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Dec 2020
49m 13s

The Backpacker Murders Pt. 2

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By the end of 1993, seven decomposed bodies had been pulled from Australia's Belanglo State Forest. The nation was terrified, and the police force was put on notice: There was a serial killer on the loose.

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