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Under the Bridge: The grisly true story behind Hulu’s new show starring Lily Gladstone

Source: Bettina Strauss/Hulu

On 14 November 1997, in the quiet suburbs of Victoria, British Columbia, 14-year-old Reena Virk was savagely beaten and drowned by a group of teenagers. The heinous crime became a media sensation due to the moral panic surrounding teenage “girl violence” at the time.

Rebecca Godfrey an author from Victoria, was among those captivated by the horrific story of the young teen slain in her hometown. While in the process of writing her debut novel (2001’s ), Godfrey received numerous calls from friends about the murder. “I went home soon after [the killing] and went into the prison,” she told in 2019. “I was just stunned because the girls all looked

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