Felon: True Crime

On August 27, 1995, pediatrician Elisabeth Wæver traveled to the Danish island of Bornholm under a false identity with a calculated plan: to kill her lover's wife and two young children using stolen morphine and fire. The case remains one of Scandinavia's most shocking crimes of passion.

A Danish true crime podcast featuring forensic medicine experts has released an episode examining how long it takes to thaw a deeply frozen body, addressing a specialized forensic science question relevant to homicide investigations.

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.

The Felon True Crime podcast examines some of Australia's most compelling criminal cases, including an ongoing manhunt for a dangerous suspect in the Lake Cargelligo triple shooting and the unresolved disappearance of a Belgian traveller in Tasmania.

In 1976, a quiet residential neighborhood in Denmark became the site of a shocking family homicide when a father killed his entire family in a violent attack. Now, a new podcast series is bringing this largely forgotten Nordic case to international audiences, examining the circumstances and consequences of one of the country's most disturbing domestic crimes.

In August 2019, a young man walked into Hvidovre Hospital near Copenhagen dressed in a white coat, claiming to be a medical student. What followed was a chilling month-long deception that saw him examine patients, order medications, and prescribe controlled drugs—all without any legitimate medical qualifications.

Mørkeland, a Danish true crime podcast, released Episode 284 around June 1, 2025, focusing on mysterious deaths. The episode joins the podcast's ongoing exploration of unsolved cases and cryptic crimes across Scandinavia.

In late August 1976, 23-year-old Elizabeth Plunkett vanished from Brittas Bay in County Wicklow, Ireland. Her body was discovered weeks later—raped, strangled, and bound to a lawnmower. Nearly 50 years later, her sisters are demanding justice for a crime that was never prosecuted.

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.

Joseph Roy Metheny operated as a serial killer in Baltimore during the 1990s, claiming to have murdered up to ten people. Known as 'Joe the Cannibal' and 'The Cannibal Cook,' Metheny was convicted of two murders and died in prison in 2017, leaving a trail of unproven confessions and alleged victims.

When the United States opened Guantánamo Bay detention camp in 2002, it became the site of documented torture affecting approximately 780 men and boys from 48 countries. Over two decades later, verified interrogation techniques including waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and sexual assault remain central to understanding post-9/11 American detention practices.

Richard Kuklinski appeared to neighbors and relatives as a devoted husband and caring father in New Jersey during the 1970s and 1980s. Behind closed doors and in his secret life as a contract killer, he was a man of calculated violence—one of America's most prolific confessed murderers, responsible for at least five confirmed killings and allegedly over 100 others.