The seventh season of People Magazine Investigates premieres with a two-hour examination of the Girl Scout Murders. Three Oklahoma Girl Scouts —Lori Lee Farmer, Doris Denise Milner and Michele Heather Guse— were brutally assaulted and murdered while there were away at summer camp in 1977. (And, no, the murders at Camp Scott in Oklahoma didn’t inspire Friday the 13th, the movie. However, learning about it was what inspired the Haunting American True Crimes season on the Haunt Jaunts podcast.)
I’m curious to see how it compares to the 2022 docuseries, Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders. I thought the four-part docuseries was well done, but it wasn’t well received. It covered all the angles in the case, though, from how the girls’ bodies were found to the 10-month-long manhunt for the killer.
It also featured interviews with some of the parents of the victims, camp counselors, law enforcement who worked the case, and even DNA analysts who were brought in decades later. They couldn’t conclusively prove Gene Leroy Hart was the killer back in the 70s, but today’s tech can —and did. (Well, it wasn’t 100% conclusive, but it strongly suggested he really was the murderer, despite his protests to the contrary.)
People Magazine Investigates will condense its presentation into two hours and looks to follow a similar structure for laying out the case. However, it will also feature an exclusive (and emotional) new interview with Lori Lee Farmer’s parents and siblings, as well as testimony from jurors on the trial and experts close to the case.
Season 7 of People Magazine Investigates premieres Monday, July 10 at 9/8c on ID. New episodes will then air every Monday this summer on ID at 9/8c.
Let’s look at this season’s other cases, as well as the trailer.
Upcoming People Magazine Investigates Episodes
The 1-70 Killer
Premieres Monday, July 17 at 9/8c on ID
An unknown shooter unleashes carnage from Indianapolis to Wichita, Kansas, killing six in the spring of 1992 at various retail stores near 1-70, a major east-west highway that runs through the very heart of the Midwest. A sketch of the suspect is developed from various eyewitness accounts, but police are at a loss … until one victim survives.
Where is Mark Himebaugh?
Premieres Monday, July 24 at 9/8c on ID
In 1991, a young boy leaves home to check out a local brush fire that was capturing his neighborhood’s attention and never returns home. Decades have passed and police continue to look for his abductor(s), while his mother is still waiting for him to find his way home.
Final Rodeo
Premieres Monday, July 31 at 9/8c on ID
A 16-year-old cowgirl goes missing in Nevada. Three days later her body was found draped under a blue tarp that had been dumped among the tumbleweeds. As police search for her killer, the investigation takes a sudden turn towards the boy she called “brother.”
The Strange Disappearance of Karlie Gusé
Premieres Monday, August 7 at 9/8c on ID
In 2018, a 16-year-old girl vanishes into thin air the morning after attending a high school party in an isolated California mountain town. The bizarre mystery leads to speculation by internet sleuths that her parents are somehow involved due to inconsistencies in their story. But now exclusive new details have been provided to People Magazine Investigates in an effort to dispel rumors and redirect everyone’s attention to what is important, finding the right lead that will bring the teen home, hopefully alive.
Brighton Ax Murder
Premieres Monday, August 14 at 9/8c on ID
In 1982, in an upscale suburb of Rochester, New York, a Kodak executive returns home and finds his wife dead with an ax in her head. People believed a mad man was on the loose, so 40 years later when police make an arrest, everyone is stunned at who stands trial for the murder.
The Yogurt Shop Murders
Premieres Monday, August 21 at 9/8c on ID
Four teenage girls are brutally murdered in a yogurt shop in North Austin, Texas, in 1991, in what becomes the biggest mass murder in Austin history. The investigation that follows drags on for years, and even when police make an arrest, justice is not guaranteed.
Held Captive: The Disappearance of Tanya Kach
Premieres Monday, August 28 at 9/8c on ID
A 14-year-old girl finds herself lost and unloved following her parents’ divorce and a move to a new town, providing a perfect opportunity for someone to lure her away. For 10 years she’s held captive, until she makes her escape.
Dead in Bed
Premieres Monday, September 4 at 8/7c on ID
When a 19-year-old girl is found murdered in her boyfriend’s bed in a small Texas town, everyone is a suspect. The case goes cold until a new sheriff comes to town who sheds fresh light on some old evidence, but will it be enough to bring her killer to justice?
Star Crossed Killers
Premieres Monday, September 11 at 9/8c on ID
When a single mom tells her 14-year-old daughter to break off a relationship with a 19-year-old man, the young lovers murder the girl’s mom, setting off a manhunt and culminating in a trial replete with finger-pointing and betrayal.
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Did you happen to notice there are two cases with victims who have the same last name in this season of People Magazine Investigates? Except the spellings are slightly different. There’s Michele Heather Guse (one of the murdered Oklahoma Girl Scouts) and Karlie Gusé (“The Strange Disappearance of Karlie Gusé,” premiering August 7).
Courtney Mroch is a globe-trotting restless spirit who’s both possessed by wanderlust and the spirit of adventure, and obsessed with true crime, horror, the paranormal, and weird days. Perhaps it has something to do with her genes? She is related to occult royalty, after all. Marie Laveau, the famous Voodoo practitioner of New Orleans, is one of her ancestors. (Yes, really! As explained here.) That could also explain her infatuation with skeletons.
Speaking of mystical, to learn how Courtney channeled her battle with cancer to conjure up this site, check out HJ’s Origin Story.
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Guse and Guse with an accent, what a bizarre coincidence. I remember the yogurt shop murders (because I’m old as dirt), but I don’t remember the outcome. What a terrible event it was!
It’s interesting you brought up the Yogurt Shop Murders, Vera. That was one of the titles that caught my eye. I don’t remember it BUT…I was also in college in 1991. I’m sure the story made national news, but I barely watched TV then. But hat would’ve been super shocking back in the early 90s for such a killing. I mean, I remember people targeting fast food restaurants in the 70s and 80s too, but I don’t remember if more than one or two people died in those incidents. But four teenagers gone just like that? Heartbreaking.