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.
Sandra Cheskey in 1973 (Photo Source) The Des Moines Register
Sandra Cheskey in 2013 (Photo Source) Sioux Falls Argus Leader via Rapid City Journal
Roger Norman Essem (Photo Source) FindAGrave.com
Stewart W. Baade (Photo Source) FindAGrave.com
Dana E. Baade (Photo Source) FindAGrave.com
Michael ‘Mike’ Hadrath (Photo Source) FindAGrave.com
Allen Fryer (Photo Source) Rapid City Journal
David Fryer (Photo Source) Rapid City Journal
James ‘J.R.’ Fryer (Photo Source) Rapid City Journal
Gitchie Manitou State Preserve Image (Source) Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Gitchie Manitou State Preserve Map (Source) Google Maps
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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