2024

On May 31, 2024, a knife attack occurred at Marktplatz in Mannheim, Germany, during a demonstration by the right-wing extremist group Die Basis and pro-Palestinian activists. A 25-year-old man of Afghan origin wounded six people, including five police officers present to maintain order at the demonstration.

Den 20. december 2024 kørte en mand med en sort BMW ind i menneskemængden på julemarkedet i Magdeburg, Tyskland. Angrebet resulterede i 5 dødsfald og over 200 skadede. Gerningsmanden blev anholdt på stedet.

On August 23, 2024, a brutal knife attack occurred at a cultural festival in Solingen, Germany, killing three people and wounding eight others. The perpetrator, a 26-year-old Syrian man, was arrested three days later and linked to Islamist extremism.

2024 delivered standout true crime podcasts that captured audiences worldwide with compelling investigations, new case revelations, and expert storytelling. These productions set the standard for the genre across murder cases, cold cases, and contemporary investigations.

Ken Chew Wen Long, wanted in connection with multi-million-kroner fraud schemes across Scandinavia, is alleged to have targeted his own cleaning employee, convincing her to invest her life savings in a non-existent luxury rental company. The case is now the subject of a major international podcast investigation.

A new episode of the Nordic podcast The Missing Matter brings listeners into the world of missing persons investigation, featuring an in-depth conversation with a key figure in the Marion Barter case — an Australian woman who vanished after selling her home to travel the world.

A 51-year-old Michigan inmate won a stunning $100 million default judgment against Sean 'Diddy' Combs in September 2024, only to have it vacated days later on procedural grounds. The case centers on allegations of sexual assault at a Detroit party in 1997.