Murder by the Baltic Sea - Homicide Case in Northern Europe

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.

A Danish true crime podcast has brought renewed attention to one of Scandinavia's most disturbing unsolved cases: three bodies discovered at an abandoned campground in a remote military zone on Denmark's west coast. The grim discovery was made by vacationing families who stumbled upon human remains in various states of decomposition.

On October 23, 1990, a 20-year-old nurse's aide was found strangled in the basement of a Copenhagen-area hospital. The case that followed would test Denmark's emerging forensic science and raise enduring questions about justice—now revisited in a new podcast investigation.

A new Nordic podcast has brought renewed attention to a series of brutal axe murders targeting young women in 1970s Estonia. The case, largely forgotten outside the Baltic region, reveals disturbing patterns of violence and the challenges of investigating crime during the Soviet era.

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.