The motorcycle club murders

On the night before Halloween 1975, fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley was bludgeoned to death outside her family home in Belle Haven, Greenwich, Connecticut. Twenty-seven years later, her killer—Michael Skakel, a Kennedy family cousin who was also fifteen at the time—was convicted in a 2002 trial that captivated the nation and raised uncomfortable questions about wealth, privilege, and the American legal system.

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.

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.

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.

Between 1970 and the early 1980s, three members of a Danish motorcycle club were murdered in what appeared to be random nightlife confrontations. But the unsolved killings sparked something far darker: a spiral of street violence, arson, and vigilante attacks on innocent bystanders mistaken for suspects.