In the winter of 1873-1874, six miners seeking fortune and gold in the San Juan mountains of western Colorado disappear in to a winter storm. Only one survives- Alferd Packer.
Packer tells several stories of how he came to be the sole survivor before ultimately confessing to succumbing to cannibalism to survive. But did he merely feast on the bodies of those who died of exposure, accidents, or malicious intent from the other miners? Or was Packer himself a crazed murderer?
The legend of the Colorado Cannibal may be one of the darkest mysteries in western American history, and we will explore it today.
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