E25 - The Blue Brothers Incident: K.T. Cannibalism 1859

Desperate, lost and starving, Daniel Blue of Illinois prolongs his life by eating the flesh of his decaying friend and two brothers while traveling the Smokey Hill route to the Pikes Peak gold region in February of 1859. This story of disaster and privation is THE first hand account, written by the survivor - Daniel Blue. Alfred Packer is credited as the original "Colorado Cannibal", but this story takes place in future Colorado (Kansas Territory "K.T." at the time) fifteen years before Packer's accounts supposedly occurred. Listen carefully, for the story has some interesting... Listener Discretion Advised