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 The infamous true story that inspired Moby Dick unfolds in horrifying detail as we follow the crew of the Essex after their ship is deliberately rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale in November 1820. Twenty men, now stranded in three tiny whaleboats in the vast Pacific Ocean, face a harrowing fight for survival that will push them beyond human endurance. With their vessel destroyed in just ten minutes, the crew salvages what little they can—600 pounds of hardtack, limited...
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 ...
