140: Lake Bodom Murders | Finland

Evidence Locker True Crime

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In the summer of 1960, four teenagers went camping at Lake Bodom. In the pre-dawn hours, an unknown assailant attacked them inside their tent, slashing them with a knife and hitting them with a blunt object. Of the four, only 18-year-old Nils Gustafsson survived, narrowly escaping death. 45 years later, he was charged with killing his friends, but acquitted. To this day, the mystery of what happened at Lake Bodom on that sultry night haunts the people of Finland.

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1:02.0	Summer time in Finland is magical.
1:05.0	When the long ice cold winter makes way for milder days, everyone wants to get out and enjoy the country's natural beauty.
1:12.0	The sun sets for a couple of hours and days are long and blissful.
1:17.0	The green landscape makes for scenic hiking trails.
1:20.0	And with no shortage of waterways, summer activities include fishing, canoeing, sailing, and swimming.
1:27.0	In Esbu, west of Helsinki, the summer of 1960 was beautiful, with temperatures peaking at 20 degrees Celsius.
1:36.0	Bottom Yarvi, or Lake Bottom, was a popular spot with campers from Helsinki and surrounding areas.
1:42.0	There was a public swimming beach, and although the water was cold, it was calm and clear.
1:48.0	On which Sunday morning, local carpenter Esko Johansson waited for the day to warm up before he went for a swim.
1:56.0	Around 11 a.m., he headed to the lake, walking through the woods along a headland, from where he planned to jump into the water.
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