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title: "Alfred Packer: The Horrifying Story of the 'Colorado Cannibal'"
description: "The gruesome true story of Alfred Packer, the Colorado prospector who murdered and cannibalized five companions in the San Juan Mountains in 1874, and the decades-long fight for his freedom."
url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/alfred-packer-colorado-cannibal.md
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datePublished: 2026-06-12
dateModified: 2026-06-12
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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---

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The gruesome true story of Alfred Packer, the Colorado prospector who murdered and cannibalized five companions in the San Juan Mountains in 1874, and the decades-long fight for his freedom.
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