( CNN ) -- Months after a nationwide manhunt helped authorities track down kidnapped California teen Hannah Anderson , she 's revealing new details about her conversations with the man who allegedly held her hostage . In an interview with NBC 's `` Today '' show set to be broadcast Thursday morning , Anderson describes the time she spent with alleged kidnapper James DiMaggio in his house about an hour east of San Diego . Anderson says DiMaggio sat her down on a couch , handcuffed her , zip-tied her feet and revealed his plan to kidnap her and take her to Idaho . The day quickly took an even darker turn , Anderson told `` Today , '' describing how DiMaggio encouraged her to play Russian roulette with him , using a real gun . Autopsy : Hannah Anderson 's mother , brother were beaten and burned . `` When it was my turn , I started crying and , like , was freaking out , '' Anderson said . `` And he said , 'Do you want to play ? ' And I said , 'No , ' and I started crying , and he 's like , 'OK , ' and he stopped . '' Anderson said DiMaggio told her he would eventually get her home . He also told her that her mother and brother were in his house , alive . Police later found the bodies of her mother and brother at DiMaggio 's burned home . After evading authorities for a week , DiMaggio was spotted in the Idaho wilderness on August 10 , nearly 1,000 miles from where the alleged kidnapping occurred . An FBI agent shot him dead and Hannah , 16 , was returned to her family in Southern California . James DiMaggio 's sister to Piers Morgan : Hannah Anderson was 'trouble ' The nationwide manhunt for DiMaggio drew widespread attention and sparked widespread speculation about the case . Now , the author of a new book is criticizing the teen 's behavior and claiming there are inconsistencies in her story , CNN affiliate KGTV reported . An Anderson family spokeswoman told CNN the family has no comment on the book . Anderson , meanwhile , told `` Today '' that thinking about her abductor makes her `` disgusted '' and `` angry , '' according to quotes from the interview published on the morning show 's website . But learning more about the Amber Alert issued by authorities as they searched for her , she said , has helped her recovery . `` It helped me keep going through healing , '' she said , `` knowing that people were looking for me and that they 're on my side . '' Hannah 's first interview : 'My mom raised me to be strong ' CNN 's Faith Karimi contributed to this report .
` ` I started crying , '' ' Anderson says , describing a conversation with her father . She says he had tried to make her play Russian girl with a real person . The California teen was found after a weeklong manhunt for her alleged captor .