Forlorn Hope: Expeditions to the Depths of Despair

Murder, Mystery, and Cannibalism

The most disastrous adventures of all time:

~ Ernest Shackleton and his men were so hungry they ate candle wax.
~ John Franklin was known as the man who ate his boots.
~ Lt. Greely and his soldiers ate each other.
~ Charles Hall became the subject of history's oldest cold case that was solved 150 years after his murder.
~ Robert Scott raced to the south pole only to be beaten at the last minute, and that was the least of his worries.
~ One expedition of 128 men simply vanished.
~The Donner Party ate each other and one survivor boasted of enjoying human flesh.

These shocking true stories end with being lost in unknown lands, mysterious deaths, starvation, insanity, and even cannibalism.