My ex husbands family is direct descendants of survivors of the donner party. His aunt has uncontrollable shaking. She’s been tested for everything including Parkinson’s and she’s negative. They think because of the cannibalism- she has the shakes as a genetic pass down
2025-11-20 01:17:45
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merrillyjay :
People don’t realize that the Donner Party was infamous from the very beginning. The cabin site was a tourist attraction back in the 1850s!
2025-11-19 04:19:26
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white.sealion :
OG family vloggers
2025-11-19 19:36:01
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Charisa Silliman :
The children who had to consume their mother were never, ever okay after that.
2025-11-19 03:55:47
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ohnodelbo :
We also know a lot just bc they didn’t all die! The few survivors were able to answer questions and gained varying levels of fame/infamy
2025-11-19 17:19:54
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Hades lady :
what kills me off that they also followed a route in a book by a guy that had NEVER even taken the route lmao
2025-11-19 16:08:10
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C :
The absolute craziest thing to me is that there were three SEPARATE instances of cannibalism. The groups didn’t know that the others had resorted to it as well until after it was all over.
2025-11-19 20:43:36
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idkimbadatthese :
It was so strange to me, growing up in California close to where this occurred, our school taught it so thoroughly. We read Patty Reed's Doll in elementary school etc. so realizing other schools don't cover it in detail really threw me when I found out.
2025-11-19 14:18:45
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roxannedewotan :
When they ate a dog, one of the women wrote a letter to her cousin or sister telling her said “you don’t know what trouble is”
2025-11-19 02:25:26
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bri ♡ :
American history always makes me think about generational trauma, and how we (Americans) are healing from a lot darker than we usually admit
2025-11-19 13:36:21
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Kam :
Thank you for what I’m about to Google once I clock in today
2025-11-19 14:00:00
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dedelaboratory :
One of those older kids that survived said they NEVER went anywhere without some kind of food on them after they were rescued. And the snow BURIED their wagons within a day or two. They thought they could still make it past the mountains, but they waited a day or two too late.
2025-11-19 18:57:48
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sadie :
Idk if someone has mentioned this in the comments already but Abe Lincoln considered joining the Donner Party! He knew James Reed, one of the leaders & they had discussed the trip & Abe was interested but Mary Todd was against the idea since she was pregnant & they already had a toddler at home.
2025-11-19 01:17:40
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🫠 :
if any of you in here like podcasts, You’re Wrong About did a really good episode on the donner party
2025-11-19 20:07:09
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MrsNewt❌🙅♀️ :
My daughter, on her father’s side, is a Donner and a Seward
2025-11-19 15:48:24
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Z :
PLEASEEEEE tell us more you are a great storyteller
2025-11-19 01:43:10
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222 :
the lore lodge has a really good almost 3 hour video on the donner party and it’s my favorite yearly rewatch 😅 i wish we knew more ab the natives that helped them as well. other than two that passed with them
2025-11-19 13:56:26
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milkwasabadchoice :
They went based on the advice of an “adventurer” who told them to go down the other route. He had claimed he made it through but that was a lie
2025-11-19 14:07:52
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Kelsie2323 :
Have you ever looked into the Dyatlov Pass incident ?? That one really sticks with you as well…
2025-11-19 00:20:17
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kayla :
I fell asleep with this video playing and then had a dream about it 10/10 don’t recommend
2025-12-22 09:57:06
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em😇 :
we had to go snowshoe out in donner pass as an elementary school field trip 💀
2025-11-19 17:08:18
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Agent Scully's Eyebrow 💙🍉💙 :
GURL I'll be your friend you can talk non stop about the Donner Party to! This was all absolutely fascinating to me!
2025-11-19 00:17:14
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beeztrapp (not that one) :
Ok, fine, I'll go back down the Donner Party rabbit hole again.
2025-11-19 13:13:06
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flicka :
Last Podcast on the Left has a great Donner Party series!
2025-11-19 15:45:12
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J :
girl i’m so locked in keep em coming
2025-11-19 04:46:59
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