The double murder in Herlev

In April 2008, Austrian police discovered that Josef Fritzl had imprisoned his daughter Elisabeth in a concealed basement chamber for 24 years, subjecting her to repeated rape and forcing her to bear seven children in captivity. The case shocked Austria and revealed systematic failures in a family home in Amstetten.

On New Year's night 1990, 23-year-old Hanne With was found stabbed to death in her Copenhagen apartment. Three decades later, DNA evidence and a footprint match led Danish police to Henrik Krogh Rasmussen, a butcher who was convicted in July 2024.

A groundbreaking CBC True Crime podcast has revealed hundreds of hours of secret phone calls made by Canadian serial killer Clifford Olson from his prison cell starting in 1990, featuring confessions he had never disclosed to anyone else.

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.

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.

Bent Isager-Nielsen spent more than 40 years in Danish law enforcement, serving as murder chief and leader of Rejseholdet, the specialized mobile task force that handled Denmark's most violent and complex cases. Now retired, he's sharing those experiences through a touring lecture series.

Mørkeland host Susanne Sperling examines six criminal cases in episode 284, ranging from an unexplained death of a young Danish mother to referenced serial killers and a wedding fraud scheme that unraveled when a mysterious caller exposed the groom's true identity.

On June 25, 2003, two Swedish men were shot dead on a residential street in Herlev, Denmark, in a killing that exposed the spread of Scandinavian gang violence across national borders. Five Swedish defendants were convicted, with three receiving life sentences and two minors handed the maximum 20-year terms ever imposed on juveniles in Danish legal history.