When five teens visit a remote Iowa preserve but only one leaves alive, authorities are determined to catch three killers who have seemingly gotten away with a brutal crime.
Episode Source Material
- Oxygen True Crime: Killer Siblings: Season 2, Episode 2. “Fryers”
- Investigation Discovery: No One Can Hear You Scream: Season 1, Episode 2. Gitchie Manitou Massacre.
- The Des Moines Register: Girls Tells of Shooting In State Park. By Nick Lamberto via newspapers.com. (1)
- The Des Moines Register: Girls Tells of Shooting In State Park. By Nick Lamberto via newspapers.com. (2)
- The Albert Lea Tribune: Second Brother Guilty of Murder. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Sioux County Index: Fryer Brothers Escape. By staff via newspapers.com.
- Carroll Daily Times Herald: Fryer is Returned. By Staff via newspapers.com.
- Rapid City Journal: Victim’s girlfriend testifies in trial of James Fryer. By Staff via newspapers.com.
- Argus-Leader: 2 Guns Introduced As Evidence In Murder Trail Of James Fryer. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Courier: Third brother ‘guilty’. By Staff via newspapers.com.
- The Lake Park News: Fryer Is Guilty On Four Counts. By Staff via newspapers.com.
- The Des Moines Register: Drop 3 Counts Against Fryer via newspapers.com.
- Rapid City Journal: No clear motive established for killings by Fryers. By Thomas E. Slaughter via newspapers.com.
- The Albert Lea Tribune: Last Of Fryer Men Sentenced For Murders. By Thomas E. Slaughter via newspapers.com.
- The Sioux County Index: Fryer makes appeal to Federal Court. By Staff via newspapers.com.
- The Muscatine Journal: ‘73 Slaying conviction is upheld. By Staff via newspapers.com.
- The Des Moines Register: A decade later, horror of Gitchie Manitou haunts lone survivor. By Sherry Ricchiardi via newspapers.com. (1)
- The Des Moines Register: A decade later, horror of Gitchie Manitou haunts lone survivor. By Sherry Ricchiardi via newspapers.com. (2)
- Rapid City Journal: New trial is requested in four 1973 murders. By staff via newspapers.com.
- Omaha World-Herald: All Convictions Of Man Upheld In Park Killings. By Staff via newspapers.com.
- Rapid City Journal: Court upholds conviction in Gitchie Manitou killings. By Staff via newspapers.com.
- Argus-Leader: Miscellaneous. By staff via newspapers.com.
- Argus-Leader: 20-year-old murders haunt Gitchie Manitou. By Kevin Woster via newspapers.com. (1)
- Argus-Leader: 20-year-old murders haunt Gitchie Manitou. By Kevin Woster via newspapers.com. (2)
- The Sioux Journal: Violent memories of Gitchie Manitou murders linger. By Steve Young via newspapers.com.
- Argus-Leader: ‘Gitchie Girl’ Cheskey opens up in new book. By Joe Sneve via newspapers.com. (1)
- Argus-Leader: ‘Gitchie Girl’ Cheskey opens up in new book. By Joe Sneve via newspapers.com. (2)
- The Daily Nonpareil: Couple’s book recalls grisly 1973 killings in NW Iowa. By staff via newspapers.com.
- Brandon Valley Challenger: Survivor to tell her story. By staff via newspapers.com.
- Brandon Valley Challenger: ‘Gitchie Girl’ sequel announced. By Micah Bader via newspapers.com.
- B102.7: Is Gitche Girl Movie Being Filmed At Gitchie Manitou?. By Danny V.
- The Des Moines Register: ‘Gitchie Girl’, written by Iowa couple, is stark and uplifting. By Michael Tidemann via newspapers.com.
- The Sioux City Journal: ‘Gitchie Girl’: The next chapter. By Earl Horlyk via newspapers.com.
- The Sioux City Journal: ‘Gitchie Girl’ comes to TV. By Earl Horlyk via newspapers.com. (1)
- The Sioux City Journal: ‘Gitchie Girl’ comes to TV. By Earl Horlyk via newspapers.com. (2)
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- Des Moines Register: 50 years ago, 4 teens were murdered at Gitchie Manitou. What happened that November night? By Victoria Reyna-Rodriguez.
- Rapid City Journal: Responding to child trauma. By Jackie Hendry via newspapers.com.
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