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Episode 18 | Unsolved Murders of the 1960’s

This week, the girls cover a number of unsolved murder cases from the 1960's: The UK's "Jack the Stripper" murders, Finland's notorious Lake Bodom murders, the murder of Christine Rothschild, and lastly Michigan's Good Hart Murders. 

 

Jack the Stripper


The official name of this case is the “Hammersmith Nude Murders” but informally this series of unsolved murders are referred to as…”Jack the Stripper.” Over 7,000 suspects were interviewed by detectives at yet, to this day these 8 women never received justice for their murders.

“Hammersmith Nude Murders.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 29 Oct. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammersmith_nude_murders.


“Jack the Stripper: A Biography of the Worst Serial Killer You've Probably Never Heard Of.” Absolute Crime, www.absolutecrime.com/exposing-jack-the-stripper-a-biography-of-the-worst-serial-killer-youve-probably-never-heard-of.html.



 

Lake Bodom Murders


Considered one of Finland's most notorious true crime cases, the unsolved Lake Bodom Murders have remained a mystery throughout the years. Three teens, 15 year old Malia Irmeli Björklund. 15 year old Anja Tuulikki Mäki, and 18 year old Seppo Antero Boisman were bludgeoned to death while camping at Lake Bodom. In the 60 years that have passed, the three victims have yet to receive any kind of justice. While sole surviving victim Nils Wilhelm Gustafsson has been considered a suspect, along with Valdemar Gyllstöm and Hans Assmann, we may never know what really happened the night of June 4th, 1960.


Eckmeier, Allison. “True Crime: Lake Bodom Murders.” Medium, 20 Nov. 2017, medium.com/@allisoneckmeier/true-crime-lake-bodom-murders-c9070a197de9.


Kaminski, Julia. “The Real Unsolved Murders of Lake Bodom.” SCREAMFEST, 18 May 2017, screamfestla.com/blog/real-unsolved-murders-lake-bodom.


“Lake Bodom Murders.” Wikipedia, 25 Sept. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bodom_murders.

Serena, Katie. “The Lake Bodom Murders: Finland’s Most Famous Unsolved Triple Homicide.” All That’s Interesting, 10 Jan. 2019, allthatsinteresting.com/lake-bodom-murders.



 

1968 Murder of Christine Rothschild


The body of Christine Rothschild was discovered on the evening of May 25th, 1968 on her college campus, the University of Wisconsin Madison. This is a heartbreaking case where virtually zero evidence has been discovered and no viable suspect has ever been identified.

GEORGE HESSELBERG. “THE 1968 MURDER AT UW STILL STINGS KILLER OF WOMAN HAS NOT BEEN FOUND ... YET.” Madison.com, 4 May 2008, madison.com/news/local/the-1968-murder-at-uw-still-stings-killer-of-woman-has-not-been-found-yet/article_3fc2cd42-23f4-5250-8872-34ed7e04da4c.html.



Arntfield, Michael. “The Gruesome 1960s Campus Murder That America Forgot.” A&E, 20 Nov. 2017, www.aetv.com/real-crime/the-gruesome-1960s-campus-murder-that-america-forgot.




 

The Good Hart Murders


Perhaps one of Michigan's most well known true crime cases, The unsolved murders of the Robison family, widely referred to as the Good Hart murders, have remained "officially" unsolved since the summer of 1968. Though justice was never able to be served, to this day investigators are certain that Joseph Scolaro III was responsible for the murders of Richard, Shirley, Richie, Gary, Randy, and Susan Robison.

“Robison Family Murders.” Wikipedia, 14 July 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robison_family_murders.


Sullivan, Patrick. “The Good Hart Murders: Case Closed.” Www.Northernexpress.com, 7 Apr. 2018, www.northernexpress.com/news/feature/case-closed/.


Tanda Gmiter. “50 Years After Michigan Family’s Massacre in Cottage, Investigators Put Rumors to Rest.” Mlive, 11 Oct. 2018, www.mlive.com/news/2018/10/50_years_after_michigan_family.html.



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