Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DENVER (KDVR) — In 1874, two years before Colorado was granted statehood, a man was accused of killing and eating five people ...

In the age of the Internet, most Coloradans have probably heard at least a few words about Alferd Packer, the infamous ‘Colorado Cannibal’ best known for consuming parts of his companions during an ...

At a cemetery on the outskirts of Denver, beside an old tombstone, one might sit and think at the bench under the long, sagging limbs of a dark, towering spruce. “Very shady and cold. It’s kind of an ...

Alferd Packer began an ill-advised trek into the Colorado mountains in 1874 after joining up with five other prospectors — think of them as the walking beta tests for frozen dinners — into historical ...

The Alferd Packer handgun the state historian recently displayed could be something other than a piece de resistance on the Packer menu of memorabilia. In fact, said David Bailey, curator of history ...

Trey Parker’s ‘Cannibal! The Musical’ tells tale of Alferd Packer Colorado is known for a lot of things: Majestic mountains, Coors beer, the Broncos ... And Alferd Packer, “The Colorado Cannibal,” who ...

DENVER (KDVR) — In 1874, two years before Colorado was granted statehood, a man was accused of killing and eating five people while crossing the San Juan Mountains. This man, Alfred Packer, would ...