The Man-Eaters of Tsavo: The Lions That Stopped a Railway

<p>In eighteen ninety-eight, two lions began dragging railway workers from their tents in East Africa, night after night, through fire and thorn and gunfire. They stopped the construction of an entire railway. And more than a century later, science finally worked out what was actually wrong with them.</p><p>August Mercer tells the true story behind the legend — and the injured jaw that turned two animals into a nightmare. This is Six Feet of History — five minutes of the past they'd rather you forget.</p><p><em>Follow for a new story every day. A Dark Whisper Studios production.</em></p><p><em>#history #truehistory #truestories</em></p>