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