The Colorado Cannibal: Alfred Packer
The episode explores the controversial case of Alfred Packer, a 19th-century wilderness guide accused of murdering and cannibalizing five fellow prospectors in the Colorado mountains in 1873. While Packer was convicted and vilified as the 'Colorado cannibal,' the podcast questions whet
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