Danish criminal history

The podcast episode from Danske Drabssager explores the bizarre case of the severed ears, where a random train passenger encountered the killer during a macabre train journey.

This episode of the podcast Danske Drabssager delves into the mysterious case of the severed ears, one of Danish crime history's most puzzling offenses.

The episode from Danske Drabssager delves into the mysterious case of a body found in a cooler box, a discovery that shocked Danish police and the public.

Crime reporter Stine Bolther's podcast Danske Drabssager tackled a complex legal question on February 10, 2026: whether Danish courts can convict a deceased murder suspect. The episode brought together former investigators and prosecutors to explore the intersection of criminal law and mortality.

On October 30, 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley was bludgeoned to death in her family's backyard in Greenwich, Connecticut. Twenty-seven years later, her neighbor Michael Skakel—a Kennedy cousin—was convicted of the crime. But the conviction didn't hold.

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.

In 1851, a gang led by Hans Jacob Mortensen—a glovemaker by trade—murdered a Danish farming couple and burned their homestead to cover the crime. The case exposed the violent underbelly of rural 19th-century Denmark and remains a landmark in Scandinavian criminal history.

A Danish true crime podcast has documented a case involving a young man accused of multiple sexual assaults who escaped from a psychiatric facility in Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark, prompting a manhunt by authorities.

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.

Two teenagers were convicted of planning and carrying out the brutal murders of two boys their own age inside a housing complex in the Danish city of Aarhus. The victims were strangled, killed with a hammer, and left naked at the scene.

An unknown man showed up at the door of a young woman named Louise at a residential complex in Aarhus, Denmark, on a mild spring afternoon, claiming to have a secret gift for her. The Danish true crime podcast Mørkeland covers the unsettling encounter in episode 295.

In 1922, a taxi driver was found murdered near Damhus in Copenhagen. A woman nicknamed Musse Gadedreng became the prime suspect in a case that has since become a landmark in Danish criminal history. The podcast Danske Drabssager examines the story in depth.

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