
Alfred Packer: A Colorado Mystery Revisited
A quarrelsome Civil War veteran. An ill-fated winter expedition into the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. And five bodies, exhumed more than 100 years later. Examine modern forensic analysis, a 19th century revolver, and other archival materials to (re)consider the mysterious and sensational case of Alfred Packer, the so-called Colorado Cannibal at the center of History Colorado’s thrilling new podcast episode, “Flesh for Fantasy.”