About This Episode
"1. Love and Violence: 'Suddenly he flips out'" is an episode of the true crime podcast Sagen Genåbnet ("The Case Reopened"), narrated by journalist Sebastian Richelsen. It tells the story of Line and her boyfriend, and how their relationship develops from infatuation into a pattern of violent jealousy, control and psychological and physical abuse.
When Line first meets her boyfriend, everything is good. The episode follows how the relationship gradually becomes more dangerous, until she ultimately fears for her own life.
Listeners should be aware that the episode opens with a clip in which psychological and physical violence can be heard, and that several disturbing clips appear over the course of the programme.
Richelsen, a journalist with the audio platform Podimo, is the reporter behind the series "Den man tugter – om partnervold" ("The One You Chastise – On Partner Violence"). In this episode he tells Line's story as part of his search for answers to a larger question: why around 200,000 people each year are subjected to psychological or physical violence by a partner or former partner.
The episode is part of Sagen Genåbnet, a true crime podcast that digs into unsolved killings and reopens old cases with the help of modern investigative techniques. Here it is Sebastian Richelsen who handles both the narration and the research behind the series on partner violence.
The episode is number 210 in the series, runs 32 minutes and was released on 23 September 2026.
