The Investor Murders (Part One: A Tragedy In Craig, AK)
Unresolved
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🗓️ 20 September 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Hours later, after the flames had been extinguished, emergency personnel would discover the bodies of at least four people, which had been burned beyond recognition. It was initially theorized that as many as nine people could have been on board at the time of the fire (whose origins remained clouded in doubt) but it would take months to determine the true cost of this tragedy.
As arson investigators began to look over the crime scene, it became apparent that this was no accident; the fire had been intentionally started by someone looking to cover up the largest mass murder in Alaskan history...
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| 0:00.0 | Craig is a very small town in southeastern Alaska, with a population of around 1300, which |
| 0:16.6 | has remained pretty static for the past few decades. |
| 0:19.7 | This makes sense when you factor in the location of Craig, about 220 miles south of Alaska's |
| 0:25.0 | capital, Juno, and about 60 miles northwest of Kechikin. |
| 0:29.6 | Despite being a very small town, Craig is the most populated town on Prince of Wales |
| 0:36.7 | Island, the fourth largest island, geographically in the United States. |
| 0:41.4 | But is accessible only by boat or plane? |
| 0:44.5 | Craig is known primarily among those in the commercial fishing industry, who often travel |
| 0:49.0 | through Craig while heading to or from Alaskan shores to the Pacific Northwest. |
| 0:53.7 | This applies in particular to those involved in the salmon trade, which brought out many |
| 0:57.6 | of Craig's long time residents to this region throughout the 20th century, and remains |
| 1:02.6 | one of the town's biggest industries to this day, while Craig Alaska may not seem like |
| 1:07.8 | much, just a waypoint on a map, in an area that most will never visit unless they are involved |
| 1:13.1 | in maritime industries or big game hunting. |
| 1:15.8 | It has earned its place in state history for the most harrowing of reasons. |
| 1:20.1 | Craig is where the largest mass murder in Alaska occurred nearly four decades ago, which, |
| 1:25.8 | despite leading to one of Alaska's most drawn out and expensive criminal trials, remains |
| 1:31.4 | unsolved to this day. |
| 1:33.4 | On the afternoon of September 7, 1982, it was discovered that a ship, anchored in a lonely |
| 1:39.5 | harbor about one mile outside of Craig, had caught fire. |
| 1:43.1 | The smoke billowing out of its sides ultimately led to its discovery at around 430 that afternoon. |
| 1:49.0 | Hours later, after the flames had been extinguished, first responders would discover several |
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