About this episode
In November of 1973, five teenage friends were attacked while they sat around a campfire at a local state reserve. After killing four of them, the final girl was taken into a van before being dropped off at home, able to share her story with the police in hopes of catching the monsters behind it all. This is the story of Sandra Cheskey, Roger Essem, Stewart Baade, Dana Baade, and Michael Hadrath. Also known as Gitchie Girl, and the Gitchie Manitou Murders.
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CASE SOURCES
1. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/395258
2. Sioux City Journal: https://www.newspapers.com/image/497248567/?terms=gitchie%20girl&match=1
3. Kingsport Times:
4. Des Moines Register: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime/1/01/01/sole-survivor-of-brutal-1973-slayings-finds-strength-to-tell-her-story/3726397/
5. The Holland Evening Sentinel: https://www.newspapers.com/image/11889310/?terms=gitchie%20manitou%20murders&match=1
6. No One Can Hear You Scream: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.1832f18f-dfdf-4b3f-ba26-3e7d7bb7b24d?ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv&tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv-20
7. Argus-Leader: https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2021/11/16/gitchie-manitou-murders-1973-survivor-sandra-cheskey-fryer-brothers-south-dakota-iowa/8637229002/
8. The Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/where-are-allen-david-and-james-fryer-now/
9. Argus-Leader: https://www.newspapers.com/image/238916630/?terms=%22michael%20hadrath%22&match=1
10. Murderpedia: https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/fryer-brothers.htm
12. Argus-Leader: https://www.newspapers.com/image/239091110/?terms=allen%20fryer%20escape&match=1
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