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The Wendigo is known to be a creature of indigenous folklore, but the psychosis that creates cannibals out of starvation victims has caused real deaths. The Donner Party wasn't the only group that fell on hard times during a challenging winter.
Support the show:
https://www.patreon.com/storiesfromthemortuary
Sources:
https://thecinemaholic.com/susan-robin-bender-found-or-missing-is-she-dead-or-alive/
https://charleyproject.org/case/susan-robin-bender
Swift Runner by Colin A. Thomson
https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/wendigo
https://allthatsinteresting.com/wendigo
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/09/06/482952588/when-people-ate-people-a-strange-disease-emerged
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/kuru#:~:text=Kuru%20is%20a%20rare%20and,the%20highlands%20of%20New%20Guinea.
https://creemythology.weebly.com/cree-death.html
Music by Marc v/d Meulen
 By Aolani Santiago
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The Wendigo is known to be a creature of indigenous folklore, but the psychosis that creates cannibals out of starvation victims has caused real deaths. The Donner Party wasn't the only group that fell on hard times during a challenging winter.
Support the show:
https://www.patreon.com/storiesfromthemortuary
Sources:
https://thecinemaholic.com/susan-robin-bender-found-or-missing-is-she-dead-or-alive/
https://charleyproject.org/case/susan-robin-bender
Swift Runner by Colin A. Thomson
https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/wendigo
https://allthatsinteresting.com/wendigo
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/09/06/482952588/when-people-ate-people-a-strange-disease-emerged
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/kuru#:~:text=Kuru%20is%20a%20rare%20and,the%20highlands%20of%20New%20Guinea.
https://creemythology.weebly.com/cree-death.html
Music by Marc v/d Meulen

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