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True Crime in Academia Episode 118: The Donner Party
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Hey, true crime friends! I hope you all had a safeand happy Thanksgiving 🍗🥧🍂🥂 And I couldn’t think of a better episode topic to follow up the holiday with than The Donner Party. During the 1840s, many families took the months-long journey across the country to settle in California. Unfortunately for one group known as the Donner Party, delayed travel, a not-so-short shortcut, harsh winter weather conditions, and food scarcity led some of the members to do the unthinkable.
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