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Havfruemordet is a Danish true-crime documentary on DRTV covering the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall aboard inventor Peter Madsen's submarine UC3 Nautilus near Copenhagen.

Vi overlevede Krudttønden is a Danish documentary on DRTV following five eyewitnesses of the 14 February 2015 terror attack at Kulturhuset Krudttønden, Copenhagen.

Hvorfor voldtog Jack? is a DRTV true-crime documentary about Jack Hou, a Danish doctor convicted of drugging and raping two women and secretly filming six others.

Børnelokkeren is a DRTV/DR LYD documentary series about a man who sexually abused children in a Copenhagen housing area for over 30 years and was convicted of pedophilia.

The Black Swan is a 2024 Danish documentary series about corporate lawyer Amira Smajic, who secretly advised criminal gangs for a decade. Streams on TV 2 Play, NRK TV and SVT Play.

The podcast episode covers the murder in Læderstræde, one of Denmark's most notable criminal cases from central Copenhagen.

Follow in a killer's footsteps through Nyhavn, Amalienborg and Rundetårn on one of Copenhagen's most chilling crime experiences. These guided walking tours challenge visitors to crack a fictional 19th-century murder case across the city's most iconic landmarks.

Carsten Norton's October 2023 book reveals the brutal history of Loyal To Familia (LTF), a Danish criminal organization established in 2013 that became the first gang banned by the Danish Supreme Court in September 2021. Operating from Copenhagen's Blågårds Plads neighborhood, LTF engaged in a devastating gang war that left multiple dead and wounded across the city.

A Danish true crime podcast has documented a disturbing case involving a masked intruder who lay in wait in a basement. The episode, part of the Mørkeland series, delves into the details of this alarming home invasion case.

A young man arrived at his mother's allotment house in Valby on a red motorcycle with his 7-year-old son, claiming his wife and daughter were hospitalized. When the boy vanished and a cryptic letter arrived, what followed was an investigation into a tragedy that shook the Danish community.

Frederik Strand from Copenhagen Police Museum (Politimuseet i København) hosts a Danish-language podcast exploring the country's most significant criminal cases. The series, featuring journalist Thea, delves into Denmark's darkest crime stories through the lens of police history and investigation.

On September 18, 1965, four Danish police officers were shot dead during a routine traffic stop in Copenhagen. Nearly 60 years later, a new podcast documentary examines this turning point in Scandinavian police history through interviews with leading historians.

Danish true crime podcast Mørkeland has released episode 296, in which hosts Camilla and Kristine dig into a case involving a heavily pregnant woman in Copenhagen and a Danish hammer murder committed in Portugal.

23-year-old Hanne With was killed in her Copenhagen apartment on New Year's Day 1990. After 34 years without a resolution, Henrik Krogh Rasmussen was arrested and convicted of her murder.

Mørkeland Episode 289 explores a criminal case that began with a phone call at a slaughterhouse office one Saturday in October. Hosts Camilla and Kristine dig into the dark history of the location and the circumstances that remain unresolved.

Between 1940 and 1945, Danish resistance fighters executed approximately 400 alleged Nazi collaborators without trial. A new investigation into these killings reveals a troubling truth: only 13% of victims were actual informants. The rest died from suspicion, revenge, or political calculation.

Danish journalist Janne Aagaard has created a true crime podcast series examining some of the most disturbing criminal cases in the Baltic Sea region. Produced by Saga and available across multiple streaming platforms, Mord ved Østersøen (Murder by the Baltic Sea) brings listeners into the details of cases spanning Poland, Russia, and Estonia.

Selected by the truecrime.news editorial team as the most haunting and consequential criminal cases connected to Denmark — cold cases, unsolved riddles, shadowy espionage, and landmark crimes that have never fully left the public conscience.

In 2009, journalist Morten Skjoldager published 'The Threat Within', a systematic investigation into how Islamist terror established itself in Denmark. Drawing on rare access to intelligence reports and insider interviews, the book maps radicalization networks among young Muslim men across four landmark Danish terror cases.

A groundbreaking 2012 book by Danish journalists exposed the brutal territorial wars between motorcycle gangs and immigrant crime networks that had ravaged Denmark since 2007. More than a decade later, the documentation remains a critical lens on how Nordic organized crime operates—and why it matters internationally.