Thanks to Serial, The Wire, and West Baltimore’s own bloody history, Leakin Park is infamous for the 71 dead bodies dumped near its expansive forests and waterfalls. But one woman and a host of true believers are trying to help fix what locals call “Bodymore, Murdaland” by doing something revolutionary: taking kids camping in its biggest park.

Thanks to Serial, The Wire, and West Baltimore's own bloody history, Leakin Park is infamous for the 71 dead bodies dumped near its expansive forests and waterfalls. But one woman and a host of true believers are trying to help fix what locals call "Bodymore, Murdaland" by doing something revolutionary: taking kids camping in its biggest park.

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