Murder on the California Trail | The Frontier

<p>The words 'Donner Party' have become synonymous with disaster in the American imagination. In this week’s instalment of our<em> Frontier</em> miniseries, we’ll be exploring how this group of pioneers' journey across the Old West ended with fatal consequences...</p><br><p>To tell us more about this story, we’re very lucky to welcome Daniel James Brown as our guest. Daniel is a writer who specialises in historical non-fiction and is the author of <em>The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party</em>.</p><br><p>Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Produced by Tomos Delargy. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick.</p><br><p>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at <a href="historyhit.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">historyhit.com/subscribe</a>;. </p><br><p>All music from Epidemic Sounds.</p><br><p>American History Hit is a History Hit podcast.</p>

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