It's the beginning of our journey into the American Frontier as we cover the tragic and brutal saga of the Donner Party. Join us on this episode as we cover the hard journey west, the ill-advised shortcut through the Great Salt Desert, and the hardships the party encountered plus quite a few bad decisions that eventually led to cannibalism and murder.    Amazing Plan Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Evil Plan Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Learn more about SimpliSafe today at http://simplisafe.com/lastpod   Start your 4 week trial at http://stamps.com with promo code: left'   If you have a second, please do us a solid by filling out this confidential survey: https://bit.ly/2L1A1Uv