Every summer camp in America is haunted by at least one ghost. At Camp Wandawega, it’s the specter of John Gabriele who wanders the campgrounds at night. Known in the Chicago papers as ‘Johnny Sweetheart,’ Gabriele was a murdered on the run who met his desperate, violent end on the shores of Lake Wandawega in 1942. This episode features music by Philip Bowen, Joseph Bradshaw, and Beau Jennings.
