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c2005
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" The trial has been a remarkable one; as remarkable as the crime itself, and the course pursued by the prisoner. Packer's statement on the stand, particularly regarding the killing of Bell, was a cunningly conceived defense, and had he told the same story at Lost Pinos in '74, and always since adhered to it, at the same time telling the whole truth about the attendant circumstances, he probably never would have been accused of the crime which his...
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"In the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the Colorado Rockies. Months later, when the snow finally melted, only one of them emerged. His name was Alfred G. Packer, though he would soon become infamous throughout the country under a different name: the Man-Eater"--
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Pub. Date
[1968]
Description
Alfred Griner "Alferd" Packer (January 21, 1842 - April 23, 1907) was an American prospector who confessed to cannibalism during the winter of 1874. He and 5 other men attempted to travel through the high mountains of Colorado during the peak of a harsh winter. When only Alfred reached civilization, he claimed that the others had killed each other for food, and confessed to having lived off the flesh of his companions during his snowbound state and...
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