The Man-Eaters of Tsavo: The Lions That Hunted Humans
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Two lions. Dozens of victims. And a construction project that ground to a halt.
This week, Jamie and Leo travel to late 19th century East Africa to uncover the chilling true story of the Tsavo man-eating lions.
In 1898, during the construction of the Uganda Railway in what is now Kenya, workers began disappearing in the night. At first, it seemed like isolated attacks. Then the pattern became impossible to ignore.
Two lions had started hunting humans.
As fear spread through the camps, laborers refused to work, progress slowed, and the situation escalated into one of the most infamous wildlife incidents in history. The attacks would continue for months, turning a massive engineering project into something much closer to a survival story.
What caused these lions to target humans? How many people were actually killed? And how did the attacks finally come to an end?
One of the most disturbing cases of animal behavior on record, this is the story behind the legend of the Tsavo lions.
Serious history. Told not so seriously.
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The main source for this episode: Patterson, John Henry. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures.
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