Casper, Wyoming: 1973. Eleven-year-old Amy Burridge trips with her eighteen-year-old sister, Becky, towards the grocery store. When they end their purchasing, Becky’s car gets a set tire. Two guys politely offer them a ride home. However they were anything but good Samaritans. Girls would suffer unspeakable offences as a result of these men before being tossed from a bridge in to the North Platte River. One miraculously survived; the various other did not.

Years later, writer and journalist Ron Franscell-a youth friend and next-door neighbor towards the girls-can’t forget his hometown’s shocking story of abduction, rape, and murder. Discovering the type of a small town’s memory and the poison of survivor guilt, The Darkest Night races toward a surprising ending. The effect is among the most provocative true-crime tales of the 10 years, told by among the nation’s finest narrative journalists.