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Monthly Archives: April 2015
1859 – Big Phil the Cannibal
ALTHOUGH ALFERD PACKER IS COLORADO’S MOST NOTORIOUS CANNIBAL, HE IS NOT ITS ONLY HUMAN FLESH-EATER. A MOUNTAIN MAN KNOWN AS BIG PHIL OR CANNIBAL PHIL IS SAID TO HAVE FREQUENTED DENVER CITY’S SALOONS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS HUGE DOG. HE IS DESCRIBED AS “GIGANTIC IN STATURE AND REPULSIVE IN ASPECT”, BUT IT IS SAID FOR A FREE DRINK, HE WOULD TELL STORIES ABOUT DEVOURING HIS TWO INDIAN WIVES, AN INDIAN GUIDE, AND A FRENCHMAN. Continue reading
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1868 – Judge Lynch – The Musgrove Killing
“I AM TO BE HUNG TO-DAY ON FALSE CHARGES BY A MOB,” WROTE L.H. MUSGROVE TO HIS BROTHER AS HE STOOD ON A BRIDGE OVER CHERRY CREEK. AS DENVER CITY VIGILANTES TIED CORDS AROUND HIS ANGLES AND NECK, HE WROTE A SECOND LETTER TO HIS WIFE MARY, SAYING HE WAS BEING HANGED “BECAUSE I AM ACQUAINTED WITH ED FRANKLIN.” Continue reading
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