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Arne Woythal spent four decades as a homicide detective in the Danish police force, investigating some of the country's most serious crimes. Now, through memoir and public speaking, the veteran investigator is sharing the untold stories from 25 years behind the scenes of murder investigations.

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.

Host Janne Aagaard explores a series of brutal axe attacks targeting young women in the Estonian city of Bytom in the 1970s. The Baltic true crime podcast 'Murder by the Baltic Sea' covers the case in the episode 'Death on Line 6', published on March 15, 2024.

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.

The "Mord ved Østersøen" podcast has documented the case of a Lithuanian high school student named Mindaugas whose parents and younger sister vanished after a routine market trip, leaving investigators puzzled by his seemingly indifferent response to their disappearance.

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.

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.

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.

If you stream audiobooks or e-books on Mofibo and have a taste for real crime, Danish true crime authors have produced some of the most compelling narratives in Nordic non-fiction — from biker gang warfare and serial killers to billion-kroner fraud scandals and unsolved murders.