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Ordeal in Donner Pass
Originally Aired: November 2, 1953
Suspense #524, "Ordeal in Donner Pass," presents the harrowing true story of the infamous Donner Party, trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains during the brutal winter of 1846-47. Patrick Breen, a God-fearing family man, serves as narrator and diarist, documenting the steadily worsening conditions as the wagon party faces a deadly choice. Despite Mr. Eddie's desperate pleas to attempt crossing the mountain pass before winter sets in, the exhausted settlers vote to stay and wait for spring. Mr. Donner, Mr. Graves, and the other families believe their children…
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