Why we ate our friends: The story of a plane crash

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English - January 09, 2024 00:01 - 35 minutes - 82.1 MB - ★★★★ - 126 ratings
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In 1972 a small plane with 45 souls on board crashed in the Andes mountains. Stranded for ten weeks in minus 30C, the survivors were eventually forced to eat the bodies of their friends. Their story has been made into a new film 'Society of the Snow'; we hear from a survivor.

This podcast contains scenes of a graphic nature.

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Guest: Blanca Schofield, assistant culture and books editor at The Times and The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

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