Episode 122: The Donner Party Conspiracy: Everything You Don't Already Know

**SKIP TO 12:13 TO GET TO THE STORY** If you heard The Donner Party saga and thought to yourself, "Wow, that's really Haunted and nothing worse could happen to a group of people" ... you would be super wrong! This episode Nat pulls up all the best(worst)bits of info that have been left out of the mainstream media's portrayal of The Donners. Cadaver Dogs who unearth 250 year old bodies? Got it. Barbaric Pioneer birthing techniques? Got it. The 1849 Gold Rush isn't real? Got it. Sit down and BUCKLE THE F UP BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO 1846 YALL! YEEHAW! Other Important Stuff: Buy Our Merch: www.letsgethaunted.com Donate to our stupid show: ko-fi.com/dogmomusa Buy Venterra Farms CBD Products: www.venterrafarms.com & use code “HAUNTED15” at checkout for 15% off Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: LetsGetHauntedPod@gmail.com — Theme song by: Steven Suptic Dark Piano Song by: Michael Byrnes “Fiddle Reels for Square Dancing” by PeakFiddler on Youtube SOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party_timeline https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1840_fast_facts.html http://www.donnerpartydiary.com/members.html https://www.sierracollege.edu/ejournals/jsnhb/v4n2/houghton.html https://www.frontieramericanillustratednews.com/post/the-western-wagon-train-part-two-life-on-the-trail https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/death-on-trails.htm#:~:text=The%20route%20of%20the%20Oregon,the%20trail%20did%20not%20survive. Unexplained Mysteries Podcast, “The Donner Party” Last Podcast On Left Podcast, Episode 331 “The Donner Party: Salt of the Earth” Last Podcast On Left Podcast, Episode 332 “The Donner Party: Forlorn Hope” “The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party”. Daniel James Brown https://wyofile.com/stories-beneath-the-surface/ https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/04/03/Cadaver-dogs-to-search-for-Gold-Rush-era-graves-near-Oregon-Calif-trails/7841585776002/ https://www.wyomingnews.com/things_to_do/bones-of-oregon-trail-pioneers-being-laid-to-rest-on-ranch-near-glendo/article_14df318d-ef39-5789-95df-22b297a8262e.html https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/What-happened-to-Donner-Party-survivors-16714121.php http://www.donnerpartydiary.com/sep46.html https://user.xmission.com/~octa/DonnerParty/Briefmyths.htm#The%20%22Pioneer%20palace%20car%22 https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/parting-of-the-ways https://tahoetopia.com/news/murder-confession-donner-party-mid-december-1846 https://archive.archaeology.org/1205/letter/donner_party_alder_creek_washoe.html https://www.sierracollege.edu/ejournals/jsnhb/v4n2/houghton.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices