In the winter of 1846, 87 pioneers became trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where starvation forced impossible choices and tested the limits of human survival.
In the winter of 1846, 87 pioneers became trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where starvation forced impossible choices and tested the limits of human survival.
In 1846, 87 pioneers took what they thought was a shortcut to California—but a series of fatal decisions, impossible terrain, and early snowstorms trapped them in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where starvation drove survivors to unspeakable acts, and some say the tortured spirits of those who perished still haunt Donner Pass to this very day.
Journey across all 50 states as we uncover America’s most terrifying urban legends, from Mothman sightings in West Virginia to the Black-Eyed Children of Texas, proving that every corner of the USA has its own nightmare waiting to be discovered.