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250: Nordic Campsite Killings 1: The Tulilathi Murders

250: Nordic Campsite Killings 1: The Tulilathi Murders

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July 1959. Two young women on a cycling holiday vanished from a Finnish campsite. Eine Nyyssönen, 21, and Riitta Pakkanen, 23, were found buried in a bog three weeks later, marked by a sharpened stick. Over 60 years later, this brutal double murder remains unsolved.

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Resources
Books
Pennanen, Mikko: Tulilahden murhamysteeri
Keskisarja, Teemu: Tulilahti
Markkula, Hannes: Suomalainen murha 1953-1990
Documentary
Tulilahden murhenäytelmä (1959 - Suomen Filmiteollisuus)
Ei vanhene koskaan: Tulilahden kaksoismurha - syyllinen vai syytön (1997)
YLE Elävä arkisto: Takaisin Tulilahdelle
Web
Wikipedia: Tulilahden kaksoismurha
ForenSeek: The Tulilahti Double Murder - Interview with Mikko Pennanen
Deserted Finland: Tulilahti Murder Scene
Articles
Unsolved Mysteries: The Double Murder at the Tulilahti Campsite
Two Young Women Killed Whilst Camping in Finland
Tulilahden kaksoismurha ei selvinnyt – Pääepäilty hirttäytyi vankisellissään
Riitta, 23, ja Eine, 21, ovat yhä vailla oikeutta
Tulilahden kaksoismurha: kuka surmasi julmasti nuoret naiset?

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 archival materials.

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