Send us a text A winter crossing turned deadly when Alfred Packer led five men into the San Juans against Chief Ouray’s warning, then returned alone with shifting stories and other men’s gear. We trace the confessions, the trials, and the forensics that still complicate his guilt. • Packer’s troubled past and failed careers • The mining party’s formation and dire route choice • Chief Ouray’s warning and the fatal decision to proceed • Packer’s lone arrival and suspicious possessions • First ...
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Send us a text A winter crossing turned deadly when Alfred Packer led five men into the San Juans against Chief Ouray’s warning, then returned alone with shifting stories and other men’s gear. We trace the confessions, the trials, and the forensics that still complicate his guilt. • Packer’s troubled past and failed careers • The mining party’s formation and dire route choice • Chief Ouray’s warning and the fatal decision to proceed • Packer’s lone arrival and suspicious possessions • First ...
Send us a text Nobody expects to drown in beer. Yet on October 17, 1814, that's exactly what happened to eight Londoners when a massive vat at Horseshoe Brewery catastrophically failed, unleashing a 15-foot tsunami of porter beer through the impoverished streets of St Giles. The disaster began with something seemingly insignificant—a fallen iron hoop on a towering 22-foot wooden vat containing over 300,000 gallons of fermenting porter. Brewery clerk George Creek, with 17 years of experience,...
History's A Disaster
Send us a text A winter crossing turned deadly when Alfred Packer led five men into the San Juans against Chief Ouray’s warning, then returned alone with shifting stories and other men’s gear. We trace the confessions, the trials, and the forensics that still complicate his guilt. • Packer’s troubled past and failed careers • The mining party’s formation and dire route choice • Chief Ouray’s warning and the fatal decision to proceed • Packer’s lone arrival and suspicious possessions • First ...
