Episode
87: Alferd Packer: The Strange Case Of The Colorado Cannibal
56:42
Published: Fri Jan 28 2022
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The podcast episode takes us back to the 1800s where lawlessness prevailed and heinous crimes were committed.
00:00 - 02:34 (02:34)
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The podcast episode takes us back to the 1800s where lawlessness prevailed and heinous crimes were committed. The host plans to expand the horror stories by incorporating a first-person experience element to engage the audience.
Episode87: Alferd Packer: The Strange Case Of The Colorado Cannibal
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This podcast episode touches on tragic stories that people may relate to, interjected with the story of Alfred's misadventures with the Union Army and his condition of epilepsy.
02:34 - 10:13 (07:38)
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This podcast episode touches on tragic stories that people may relate to, interjected with the story of Alfred's misadventures with the Union Army and his condition of epilepsy.
Episode87: Alferd Packer: The Strange Case Of The Colorado Cannibal
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Splitting into two groups, nine men survived the winter in Gunnarsson River, Colorado, with the help of workers from a government cattle camp who offered them food and shelter, while the other 10 men had to stay back due to the heavy snow and freezing temperatures.
10:13 - 15:57 (05:44)
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Splitting into two groups, nine men survived the winter in Gunnarsson River, Colorado, with the help of workers from a government cattle camp who offered them food and shelter, while the other 10 men had to stay back due to the heavy snow and freezing temperatures.
Episode87: Alferd Packer: The Strange Case Of The Colorado Cannibal
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Alfred Goshen, a man known to be a pathological liar, claims to have been abandoned by his group in the wilderness.
15:57 - 21:47 (05:49)
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Alfred Goshen, a man known to be a pathological liar, claims to have been abandoned by his group in the wilderness. However, his story is soon debunked and he is found at a saloon by one of the men who stayed back in their camp, leading to a reunion of the group.
Episode87: Alferd Packer: The Strange Case Of The Colorado Cannibal
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Alfred Packer survived on food rations, hunting and foraging after leaving the Ute encampment, but after 20 days they starved and he resorted to cannibalism and killed the other men, his gruesome cannibalistic confession brings forth disturbing facts about the Wild West.
21:47 - 32:10 (10:23)
Summary
Alfred Packer survived on food rations, hunting and foraging after leaving the Ute encampment, but after 20 days they starved and he resorted to cannibalism and killed the other men, his gruesome cannibalistic confession brings forth disturbing facts about the Wild West.
Episode87: Alferd Packer: The Strange Case Of The Colorado Cannibal
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After being snowed in and running out of food, Alfred Packer resorted to eating his crewmates in a makeshift shelter.
32:11 - 37:44 (05:32)
Summary
After being snowed in and running out of food, Alfred Packer resorted to eating his crewmates in a makeshift shelter. While he was never charged with murder, he spent time in a private jail cell under constant watch by guards, and local taxpayers were unhappy with the amount of money being spent on him.
Episode87: Alferd Packer: The Strange Case Of The Colorado Cannibal
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The Supreme Court of Colorado suspended his execution date based on the argument that they couldn't sentence a man to death if the state hadn't existed at the time of the crime, so Packer was convicted of five counts of manslaughter and sentenced to 40 years in prison.
37:44 - 43:49 (06:05)
Summary
The Supreme Court of Colorado suspended his execution date based on the argument that they couldn't sentence a man to death if the state hadn't existed at the time of the crime, so Packer was convicted of five counts of manslaughter and sentenced to 40 years in prison.
Episode87: Alferd Packer: The Strange Case Of The Colorado Cannibal
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The episode discusses the disturbing but thought-provoking question of whether one would eat another human being for survival, and explores the circumstances and ethics surrounding it.
43:50 - 50:07 (06:17)
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The episode discusses the disturbing but thought-provoking question of whether one would eat another human being for survival, and explores the circumstances and ethics surrounding it.
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The speaker discusses how stories of cannibalism in cases of desperate survival are vastly different than those who engaged in it just for fun or pleasure.
50:07 - 54:31 (04:23)
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The speaker discusses how stories of cannibalism in cases of desperate survival are vastly different than those who engaged in it just for fun or pleasure.
Episode87: Alferd Packer: The Strange Case Of The Colorado Cannibal
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The podcast hosts discuss the possibility of whether Alfred Packer premeditated his cannibalism actions or not.
54:31 - 56:12 (01:40)
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The podcast hosts discuss the possibility of whether Alfred Packer premeditated his cannibalism actions or not. They also talk about the facts and limitations of freedom during historic times.