Murder in the North

Murder in the North

Murder in the North explores some of the most shocking murder cases in Scandinavia. Like the case of the young woman who set off from Tokyo on a back-packing journey across Europe in 1987, but whose adventure of a lifetime would end in tragedy in Copenhagen's cold waters. Or, the twisted tale of obsession that led two Swedish teenagers to organise an unspeakable murder over text message. Or the woman who mysteriously disappears one week before her wedding. Our account of these cases is based on sources in the public domain, including interviews, press releases and court proceedings to tells the stories of the most chilling and shocking cases to rock Northern Europe. From Podimo, Murder in the North has been the #1 true crime podcast across Europe, and is now available in English told by Jenna Sharpe. New episodes are published every Tuesday. Produced for Podimo by Dag en Nacht Media. If you enjoy Nordic true crime, you can also check out the podcast Cold Blood from Podimo - available wherever you get your podcasts.

Episodes

25: The Inheritance

August 8, 2023 • 20 mins
In November 1996, residents of the Copenhagen neighbourhood Vesterbro are woken up by screaming sirens. It’s not unusual around here, but this time it’s not because of a conflict between drug dealers. The police have received multiple calls from the same apartment building. Several people have reported hearing arguing, shouting and a loud, dull thud followed by a deafening silence.

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24: My Father Will Be To Blame

August 1, 2023 • 24 mins
To those who knew her, news of the death of 14-year-old Sonay doesn’t come as a surprise. Both her teachers and child services tried their best to protect the girl but were ultimately unsuccessful. Sonay came to Denmark from Iraq as a nine-year-old and quickly assimilated into the new culture – much too fast, according to her father.

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23: The DNA Breakthrough

July 25, 2023 • 20 mins
On a warm evening in spring 1998, ten-year-old Susan is keen to get out of the house. During dinner, she’s had yet another argument with her dad. Since the divorce, father and daughter are often at loggerheads. Now she’s begging him to be allowed out in this lovely weather. He wants her back at nine at the latest, but Susan will never return home again.

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22: Making a Killing

July 18, 2023 • 22 mins
On September 27, 1965, Palle Mogens Fogde Sørensen becomes one of Denmark’s most notorious men. He goes down in history as “The Police Killer”. But who is Palle? And what drove him to pull the trigger that night and take the lives of four police officers?

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21: The Woman Who Started The Fire

July 11, 2023 • 21 mins
In August 1995, the fire brigade on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea are called out to a house fire. When they arrive on the scene, they find a seven-year-old boy at the back of the house. He’s badly burnt. When asked if there’s anyone inside, he replies: my mother, my little brother and the woman who started the fire.

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20: Madly In Love

July 4, 2023 • 19 mins
Being in love is a great feeling, especially when it’s mutual. In 2005, 24-year-old Freddy moves from India to Sweden to study molecular biology. In Gothenburg, he meets 20-year-old Jelena and he falls madly in love. With catastrophic consequences…

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19: The Hunt for The Black Widow

June 27, 2023 • 24 mins
The blurry colour photograph on the front page of a Danish tabloid newspaper shows an inconspicuous middle-aged woman. The media have dubbed her "The Black Widow". The day this picture is taken, in September 2003, she’s handed the toughest sentence available under Danish law: life in prison.

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18: Leather Gloves

June 20, 2023 • 25 mins
Jukka, a child of divorced parents, grows up with his two stepsisters in Oulo, a city in northern Finland. During puberty he starts drinking alcohol, using drugs and stealing. He spends his time watching horror films and playing video games. But how does he then become one of the most notorious serial killers in Finland's history?

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17: The Short-Tempered Serial Killer

June 13, 2023 • 26 mins
In 1991 a brother and sister are stabbed to death in their own home in the small Norwegian town of Tistedalen. This double murder proves to be tricky to solve and the case drags on for years. Eventually, Tistedalen will become known for a spate of extremely violent murders and robberies.

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16: Tell Her Parents

June 6, 2023 • 25 mins
A missing child causes feelings of helplessness and despair, especially among those closest to the boy or girl - parents, family and friends. But it can also have a profound impact on police officers, detectives, journalists and judges. In 1989, ten-year-old Helén disappears. Her family and the investigators working on the case have to endure a 15-year wait for answers to their questions.

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15: The Secret of Lake Bodom

May 30, 2023 • 22 mins
On a summer’s evening 60 years ago, four teenagers camp out in a tent by Lake Bodom in Finland. In the early hours, they’re brutally attacked and only one of them emerges alive. His name is Nils Gustafsson and the events that night will haunt him for the rest of his life.

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14: Alias Natural Selector 89

May 23, 2023 • 19 mins
Since the 1990s, violent computer games and aggressive music have been seen as the reasons for violence among young people. Meanwhile, experts urge the media not to describe suicides in too much detail to avoid putting ideas into people’s heads. But can murder really be contagious?

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13: Messages from God

May 16, 2023 • 19 mins
Nearly all the residents of the Swedish village of Knutby are members of the Pentecostal Philadelphia congregation. In 2004, one of them dies a violent death. But it’s certainly not the devil getting up to his old tricks.

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12: The Lonely Murderer

May 9, 2023 • 25 mins
An old photo from the seventies shows an average middle-aged man. He wears a pair of dark-rimmed glasses and a white coat and his piercing gaze exudes authority. At that point nobody knows that a few years later this image will be published in all Norwegian papers. Arnfinn Nesset is suspected of murdering some 60 patients in only three years.

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11: The Family Conflict

May 2, 2023 • 27 mins
In May 1999, Norway is rocked by a horrific triple murder. An elderly couple and their 47-year-old daughter are found dead on a small farm north of Oslo. The bullets were fired at point-blank range, execution-style. The victims were well liked and no DNA is found at the crime scene. Who murdered these three, and more importantly, why?

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10: The Book Thief

April 25, 2023 • 20 mins
When a 30-year-old student from Malmö is arrested on suspicion of stealing a large number of books, his packed fridge is found to hide a much grislier secret.

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9: Death on Ward 26

April 18, 2023 • 21 mins
In 1978, Ward 26 of Malmö East Hospital is hit by a mysterious epidemic that claims nearly 30 lives in the space of 3 months. All of the dead have a strange red rash around the mouth. While the hospital’s management is distracted by an internal power struggle, staff shortages and conflicts, a serial killer is on the loose; one of the most prolific killers that Sweden has ever witnessed.

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8: Heidi

April 11, 2023 • 21 mins
One moment Heidi is playing in the sandpit, the next she is nowhere to be seen. When a child goes missing, there is great pressure on the police to investigate the disappearance. It’s crucial to find the child as quickly as possible. The more time passes, the greater the risk to their safety, and the harder it becomes to secure evidence and find credible witnesses.

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7: Jonna, Lovita, and Jonas: A Deadly Love Triangle

April 4, 2023 • 37 mins
When a detective interrogates a young female suspect, she finally admits the truth. But her story is so horrific, it beggars belief. This is the story of a passionate love which turns into all-consuming jealousy. A love triangle with fatal consequences.

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6: Murder at the Villa

March 28, 2023 • 29 mins
On a grey November day in 1967, the doorbell rings at a modern villa in south Aarhus in Denmark. The lady of the house answers and lets a stranger in. Ten minutes later, the tastefully decorated home has turned into a crime scene, with one woman dead, and one badly injured witness. For fifty long years, police, journalists and amateur detectives try to uncover the identity of this mysterious visitor.

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