About this episode

The episode recounts the tragic events of the Gitchie Manitou Massacre where five teenagers were attacked, resulting in four deaths and one survivor.

It was a Saturday night in November 1973. Five teenagers from Sioux Falls sat around a campfire in the Gitchie Manitou State Preserve — laughing, singing, passing the evening the way teenagers do. Then came the sound of leaves crunching in the dark. What unfolded in that Iowa nature preserve would leave four young people dead, one thirteen-year-old girl fighting for her life, and an entire community shattered. The killers were three brothers who had stumbled into the park looking to poach deer and decided, on a horrifying impulse, to take something else entirely. Do you want ad-free? Subscribe here: linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at triggeredthepodcast.444@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Chantal, Ashley

Topics covered

• true crime
• murder
• teenagers
• Iowa
• community impact

Keywords

• Gitchie Manitou
• massacre
• true crime
• teenagers
• Iowa
• 1973
• murder

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Sioux Falls, Gitchie Manitou State Preserve

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