The murder of Pille

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.

In August 1996, Belgian police arrested Marc Dutroux, an electrician who had spent months abducting, torturing, and sexually abusing young girls in a concealed basement dungeon. What emerged was a conspiracy involving multiple accomplices and at least six confirmed victims—some who survived, others who did not.

British stand-up comedian Edd Hedges premiered the limited series podcast Wisecrack on September 2, 2025, blending his comedy set with a true crime investigation into a double homicide in his English hometown. Emmy-nominated producer Jodi Tovay discovered Hedges' darkly comic routine at Edinburgh Fringe Festival and spent years uncovering the story behind it.

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.

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.

In the spring of 1982, Johannes-Andreas Hanni began a killing spree across Harju County, Estonia that would claim three lives and shock the nation. The 25-year-old murderer, aided by his own wife, carried out a series of brutal attacks before his arrest in October that year.

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.