Ep. 78 - The Donner Party Tragedy
Podcast: My Victorian NightmarePublished On: Mon Jan 19 2026
Description: On today's episode, Genevieve will have the tragic tale of the Donner Party, the group of 87 pioneers who became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1847, who were driven to commit acts of cannibalism to survive. She will also discuss the séances of “The Naked Medium,” Eva Carrière, as well as how the dead define “space.”Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Dark PoetryInstagram Post For Today's EpisodeReferences For Today's Episode:https://www.kqed.org/news/11844011/donner-party-pt-1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Partyhttps://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-donnerparty/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Donner-partyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Carri%C3%A8rehttps://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/22/eva-carriere-the-lying-spiritualist-ectoplasm-was-said-to-come-from-every-orifice-of-her-body/“Spirit Wrapping in John Wesley’s Family” - The Spiritualist, Dec. 17th 1869.“A Spirit on SPACE” - The Spiritualist, Dec. 17th 1869.
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