double murder

A former Marine has been sentenced to life in prison for shooting and killing his parents and the family's two dogs. The case raises critical questions about PTSD and mental health crises among military veterans.

Brendan Banfield, en IT-konsulent fra Herndon, Virginia, blev i 2025 dømt for mordet på sin kone Christine Banfield i februar 2023. Drabet blev iscenesat som et hjemmeindbrud med hjælp fra parets au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, som Banfield havde et seksuelt forhold til.

En 34-årig mand er mandag blevet idømt 12 års fængsel for drabet på to mænd i Odense i december 2022. Anklageren havde krævet forvaring, men Retten i Odense fandt ikke betingelserne opfyldt.

Evil Lives Here: The Butcher and the Box på Investigation Discovery dokumenterer de rystende beretninger fra Lori og Brook, der begge overlevede Gary Simmons' brutale mishandling i USA. Serien følger kvindernes første møde, hvor de bearbejder deres fælles traumer fra en af de mest koldblodige sager om personfarlig kriminalitet.

Mørkeland presents in episode 307 two shocking cases, including the discovery of a woman in extreme physical decay on a sofa and the murder of a teenage girl in a shed. The episode goes through the macabre details from the crime scenes and the subsequent investigations.

Camilla Bjerregaard Aurvig and Kristine Sofie Bugbee present in the special episode Mørkeawards 2025 the most important true crime releases from the past year. The episode highlights listeners' favorites and the hosts' own recommendations within dark stories.

Mørkeland episode 306 covers the case of kiosk manager Marie Nielsen, who was attacked in Valby by a masked man with a submachine gun. The robbery took place one afternoon in April during a routine delivery from Tuborg.

Sarah Hartsfield was arrested in 2023 and later convicted of the murder of her fifth husband, Joseph Hartsfield, in Chambers County, Texas. The case revealed a pattern of violence and manipulation, including a previous shooting involving an ex-boyfriend.

Danish Murder Cases presents in the episode A Deadly Plan the details of the murder of a pregnant woman in Djursland near Randers. The case is notorious for an audio recording and the victim's prediction of her own death.

Michael Skakel was tried in 2002 for the murder of Martha Moxley, which took place in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1975. The episode examines the prosecution's lack of technical evidence and their reliance on witness testimony regarding confessions.

Something About Cari (Dateline NBC) covers in its third episode, The Circle Expands, the dramatic events following Cari Farver's disappearance in 2012. The investigators are confronted here with an arson and a sophisticated campaign of digital personality splitting orchestrated by Shanna Liz Golyar.

Michael Skakel was indicted in 2002 for the murder of Martha Moxley, which took place in 1975 in Greenwich, Connecticut. The episode covers the prosecution's case, which primarily relied on witness testimony regarding confessions rather than technical evidence.

Mørkeland presents in episode 303 two international criminal cases involving a serial killer known as The Werewolf Butcher and a woman found murdered in a compost heap. The hosts investigate the psychological mechanisms behind the perpetrators' attempts to conceal their crimes.

Frederik Strand, head of the Police Museum, analyzes in this episode of Danish Murder Cases the most significant criminal cases in Danish history. The episode was released on December 13, 2025, and explores the police's methodology and the human tragedies behind the archive's darkest files.

Cari Farver disappeared without a trace in Omaha, Nebraska in November 2012, shortly after she began dating Dave Kroupa. The episode 'Bait and Switch' uncovers the wave of threatening messages that Dave and his ex-girlfriend Liz Golyar received after the disappearance.

Martha Moxley was found beaten to death with a golf club in the exclusive Belle Haven neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut, on October 30, 1975. The episode focuses on the initial police interrogations of Tommy Skakel, who was the last person to see the young girl alive.

Mørkeland episode 301 documents a violent double murder in a densely populated residential area, where a trivial conflict ended in gunfire fired between apartment buildings. Hosts Camilla and Kristine map out the police investigation, which extended to Germany before the perpetrator was identified.