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True Murder, with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufanski.

In the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of

the Colorado Rockies.

Once 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.

After the butchered remains of his five traveling companions were discovered in a secluded

valley by the Gunnison River, Packer vanished for nine years, becoming the West's most

wanted man.

What followed was a saga of evasion and retribution as the trial of the century worked to extricate

fact from myth and Paulie Pry, a once famous pioneering journalist, took on the cause of

Packer.

Man-Eater is the definitive story of a legendary crime, a gripping tale of unspeakable suffering,

the desperate struggle for survival, and the fight to uncover the truth.

The story that we're featuring this evening is Man-Eater, the life and legend of an

American cannibal.

With my special guest, journalist and author and professor Harold Schechter, welcome back

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