Episode 65 - The Gitchie Manitou Murders

On November 17, 1973 five teenage friends gathered around a campfire in the Gitchie Manitou Preserve in NW Iowa. After 20 mins of playing guitar and singing, gunfire erupted as the teens were ambushed by three brothers that had been out hunting that day. Four of the teens were killed and a 13 year old girl named Sandra was kept alive. She was brought from the murder scene to a house where she was sexually assaulted and then inexplicably released by the killers the next day. Several days later she helped police ID her killers and they were all sent to prison for life. Listen along as we break down this 50 year old case that still haunts the area today. Music by Gioele Fazzeri from Pixabay