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"Cannibalism" (May 10, 2015)

By Ryan Priest
Published May 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM CDT
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L0005638 Theodo de Bry, Newe Welt und amerikanische Historien ... Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Cannibalism Printed text Newe Welt und amerikanische Historien ... Bry, Theodo de Published: 1655 Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Shep shares the story of Alferd Packer

Did you know the dining hall at the University of Colorado is named after a notorious cannibal? In this program from May 10, 1972, Shep tells his listeners the story of Alferd Packer and recalls some of his own brushes with cannibalistic people in South America.

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