Internationally

Natascha Kampusch was abducted by Wolfgang Priklopil in 1998 and held captive in a hidden basement under his house for eight years. This episode of Mørkeland examines the psychological strategies and the dramatic escape in 2006.

Max was lured to Southeast Asia with the promise of a well-paying job but ended up as a slave in a criminal scam camp under threats of violence. The episode documents how victims are forced into online fraud through debt bondage and confiscated passports.

Mørkeland Miniepisode 23 covers the case of a 19-year-old Hungarian woman who was found murdered with 70 stab wounds in Amsterdam's Red Light District in February. The victim, who tried to escape poverty through sex work, was found in her window in the notorious De Wallen neighborhood.

Freddie Scappaticci served as the British Army's best-placed informant in the IRA under the codename Stakeknife from 1978 to 1994. While working for the intelligence service, he led the IRA's internal security unit and orchestrated the murders of over 40 suspected informers.

Mørkeland (Episode 299) sheds light on the execution of two young women on interrail in Europe and the spectacular escape carried out by the Danish coffee pot murderer. The episode analyzes the tragic circumstances surrounding the women's trust and the police's intense hunt for the fugitive killer.