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Murder on the California Trail | The Frontier

2026-03-16 · 58 min · episode 366 · 7 entities

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    Murder on the California Trail | The Frontier
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<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> <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> <p>Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Produced by Tomos Delargy. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick.</p> <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="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>All music from Epidemic Sounds.</p> <p>American History Hit is a History Hit podcast.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>