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A Brutal Winter Drove the Donner Party to Cannibalism

Summary by Bloody Disgusting!
A Series of Calamities In 1846, the Donner-Reed Party set out from Independence, Missouri to make the journey west to a better life in California. What befell them was a horrific fate that some blamed on incompetence and others suggested embodied the dangers of manifest destiny. In a new mini-primer for Murder Made Fiction podcast, Joe tells Jenn about the calamities that befell the group and left them stranded for the winter under 22 ft of snow…
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Bloody Disgusting! broke the news in on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
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