Trail of Blood: The Grisly Wisconsin Hunting Trip That Left Six Dead

It’s simple for one deranged hunter, no trespassing means leaving no witnesses.

Jonathan Harker
7 min readMay 22

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Authors note: I used The Tree Stand Murders by David Whitehurst as my primary source for this article.

It was a sunny day, ordinary in many respects, except for what was about to unfold. In the blink of an eye, the scene morphed into a chilling tableau. From the outset, there was a sense of urgency. As the first shot rang out, the scope was dropped. The…

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Jonathan Harker

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