S6 Ep18: The Girl Scout Murders on Cookie Trail Road

Crimes of the Centuries

Jul 13, 202652:22Society & Culture

Dozens of Girl Scouts arrived at Camp Scott in the Oklahoma woods in June of 1977 expecting songs, crafts and campfires. By morning, three of the girls were dead, their bodies discovered along a dirt path called Cookie T...

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