Ep. 55 – The Cannibal Plateau

In the winter of 1874, prospector Alfred G. Packer headed out into the Colorado mountains with a group of five other men. Only Packer returned alive. According to stories, either Packer was a desperate man driven to do some terrible things to survive, or one of the greatest monsters the old west has ever known.

 

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Notes:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cannibal-alfred-packer-is-paroled

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cannibal-alfred-packer-is-paroled

http://gizmodo.com/the-real-story-of-alfred-packer-the-wild-west-cannibal-1724833944

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T8RIK6C/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

 

Music:

Chris Zabriskie, Stories of the World that Once Was

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Borrtex, Light, Silence, Wondering, Victory, Determination, Moon, Faith, Walking, Journey, Brave

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/

Ep. 30 – The Island of the Dead

Although there’s no accurate count, it’s estimated there are about 100,000 islands scattered around the globe. Sometimes, remote islands have been used to hide dark secrets, and stories of absolute horror and human misery. These are some of those stories. Hear the true story about a tiny island in a remote corner of the Soviet Union that turned into a real hell on earth.

 

Notes:

Gruinard Island: The Island of Death!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/scotland/1457035.stm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1359420/Legacy-of-fear-on-blighted-anthrax-island.html

https://www.bajabound.com/bajaadventures/bajafever/seri_indians.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibur%C3%B3n_Island_Tragedy

http://www.seattletimes.com/life/travel/a-mythical-island-on-mexicos-untamed-coast/

The Russian Island of Cannibals

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazino_affair

PHOTOS: Cannibal Island, Where People Ate Each Other to Survive

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Lee Rosevere, Dream Colors, Cosmic Drifting, First Light, At Edges of Sleep

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

Ep. 15 – The Cannibals

In 1961, millionaire Michael Rockefeller disappeared in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. Did he drown as the official stories claim? Or did he suffer a much more grisly fate at the hands of native cannibal headhunters? This is the true story.

 

Notes:

http://www.outsideonline.com/1929556/mysterious-disappearance-michael-rockefeller

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_family

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/What-Really-Happened-to-Michael-Rockefeller-180949813/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milt_Machlin

http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/whatever-happened-to-michael-rockefeller

Lost Lands, Cannibals, and the Mysterious Disappearance of Michael Rockefeller

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Kai Engel, Past the Lanterns, Rejecting the Sirens and Without Redemption

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

Scott Holmes, Abandoned City

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Film__Documentary/Abandoned_City

James Joshua Otto, Midnight Drive

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/James_Joshua_Otto/And_then_the_mountains_moved/Midnight_Drive

Jon Luc Hefferman, Treacherous Voyage

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jon_Luc_Hefferman/Production_Music_2/Treacherous_Voyage

 

 

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