Danish criminal history

Hanne With blev fundet dræbt i sit hjem i Randers i 1989. Sagen forblev uopklaret i årtier, men ny teknologi og fornyet politiindsats har bragt den kolde sag tilbage i søgelyset.

Denmark's criminal history contains cases that shocked the nation and reshaped its legal system. Three particularly significant cases—spanning from 1920 to 2022—reveal patterns of violence that prompted major reforms in child protection and criminal investigation.

Crime reporter Stine Bolther's podcast Danske Drabssager tackled a complex legal question on February 10, 2026: whether Danish courts can convict a deceased murder suspect. The episode brought together former investigators and prosecutors to explore the intersection of criminal law and mortality.

On October 30, 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley was bludgeoned to death in her family's backyard in Greenwich, Connecticut. Twenty-seven years later, her neighbor Michael Skakel—a Kennedy cousin—was convicted of the crime. But the conviction didn't hold.

The 300th episode of Mørkeland, released November 9, 2025, examines two separate cases from Copenhagen: a scheme involving a taxi driver in Sydhavnen and a woman's mysterious absence discovered by her father.

On September 18, 1965, four Danish police officers were shot dead during a routine traffic stop in Copenhagen. Nearly 60 years later, a new podcast documentary examines this turning point in Scandinavian police history through interviews with leading historians.

In 1851, a gang led by Hans Jacob Mortensen—a glovemaker by trade—murdered a Danish farming couple and burned their homestead to cover the crime. The case exposed the violent underbelly of rural 19th-century Denmark and remains a landmark in Scandinavian criminal history.

A Danish true crime podcast has documented a case involving a young man accused of multiple sexual assaults who escaped from a psychiatric facility in Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark, prompting a manhunt by authorities.

A Danish true crime podcast has released a detailed investigation into a violent hammer attack case with connections between Copenhagen and Portugal. The episode, part of the long-running Mørkeland series, explores the darker corners of Nordic criminal history and international crime.

Mark Howard Wilson Jr., 30, was convicted and sentenced to death for the August 2020 murders of Robert Baker, 12, and Tayten Baker, 14, in Melrose, Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has now reaffirmed his death penalty, rejecting his appeal on multiple grounds.

A man appeared at the home of a young woman in Aarhus, Denmark, claiming to have a 'secret gift'—but refused to let her see it. The cryptic encounter, now featured in a popular Danish podcast, highlights growing concerns about door-step intrusions and the limits of residential security in Scandinavia.