In the summer of 1960, four teenagers went camping at Lake Bodom. In the pre-dawn hours, an unknown assailant attacked them inside their tent, slashing them with a knife and hitting them with a blunt object. Of the four, only 18-year-old Nils Gustafsson survived, narrowly escaping death. 45 years later, he was charged with killing his friends, but acquitted. To this day, the mystery of what happened at Lake Bodom on that sultry night haunts the people of Finland.

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Resources
Documentary
Murhan DNA – Bodominjärvin murhat
Web
Wikipedia
Murha.com
Hypnosis of Nils Gustafsson
Articles
True Crime: Lake Bodom Murders
Campsite Killer: The Unsolved Mystery of the Lake Bodom Murders
When Anneli Happo, 72, heard of the events of Lake Bodom…
A Killing at Lake Bodom: a nation looking for a murderer
The Lake Bodom Murders
Espoo politician is sure he knows who the Bodom killer was
The dark secret of Lake Bodom
Double Murder at Tulilahti
We lost the Butcher of Lake Bodom
The Double Death at Tulilahti

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.