Case 194: Lake Bodom

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Saturday, June 4 1960 seemed like the beginning of an idyllic summer break for Finnish teenagers, Nils Gustafsson, Seppo Boisman, Maila Irmeli Björklund and Anja Tuulikki Mäki. The four friends had decided to go camping at Lake Bodom, a picturesque region not far from their homes in Helsinki...
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[@Frenchblue8]

Nothing like running a snacks kiosk at a campground when you hate campers...🤔

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I was just about to write that exact thought. It's bizarre

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Exactly..

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[@khijir2]

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[@sandcat66]

From New Zealand, love this show so much, the Lake Bodom mystery is a story I've followed for years. Thankyou!

[@ilkkarautio9927]

You probably are aware of nearly identical atttack at Tulilahti then? If you ask me: Its the same guy. Police had a suspect in the Tulilahti attack in custody, but he was just a low level thief and a pervert size of a teenage girl, so i dont put much weight into theories of him actually being involved in any way. Just a scapegoat, thing that Finland back in the day never shyed away from.

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[@zenonelealainen3750]

This is a very good podcast, no major mistakes, but you completely forgot the pillowcase. There was a pillowcase that was found from the crime scene. There was blood and semen on it. It has been tested for DNA and the DNA did not match the victims and some suspects either. Although Gyllströms DNA hasn't been tested. The actual top suspects in the Bodom case have been the following people: Pauli Pirinen(Irmelis boyfriend whom she cheated with NG) Karl Valdemar "Vallu" Gyllström(a madman 51-year old kiosk keeper who hated campers, had a wife and a son) "The Stonepocket"(a man in his twenties who always had a pillowcase full of stones with him as a weapon, was from the western coast, but lived in Espoo at the time of the murders, was the police top suspect before Haapala and Tuominen started to suspect Gustafsson) Ahti Oksanen(lived in a cabin near the murder site, worked at a nearby construction site) Veijo Matalamäki(a transsexual man who dressed as a woman, did not have an alibi for the time of the murders) Nils Gustafsson(became a suspect during the re-investigation by Tero Haapala and Markku Tuominen in 2002-2003 and was arrested in 2004, later during the trial it became clear that there wasn't really anything against him)

[@danrobinson572]

Great Saturday morning as always!!

[@NITROLANCER1]

As a Finnish person I got a good laugh out of you trying to pronounce the names. They are impossible for anyone who does not speak Finnish lol.

[@chiasanzes9770]

What's in wrong with you? Why some Finns always have the desire to be just nasty? Mene muualle pätemään.

[@NITROLANCER1]

@@chiasanzes9770 En tarkottanu mitään pahaa ja annoin omasta mielestäni kyllä myös myötätuntoa sanomalla että suomalaiset nimet on mahdottomia kenenkään muun lausua ku suomalaisten.

[@queenslanddiva]

@@chiasanzes9770 how was this person being nasty? Why go to the negative response

[@natchrdanhar]

As an English person the way he says “Data” makes me giggle.

[@thechloechronicles9688]

@@natchrdanhar As an American person the way the English say data is funny. 😁

[@system.warfare]

I don't usually laugh during episodes of Casefile but when he says, "a bearded dirtyman" I just lose it

[@supportaushiphop1260]

Wtf?! Can't end like that, he confessed and they still didn't dig up that well? Are you kidding

[@jaeturner6600]

“Make SHIIIP happen “😂😂😂that’s a knee slapper

[@naomiledger1374]

Wowser, that one was quite the journey. Just when I was right behind Nils being guilty, suddenly he's not!? I certainly hope that's true. But if it is true then I think I like Karl Gyllstrom for the crime. Surely that guy was either nuts or guilty, or both? Either way, there was something definitely wrong with him. His wife was terrified of him. He behaved strangely and aggressively towards innocent ppl, including shooting at ppl and cutting tent lines. And, as another comment stated, he ran a kiosk for campers when he hated campers! How much do the police need?? The description of Gyllstom's appearance seems fairly vague and Nils' description of the perp under hypnosis does seem to match that of Hans Assman, but perhaps it's possible that the 2 men shared some physical traits. Perhaps Nils had seen Hans before and his recollections under hypnosis became blurred. Who knows? Also, I'm curious as to how Nils was on top of the tent if the account that he was himself guilty and purposefully laid himself over the tent was not true? Did I miss something about that?

[@vffncl0]

25:57 In an interview, Nils said he didn't go inside the kiosk. Seppo went to buy soda etc.

[@amandadean3948]

Ummm, no disrespect to these onlookers but since when do flies gather around a body of someone who is just drunk or sleeping?? I would immediately suspect they were dead.

[@AMYV3]

I hear you. Strange

[@jillgarlick2122]

If there is blood on them, maybe?

[@chasityeverett3668]

Ditto! I was thinking that too.

[@chiasanzes9770]

Igues you never been in Finland.

[@no-rq8dh]

Northern European people tend to mind their business lmao. I was even surprised people went up to the tent at all🇸🇪

[@britth5333]

What a horrible story. Those girls were so young I wish they had not gone off with them. If that boy did it he must have been a very disturbed person to get so angry about her not having sex with him. Wow terrible. Those girls and his friend must have been so scared. How could he do that. I wish whoever did it had been caught way back then. I did get suspicious of the surviving kid right away.

[@jarigustafsson7620]

Pretty sure the killer is dead by now. Gylfström highly likely.

[@davidgibbs1288]

Too many ads.... not just your sponsors

[@RogerLewis-ey2tt]

This is begging to be made into a paperback novel (respectfully not making place or characters resemble the real victims of this tragedy. Maybe in Florida...)

[@RogerLewis-ey2tt]

Nils lay on top of that tent for hours??

[@jerrymarbury9365]

Wait a minute,that disordered crackpot, shotguns a guy then blows the window out of a passing truck and he isn't buried underneath the jail?that bunch running the criminal justice system ate crazier than he.

[@chezchez2005]

Very sad case

[@joelopez7459]

Any COB fans excited for this one \\m//

[@Sassynclasssy]

I definitely got pure satisfaction from the ending! I’m sure it was that easy? Someone told him that he should kill himself and he did? I don’t understand why they didn’t focus on him more especially when his wife said that he did it. This was an angry evil man. They pop up at the bar completely!p

[@raspberry1440kb]

i don't think it's actually that easy

[@experiment_lain3292]

Marty decided to check on them.... suspicious.

[@ginguspubious8821]

Children of bodom done a song on Lake bodom anyone a fan of the group

[@sandragrundy1516]

No! and it's "did" a song. Also follow your question with a ?.

[@ginguspubious8821]

@@sandragrundy1516 Alrighty then 🤣🤣

[@michellew5019]

@@ginguspubious8821 😆 you took that comment well. 😂 I'm going to check that song. Thanks.

[@ginguspubious8821]

@@michellew5019 thank you 😊. My spell and punctuation isn't the best but as long as people understand the post that's the mine thing lol

[@wulfsorenson8859]

@@sandragrundy1516 Not everyone speaks English as a first language grandma. Show some manners - I’d love to see your ugly elderly self type fluent Finnish grammar 👎🏻🥴

[@TaxedtoXXX]

That the two sets of parents thought it was ok for their 15 year old daughters to spend the night with two eighteen year old boys. This is all on the parents.

[@katrinacarter2019]

They didn't say the girls were going

[@bnetwz]

no i think it’s actually “all on” the murderer

[@katrinacarter2019]

2 young boys witnessed a man walking away

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

traumatology ward? is there such a thing?

[@brandyjean7015]

I caught that unusual word too... Maybe in Finland?

[@sidstovell2177]

In Mexico, orthopedists are called traumatologists.

[@jerrymarbury9365]

Bravo

[@Frenchblue8]

Ah.... I do know this one. Shocking

[@AMYV3]

I haven’t heard about this case before You’d think i would know this case. It’s quite sad and with the murder of three young people

[@TaxedtoXXX]

The parents should have suffered immeasurably after this. Unbelievable

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Here for the algorithm...

[@082thanitanonwongkhokhum7]

What accent are you using man? I'm not sure if that's Scottish or British exactly .

[@wulfsorenson8859]

Australian

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@@wulfsorenson8859 Oh thanks

[@elbandito7504]

Justice for Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner

[@sidstovell2177]

Please!!! When???!!! Petito case took over, sadly, in all aspects.

[@Dwightpower88]

Also the source of the name of the metal band Children of Bodom

[@mlwsmp]

What a horrible man. I'm glad he suffered guilt and emotional trauma for what he's done. Now, his soul remains in the dark and alone. As it should be

[@TheCorrectViews]

I don't mind some ads but it's too many to listen to. Thumbs down.

[@cynthiagibson3069]

How airtight is airtight?

[@brendajstevens3719]

👏👏👏

[@shadetreader]

This is why denazification should be taken more seriously.

[@analog1229]

First!

[@ibraheemtemur3469]

No you are not. You are the last, have always been and always will be.

[@garrymules961]

😃

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@DeFCoN You sound delightful.

[@Lopyswine]

Nils did it.

[@MK-Hogan]

Excellent content but the robotic sounding narration makes it hard to get into the story. It’s distracting to me, like hearing a news anchor read instead of hearing a story told.

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