Caitlin Doughty | The Donner Party: What Really Happened? @AskAMortician | Uploaded March 2019 | Updated October 2024, 4 days ago.
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***CREDITS***

Mortician: Caitlin Doughty
Producer & Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1)
Editor & Graphics: Landis Blair (@landisblair)

This video was largely informed by Daniel James Brown's excellent book, "The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride". Thank you for the inspiration, Mr. Brown!

***SELECTED ADDITIONAL READING***

"7 surprising facts about cannibalism"
vox.com/2015/2/17/8052239/cannibalism-surprising-facts

"'thus are our bodies, thus was our custom':
mortuary cannibalism in an Amazonian society"
https://lauer.sdsu.edu/courses/442-spring-2017/articles/Conklin_1995b.pdf

"There's More to Cannibalism Than Just People Eating People"
people.howstuffworks.com/different-types-cannibalism.htm

"How the Pineapple Express Killed the Donner Party"
io9.gizmodo.com/how-the-pineapple-express-killed-the-donner-party-1676275691

"Mmmm, Brains: Everything You Wanted to Know About Cannibalism But Were Afraid to Ask"
mentalfloss.com/article/31508/mmmm-brains-everything-you-wanted-know-about-cannibalism-were-afraid-ask