David Wants to Talk About The Donner Party

About this episode

David reflects on survival in the wilderness while discussing the tragic history of The Donner Party.

Send us Fan Mail It's been pretty cold around here lately and it got David doing some thinking. Could he survive out in the wilderness during the cold? Hell no! Then he got to thinking about some other people that couldn't make it either. Namely a pretty big chunk of The Donner Party. We're getting just a little dark with this one. Join the guys as they discuss some of the terrible luck that these people experienced leading up to their eventual date with history and cannibalism. The worst roa...

People in this episode

Host: David

Topics covered

• survival
• history
• cannibalism
• wilderness
• dark humor

Keywords

• Donner Party
• survival
• cannibalism
• history
• wilderness
• dark humor

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