About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "40. The Steamboat mass murder" covers the night between May 16th and May 17th, 1900, when a man attacked passengers aboard the steamer Prins Carl on Lake Mälaren. What began as an attempted robbery spiraled into violence: 25-year-old Filip Nordlund ended up killing five people and wounding another eight, all for an amount that would equal roughly 1700 USD in today's money. The episode reconstructs how the robbery attempt went wrong and turned into one of the deadliest incidents of its kind aboard a passenger vessel.
Listeners interested in the wider details of the case can explore the entries for The Steamboat and Prins Carl, which document the vessel and the events tied to this attack.
Hosts and release
No host information is available for this episode. It runs for 57 minutes and was released on March 4th, 2021. Listeners looking to explore more true crime coverage from the same feed can find flere episoder af showet alongside this one, offering additional cases told in the same style.
