Ep. 109 - The Donner Party, Part 2

Published: Nov. 9, 2020, 1 a.m.

Continuing our story of the 1846 wagon train that met a tragic fate after attempting a shortcut on their way from the midwest to California. In this episode, meet two more Ohioans on this journey: A man portrayed as the Donner Party's biggest cannibal, and the companion he abandoned to a lonely death.www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio\n www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Blood on the Mountain, by A Basic Wagon. Find more at\xa0https://www.facebook.com/abasicwagon/community Additional music:\xa0Audionautix by The Great Unknown, and\xa0The Great Phospher by Daniel Birch\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices