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History That Doesn't Suck
Host Greg Jackson cited Lula Parker's book, Butch Cassidy, My Brother, as a key historical source for the controversial theory that the outlaw survived his supposed death in Bolivia. Written by Cassidy's sister, Lula Parker, the memoir detailed a secret 1925 visit to the family home where her brother allegedly appeared, confirming he was alive and possessed intimate family knowledge. The book further claimed that Butch revealed The Sundance Kid and Etta Place were also still living, using this memoir to fuel the enduring historical debate surrounding Cassidy's true fate.
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It was mentioned as the book where Lula Parker, Butch's sister, claimed Butch visited her family in 1925 after his supposed death in Bolivia and spoke of Sundance and Etta still being alive.
In her book, Butch Cassidy, My Brother, Butch's sister Lula tells us he visited the Parker home in 1925.
She, her 81-year-old father, and brother Mark related, they chatted all night with this man who had the Parker family grin and knew all the right intimate details.
He reported that Sundance and Etta were alive too.
He crossed paths with the reunited couple in Mexico City.
She tells us that her brother, died in the Northwest in the fall of 1937, a year before dad died.