On July 24th of 1974, a young girl walking on the beach in Provincetown stumbled across a horrifying sight: the decomposing body of a woman.
Show Notes
On July 24th of 1974, a young girl walking on the beach in Provincetown stumbled across a horrifying sight: the decomposing body of a woman. Murdered and mutilated, despite the efforts of authorities, the trail went cold and remains unsolved to this day. Her case swirls in mystery.
Will we ever know her identity and her murderer? And what does this all have to do with JAWS?
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