Gitchie Manitou Murders // 354

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

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. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast 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 11. Argus-Leader: https://argusleader.newspapers.com/image/238916994/?clipping_id=48458612&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjIzODkxNjk5NCwiaWF0IjoxNjk4MTk1NjY4LCJleHAiOjE2OTgyODIwNjh9.V2kgk_9wvFxXqbh9tu2OrYcId4Vr0BfWVUtY-MwNpUU 12. Argus-Leader: https://www.newspapers.com/image/239091110/?terms=allen%20fryer%20escape&match=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on true crime fans?
0:16.3	I'm your host Heath and I'm your host Daphne.
0:18.6	And you're listening to Going West.
0:21.2	Hello everybody, thank you so much for tuning in.
0:24.0	And big thanks to Amber for recommending today's case.
0:27.0	This case has a survivor in it, which I think we've only done one other time on the show,
0:32.2	which was very recently.
0:33.6	Yeah, we don't usually do survivor stories.
0:35.7	Yeah, it is nice to see that and this particular survivor has been very vocal about what happened to her. And it really just adds a totally different element to the story when it can be told by somebody who is actually there and just an innocent an innocent person amongst the chaos. Oh absolutely you know we cover
0:54.4	so many cases where obviously the victim cannot speak for themselves so it's
0:58.9	great to be able to tell and share this story today. Also, I just wanted to mention that if you do have any recommendations for this show,
1:07.0	please email us at going west podcast at gmail.com.
1:11.2	That's the best place to do it. Yeah, a lot of people still do it on
1:14.0	social media, which I totally get, but we cannot get to all of our messages, so
1:18.2	we are only checking email. So if you have a case, Going West podcast at
1:22.0	Gmail.com, that is the place to do it. We have hundreds on our
1:25.5	list right now, but hopefully we will get to them all. Unfortunately, there is not a shortage
1:30.0	of horrible stories out there. So if you do have something that's local to you
1:33.4	that you're really interested in and you want to hear Heath and I dive into, send it
1:37.5	over. Also welcome to the holiday season. I feel like it's like right the day after Halloween it just kicks
1:46.3	right in doesn't it? And thank God. Yeah like literally we're driving down
1:50.4	Ventura Boulevard here in LA and there's already billboards for Christmas movies.
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