Ep. 63: The Donner Party Pt. I - Not So Great Salt Lake

The first steps of the ill-fated Donner Party is nearly as gruesome, miserable, and traumatizing as their final destination. This week, we take you from the calm plains of Nebraska to a scorching "shortcut" through the Great Salt Lake Desert to the treacherous Sierra Nevada Mountains, where we'll pick back up on The Donner Party Part II, with many failed attempts to fight off starvation, and, unfortunately, many disgustingly successful attempts as well.TRIGGER WARNING for violence and death.Tik Tok @latenightlobotomiesInsta @latenightlobotomiesBlueSky @lnlpodcast.bsky.socialPatreon on SpotifyPatreon.com/latenightlobotomiesA portion of your proceeds supports The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer & Questioning (LGBTQ) young people, whose mission is to end suicide among LGBTQ youth.Visit https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ for more details.Election Time, Funky Brass Instrumentals for Podcasts and Quiz Games by kjartan_abel -- https://freesound.org/s/542939/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Thanks to Fesliyan StudiosDonner Party Audio SourcesFull Audio Source List(0:00) Intro(4:36) Setting the Stage(9:46) Party Members(14:47) Hastings SUCKS(20:23) First Steps(26:06) Wasatch Mountains(31:43) Great Salt Lake(45:25) California Trail(50:22) Sierra Nevadas(59:52) Outro