Tappaja Varjoissa: The Lake Bodom Murders

Cold Case Murder Mysteries

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3.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2019

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

On the morning of June 5, 1960, a grim discovery was made along the shoreline of Lake Bodom in Espoo, Finland. Four local teens on a camping trip were found brutally bludgeoned and stabbed inside their tent, with three of them having succumbed to their injuries. The survivor, Nils Gustafsson, suffered a broken jaw and multiple facial fractures, leaving him with almost no memory of the incident. Yet, before long, the suspicion mounted, and many came to believe Gustafsson was actually the killer.

But did he really do it? Or was the real perpetrator one of several other shady men who came under police scrutiny in the aftermath of the crime? Either way, the case remains unsolved, and the murderer never saw justice.

Join host Ryan Kraus for a psychological exploration of evidence found at the scene in an attempt to finally uncover the truth of this baffling mystery.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody welcome back to cold case murder mysteries. I'm your host
0:09.3	Ryan Kraus throwing back massive quantities of caffeine as I pretend to know exactly what happened
0:14.7	and yet another vicious unsolved crime straight from the catalogue of endless horrors
0:19.6	the human beings perpetrate upon one another.
0:23.0	This time we're pulling the curtain back on a case that rose to national infamem back in 1960,
0:28.5	which is the Lake Bodum murders.
0:30.4	On June 4th, two 18-year-old men, Sepo Boisman and Nils Gustafson rode their motorcycles
0:36.8	out to the lake for a camping trip, accompanied by their 15-year-old girlfriends, Anya M Maki and Milo Bjorkland.
0:44.1	With little more than a tent, extra clothing, and some booze, it was obvious this outing
0:48.7	had more to do with partying and hookups than enjoying the outdoor activities, something typical of teens in that age
0:54.7	range. But much like you'd expect in a horror movie, camping in the wilderness along the
0:59.5	dark shorelines, and combining that with alcohol and the potential for sex is going to render a conclusion to this tale in which everybody ends up dead.
1:09.0	Well, except for one of those people of course, we're going to have a survivor.
1:15.8	In that light, the real question we need to ask is if these murders are an inside job, and if
1:22.4	they are, how did this happen?
1:25.0	Why did a young man with no history of violence suddenly snap and kill not only his girlfriend, but two other friends as well. Or was it really a nearby resident,
1:36.5	one who, like the killer in a horror movie, has had enough of hard partying young people
1:41.2	making noise, littering, and otherwise making their peaceful space,
1:45.5	something less than it might otherwise be without the unwanted visitors.
1:50.3	Could a local have reached his limit and finally cracked?
1:54.0	We don't know. So let's explore those options.
1:57.0	But first, let's get an idea of the size of the lake and its surrounding terrain.
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