It's our last Halloween episode for the year! This week Megan shares about cultural differences in death and dying. Jen continues that theme and takes us through the Donner Party tragedy. 

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References:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/donner-party-cannibalism-nation-west

https://www.sfgate.com/outdoors/article/Donner-Pass-Road-features-history-beauty-and-play-6709243.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party

https://thehistoricalnovel.com/2020/01/22/creepy-history-the-donner-party-deaths-and-diagrams/

https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-donner-party

https://listverse.com/2015/06/15/10-haunting-details-about-the-donner-partys-deadly-journey/

https://seeksghosts.blogspot.com/2019/06/phantoms-of-donner-party.html

https://www.theunion.com/news/ghosts-of-the-donner-party/

https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-donner-party-facts-summary.html