investigation

On January 31, 2022, two German police officers, Yassin M. and Alexander W., were shot and killed during a routine traffic stop near Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate. The officers were ambushed on a rural road during a nighttime patrol between January 30-31. Two men were arrested shortly after and later convicted of the murders, receiving life sentences without parole.

Alexandra R. was found dead in her apartment in the Katzwang district of Nürnberg in 2022. The discovery raised questions about the cause of death and the circumstances surrounding it. Authorities launched an investigation to determine whether her death resulted from natural causes, an accident, or potential criminal involvement.

German pensioner Luise Freudenberg was found dead in her summer home near Tisvilde Strand in June 2023. Initially treated as a natural death, the case was later reclassified as a suspected death following investigation. Police in North Zealand conducted an extensive inquiry but the case remained unsolved by the end of 2023.

Rebecca Reusch, a 12-year-old German-Danish girl, disappeared from her family home in Berlin's affluent Lichterfelde district on February 18, 2019. The disappearance triggered Germany's most high-profile missing person investigation in two decades, with police focusing on her 27-year-old cousin. The case remains unsolved to this day, with no body found and no charges filed.

A Danish television investigation uncovered covert footage of a physician visiting a patient under the guise of pastoral care, conducting religious rituals without medical indication. The November 2024 documentary raises urgent questions about professional boundaries in Scandinavian healthcare.

Anna Podedworna, a 40-year-old Polish woman, was convicted in February 2026 of murdering her partner Izabela Zablocka in their Derby home in August 2010. After killing Zablocka, Podedworna dismembered her body and buried the remains in their garden, concealing the crime for approximately 15 years.

A new podcast series examines criminal activities plaguing Britain's funeral industry, beginning with the March 2024 police investigation into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, where 35 bodies were discovered at the premises and two people were arrested on charges of fraud and preventing lawful burial.

A new Danish podcast series explores the investigative techniques and criminal psychology used by Denmark's premier murder investigation unit. Retired detective Kurt Kragh, who served as deputy head of the Rejseholdet—the national homicide task force—discusses how modern forensic and psychological methods solve complex cases that perplex local authorities.

Sharon Graham, a Queensland grandmother, orchestrated the 2017 murder of her ex-partner Bruce Saunders on a rural property north of Brisbane. What initially appeared to be a tragic industrial accident—Saunders being fed into a woodchipper—was actually a carefully planned killing involving multiple conspirators drawn into Graham's web of manipulation.

On 2 March 1998, 10-year-old Natascha Kampusch vanished on her way to school in Vienna, Austria. She had been abducted by Wolfgang Přiklopil and imprisoned in a secret basement cell beneath his house. Eight years later, she escaped—and her captor took his own life the same day.

An 81-year-old widow was murdered in her Herlev home during the 2011 Christmas holidays in Denmark. The case mobilized homicide investigators, forensic technicians, and medical examiners who immediately suspended their vacation to pursue the investigation into what was described as a heartless act.

In November 2012, Cari Farver vanished from Omaha, Nebraska, after a brief relationship with Dave Kroupa. What followed was an unprecedented case of digital impersonation: thousands of harassing messages sent from Farver's phone over three years—not by her, but by her killer.

A new six-episode podcast from Wondery examines allegations that Liberty Godparent Home, a maternity facility on Liberty University's campus in Virginia, pressured teenage residents to surrender their babies for adoption. The investigation, hosted by T.J. Raphael and released in August 2025, features interviews with former residents and staff.

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 Mørkeland podcast released Episode 303 on December 14, 2025, examining two distinct true crime cases: the disappearance of a 9-year-old girl from a remote forest and the mysterious death of a woman whose body was discovered naked in a compost heap.

Frederik Strand from Copenhagen Police Museum (Politimuseet i København) hosts a Danish-language podcast exploring the country's most significant criminal cases. The series, featuring journalist Thea, delves into Denmark's darkest crime stories through the lens of police history and investigation.

Journalist Keith Morrison examines the puzzling disappearance of Cari Farver, a single mother whose vanishing weeks into a new romance triggered a cascade of threatening messages, stalking, and violence. The case unfolds across Morrison's podcast 'Something About Cari,' available on major streaming platforms.

On October 31, 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley was found bludgeoned to death in her family's backyard in Greenwich, Connecticut. The murder weapon—a Toney Penna golf club—belonged to her neighbors, the prominent Skakel family, setting off a case that would span decades and implicate a Kennedy nephew.

Danske Drabssager, a popular Danish true crime podcast, has released a Q&A episode dedicated to forensic medicine. The episode answers listener questions about criminal investigation techniques and forensic examination methods used in real murder cases.

Cari Lea Farver, a 37-year-old computer programmer from Macedonia, Iowa, disappeared on November 13, 2012. What began as a missing persons case became a haunting tale of impersonation, harassment, and murder—solved not by traditional detective work, but by the digital footprint her killer left behind.