True Story

This podcast episode explores the shocking case of Colleen Stan, kidnapped in 1977 and held captive for seven years under inhumane conditions.

On August 27, 1995, pediatrician Elisabeth Wæver traveled to the Danish island of Bornholm under a false identity with a calculated plan: to kill her lover's wife and two young children using stolen morphine and fire. The case remains one of Scandinavia's most shocking crimes of passion.

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.

On 28 April 1998, Arlene Fraser disappeared from her home in Elgin, Scotland, after dropping her children at school. Three years later, her husband Nat Fraser was convicted of her murder at Edinburgh High Court, despite no body ever being recovered.

Danske Drabssager has released a listener Q&A episode exploring the forensic methods used when Danish police and pathologists encounter bodies that have been frozen or exposed to extreme cold — and why thawing them correctly can make or break a murder investigation.

Mørkeland, a Danish true crime podcast, explores two separate cases linked by the recurring theme of unlocked doors in Episode 286, offering listeners an examination of Nordic crime narratives.

Podcast 'Danske Drabssager' has released a new episode about a dark family tragedy from 1976, in which a father killed his entire family in a violent attack. Host Stine Bolther walks listeners through the case, which took place in a peaceful residential area of Denmark.

In August 2019, Hvidovre Hospital in Denmark was infiltrated by a young man with no medical background who posed as a medical student. For approximately one month, he examined patients and prescribed medication, including to a six-month-old girl.

Mørkeland, a Danish true crime podcast, released Episode 284 around June 1, 2025, focusing on mysterious deaths. The episode joins the podcast's ongoing exploration of unsolved cases and cryptic crimes across Scandinavia.

In late August 1976, 23-year-old Elizabeth Plunkett vanished from Brittas Bay in County Wicklow, Ireland. Her body was discovered weeks later—raped, strangled, and bound to a lawnmower. Nearly 50 years later, her sisters are demanding justice for a crime that was never prosecuted.

The Danish true crime podcast Mørkeland explored a murder case in Nordjylland where an unidentified man was shot and dumped from a car onto a beach. What made this case distinctive wasn't just the crime itself, but the reaction from locals—many of whom expressed relief or even satisfaction that this particular victim was dead.

When the United States opened Guantánamo Bay detention camp in 2002, it became the site of documented torture affecting approximately 780 men and boys from 48 countries. Over two decades later, verified interrogation techniques including waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and sexual assault remain central to understanding post-9/11 American detention practices.

In the spring of 1982, Johannes-Andreas Hanni began a killing spree across Harju County, Estonia that would claim three lives and shock the nation. The 25-year-old murderer, aided by his own wife, carried out a series of brutal attacks before his arrest in October that year.

Bent Isager-Nielsen spent more than 40 years in Danish law enforcement, serving as murder chief and leader of Rejseholdet, the specialized mobile task force that handled Denmark's most violent and complex cases. Now retired, he's sharing those experiences through a touring lecture series.

Mørkeland host Susanne Sperling examines six criminal cases in episode 284, ranging from an unexplained death of a young Danish mother to referenced serial killers and a wedding fraud scheme that unraveled when a mysterious caller exposed the groom's true identity.

In August and September 1976, English serial killers Geoffrey Evans and John Shaw abducted, raped, and murdered two young Irish women in what became known as Ireland's first serial killing case. Despite confessing to both murders, neither man was ever convicted of the crimes.

Sarah Koenig, host of the groundbreaking Serial podcast, completed Season 4 in April 2024 with a focus on Guantánamo Bay detention camp. The season features firsthand accounts from prisoners and staff who worked at the facility, continuing Koenig's signature deep-dive journalism into complex stories.

On June 25, 2003, two Swedish men were shot dead on a residential street in Herlev, Denmark, in a killing that exposed the spread of Scandinavian gang violence across national borders. Five Swedish defendants were convicted, with three receiving life sentences and two minors handed the maximum 20-year terms ever imposed on juveniles in Danish legal history.

Martin Hylander produces True Story, a Danish true crime podcast that examines real criminal cases across Scandinavia and beyond. With over 5 million listens, the show combines documentary-style storytelling with meticulous research into some of Europe's most compelling murder cases.

Serial's third season shifts focus from solving a single crime to examining how justice operates across ordinary cases in Cleveland, Ohio. The documentary podcast gained unprecedented access to courtrooms, judges' chambers, and prosecutors' offices to investigate the criminal justice system itself.