Hip Hughes History
My Top 3 Stories of Cannibalism in History
A brief introduction to the practice of cannibalism and then I summarize my top three most interesting examples of cannibalism in history. Perhaps my most disturbing video but I assure you I keep it sane for what is a pretty insane...
Weird History
Everything That Went Wrong For The Donner Party
Most people know what happened to the Donner Party, a group of settlers led by George Donner and James F. Reed, once they reached Alder Creek, California, in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Members of the party resorted to cannibalism in...
Curated Video
The Donner Party’s Deadly Detour
Taking a shortcut in the unexplored American West was always a gamble – but for the Reed and Donner families it proved catastrophic.
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Donner party pioneers endure harsh winter
RECREATON 1846 Pioneers of the Donner party resort to cannibalism during harsh winter / dead corpse of pioneer in snow / man shivering in the cold, sitting near camp / dismembered foot of dead person / entrails and blood in cooking pan /...