On November 10, 1985, a hunter walking near the edge of Bear Brook State Park in Allentown, New Hampshire, stumbled upon a rusted 55-gallon barrel

tipped over in the woods. Inside, he found the skeletal remains of a woman and a young girl,

both wrapped in plastic. Authorities searched for answers, but the victims remained unidentified,

and the case went cold.

Then, 15 years later, investigators returned to the scene and made a chilling discovery,

another barrel, just 150 yards away, containing the remains of two more young girls.

It was almost impossible to believe.

And as the investigation continued,

the dark truth behind the Bear Brook murders slowly began to unravel.

Hello. Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Crime Weekly. I'm Stephanie Harlow. And I'm Derek Lavasher. And today, as you could hear from the teaser, we're diving into a brand new series.

The Bear Brook murders, also known as the Allens Town Four. So we are going to get right

into it. But first, is there anything you want to talk about, anything you want to get out of the

way before we get into case mode? No, ready to go. Let's do it. All right. So on November 10th,

1985, a police officer in Allenstown, New Hampshire, received a call from dispatch to meet a hunter near the edge of Bear Brook State Park, the largest developed state park in New Hampshire spanning over 10,000 acres. When this officer arrived, he found the hunter looking pale and shaken. The hunter told him, quote, there's a barrel up in the

woods, and I think there's some bones in there. End quote. The officer followed the hunter's lead and

located a slightly rusted, dark blue, 55-gallon steel drum just off a trail on private property.

The barrel had been tipped over, exposing a plastic bag inside.

When the officer opened to the bag, he found the skeletal remains of two victims. Both were nude,

wrapped in plastic, and bound with carol cable electrical wire. Authorities searched the area for

additional evidence, clothing, personal

items, or other remains, but they didn't find anything else. The victim's remains were flown

to a hospital in Augusta, Maine, where they were examined by Dr. Marcella Sorg and Dr. Henry

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