Two Norwegians talk about a whole lot of Scandinavian crime and try their best not to lose faith in humanity.
SKRIM - a Scandinavian true crime podcast
BLACK LIVES MATTER - DONATE https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ What appeared to be a regular visit to the social services office turned out to be anything but ordinary, when 48-year-old Eugene Obiora was killed by the police. 1312.
BLACK LIVES MATTER - DONATE https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ We're going all the way back to the early 1800s in this episode, to a time where Gjest Bårdsen thieved his way around the Norwegian west coast. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
In the middle of a cold January night in 1999, a fire burns a house to the ground. Although initially investigated as an accident, it soon becomes clear this was a murder. Eyewitnesses reported seeing a man and several cars in the area on the night in question, but all these years later, the police can't even be sure of what gender the perpetrator is.
13 year old Ingrid Marie was headed out to meet her boyfriend at a local café in Lesja, Norway, when everything took a far more sinister turn. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
The evening of Saturday the 29th of October 2011 started just like many others for a group of friends in Bislett, Oslo. The atmosphere was light and everyone was having a great time. No one could have predicted how the night would end, when nightmare became reality...
Five years after emigrating from Sri Lanka, 24 year old Kugan Masilamany has made a life for himself in the small town of Båtsfjord in northern Norway. He's well-liked, friendly and trustworthy, so when his friends find him dead in his apartment, no one knows what to think anymore. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
In August of 2007, some remains are discovered in Hagatjern, Nedre Eiker. Although it doesn't take too long for the body's identity to be established, the case takes many weird and unexpected turns, and we're left with far more questions than answers...
In this particularly disjointed episode (this time due to technical difficulties), we cover the 1990 death of Swedish social worker Inger Stark. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
On a Wednesday evening in Vår Krog & Bar, patrons are eagerly watching the last few minutes of a Champions League match between Barcelona and Manchester City, when 2 masked gunmen suddenly enter the building and start shooting...
When Trine Frantzen goes missing after a house party in 2004, her social status leads to her being anything but a priority in the eyes of local police. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
One October evening in 2014, the small village of Kvissel, Denmark, is transformed forever. A murder shocks not only the inhabitants of Denmark, but news travels internationally, as people try to make sense of this seemingly senseless attack. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Throughout the 1960s, then in 1994 and again in 2004 - stealing artwork by Edvard Munch apparently never goes out of style. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
In October of 2009, no one could've predicted that seemingly random shooting attacks would terrorise Malmö for almost a year. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
This week we're covering the gruesome death of Lovisa Lindh. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
A nice summer's day in August 2015 turns into a traumatic nightmare, as shoppers are confronted by a terrible knife attack in IKEA. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Two bodies, several blackouts and a whole lot of sleeping pills. This is the story of Elisabeth Therese Aaslie and the men who irked her. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
In 1992 a skeleton is discovered on Hardangervidda. In 1995 a woman is found shot inside her hotel room. Who is the teddy bear man? Did the woman kill herself? What do these two cases have in common? Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
When Norwegian resistance fighter Kai Holst is found dead at the top of a stairwell in 1945, it brings to light a tangled web of government secrets, sealed dossiers and light-coloured raincoats. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Due to a general lack of stable wifi in cabins in Norway, this week we have a little solo bonus for you all. We hope you find a good påskekrim to watch this year! PS. Please excuse Alette's awkwardness!
On an evening in August in 1926, two sheriffs fail to return home. What could have happened, and how do fingerprints become the key to solving the mystery? Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
In a particularly non-linear episode, Alette and Ingvild talk about the incredibly confusing and frustrating Hollekim mystery. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
This is just a little bonus episode in which we answer some of your questions! Today is one year since we uploaded our first episode, the case of Edvard Rustad!
In late January 2006, a man calls the police to report a 10 year old boy missing. A massive search effort is launched, but as the days go by, hope of finding the boy alive dwindle. No one could have predicted the cruel and shocking truth behind the crime. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Laura Birkeland's death left police grasping at straws in the form of great nephews, missing footprints and strange men petting cats. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
In the early 1970s, no one could have predicted that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be linked to Lillehammer, a relatively small town in Norway. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
In the early 1970s, no one could have predicted that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be linked to Lillehammer, a relatively small town in Norway. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
When Erla Bolladóttir met Sævar Ciesielski at a party in 1974, she had no idea how radically her life was about to change. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
In this special bonus episode, we're conducting our very first interview! Our guest is criminologist and crime fiction author Jenny Rogneby, whose new book "Any Means Necessary: A Leona Lindberg Thriller" is out now. Find Jenny: www.jennyrogneby.com @jennyrogneby on Twitter and Instagram Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
On the 22nd of October 2015, students arrived at Kronan school in Trollhättan, Sweden, thinking it would be just like any other day. Unfortunately, this day would turn into an utter nightmare for many, as an attacker committed the ultimate hate crime in the deadliest school attack in Swedish history. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Trude Espås went missing in Geiranger in 1996. With over 3000 witnesses interviewed, her disappearance marked the beginning of one of the most extensive investigations in Norwegian history. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
In the 1980s Jønke founded Hells Angels Denmark, a motorcycle club notorious for their involvement in organised crime. Together with other members, as well as alone, Jønke committed numerous offences and gained quite the reputation. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Heidi Nielsen and Bjarne Johansen were enjoying a nice evening walk in April of 2011 when they happened upon the man who would be the end of them. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
In 1992, the small, peaceful municipality of Bjugn was completely unaware that they would be host to a huge scandal. To this day the inhabitants are still undecided as to whether the alleged crimes occurred or not. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Happy New Year! For our first episode of 2019, we're covering one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in Norwegian history: The Liland Affair. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Alette and Ingvild would like to wish you all a happy, peaceful and safe holiday! We will back after a short ~christmas break~ on the 3rd of January 2019
Göran Lindberg was a respectable police commissioner who concerned himself with gender equality and ending sexual harassment in the workplace. How could someone like him be involved in one of the biggest police scandals in Sweden?! Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Just before her death, Silje Redergård had been playing with some neighbourhood boys in the snow. Her horrific passing shocked Norway, and left the entire nation looking for someone, or something, to blame Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Mid-September 1965, Palle Sørensen and Norman Bune were on their way home after several break-ins in a stolen vehicle. No one could have predicted the outcome of them being stopped by the police. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Johan Filip Nordlund boarded the Prins Carl steam ferry on May 16th 1900 with a bag full of weapons and murderous intent. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Easter of 1965, people in Oslo didn’t have to turn to crime novels to experience fear and discomfort. Oslo was paralysed by a real fear for Granatmannen. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Spanning continents, ruining lives in both Denmark and the United States - this week we're delving into the rage-fuelled murderous ways of Peter Lundin. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
During the night of the 8th of November 1986, two men break into a processing factory in Iceland. Their mission is simple: sabotage. But what made them do it? Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
On our very first halloween special we discuss witches, goats and why salt is evil. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Early morning new year’s day 1990 in Narsaq, Greenland, was unlike any new year’s day before. A party filled with fun and laughter suddenly turns into a bloodbath as a young man acts on his feelings of being betrayed. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Anna Månsdotter and her son were willing to go to incredible lengths to stop their dark family secret from coming out to the town of Yngsjö, Sweden. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
In May of 1953, 17 year old Auli Kyllikki Saari cycles home from a prayer meeting late at night. She never makes it home. This is one of Finland's most infamous homicide cases... and it remains unsolved. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Magnus Ellingsen is an easy man to please, so when he wins a small amount of money at the horse racing tracks, he cheers enough to make people think he might have won the grand prize. That would be his downfall. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
On Tuesday morning the 5th of April 1994, 35 year old Flemming Nielsen opened fire in a canteen in Aarhus University in Denmark. This is Denmark's only school shooting, and his motivations were clear. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
Late in the evening of December 1st, 1913, apothecary Johan Erik Hallbergsson is busy preparing the next day’s prescriptions in the pharmacy he himself owns. As he makes his way past the pharmacy’s waiting room, Johan is attacked by an intruder who had been hiding in the shadows of the dimly lit hallway… Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod
In 1958 Fredrik Fasting Torgersen was convicted of the murder and attempted rape of 16 year-old Rigmor Johnsen. The case has been up for review 7 times, and people remain uncertain as to whether he was the killer or not. Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @skrimpod