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During the night between May 16th and May 17th of the year 1900, a man attacked people onboard of the steamer Prins Carl in the lake Mälaren. It was supposed to be a robbery, but a lot of things went wrong that night. The 25-year-old Filip Nordlund ended up killing 5 people, and wounding another … Continue reading "40. The Steamboat mass murder"
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It started out as any other Tuesday morning, but this day was going to be far from normal. It was October 19th, 2004, in a town called Linköping in Sweden. 8-year-old Mohamed leaves his apartment to walk the short distance to school, and at about the same time 56-year-old Anna Lena leaves her home to … Continue reading "39. The double homicide in Linköping"
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On September 10, 2003, a man with a knife attacks and brutally stabs the minister of Foreign Affairs, Anna Lindh, inside a department store in the central parts of Stockholm. Anna is rushed to the hospital but dies the next day due to her injuries. This is the beginning of a manhunt to find the … Continue reading "38. Anna Lindh"
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At 11:10 pm on August 3rd, 2016, a badly injured woman called 112, the Swedish emergency number. She woke up and saw a man sitting on top of her husband in bed, stabbing him. When the perpetrator realized that she was awake he started stabbing her as well. She was probably unconscious for a while, … Continue reading "37. The Arboga woman – part 3 of 3"
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At 11:10 pm on August 3rd, 2016, a badly injured woman called 112, the Swedish emergency number. She woke up and saw a man sitting on top of her husband in bed, stabbing him. When the perpetrator realized that she was awake he started stabbing her as well. She was probably unconscious for a while, … Continue reading "37. The Arboga woman – part 2 of 3"
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At 11:10 pm on August 3rd, 2016, a badly injured woman called 112, the Swedish emergency number. She woke up and saw a man sitting on top of her husband in bed, stabbing him. When the perpetrator realized that she was awake he started stabbing her as well. She was probably unconscious for a while, … Continue reading "37. The Arboga woman – part 1 of 3"
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Introducing a brand-new podcast called Scene of the Crime, season 1 is on the Delphi case. https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/sceneofthecrime?selected=HIM1005356840 E-mail [email protected] Homepage: http://truecrimesweden.com/
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On 22 October 2015, 21-year-old Anton Lundin Pettersson entered the Kronan School in the town of Trollhättan, armed with a huge sword. His mission was to kill, but some students thought he was pranking, I guess the situation was so unreal. We don’t really have school shootings here in Sweden, I guess because it’s much … Continue reading "36. The school attack"
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On December 17, 2004, a bank robbery takes place at a local bank in the city of Söderhamn. A man walked into the bank with a gun and demanded the tellers to hand over all the money they had. The robber got away with about 70 000 dollars. When the hunt for the robber begins, the … Continue reading "35. Jaan Norrby"
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Animal protection are called out to a house where two cats seems to be abandoned. Animal protection call the police and ask them to go into the house since the lights are on inside, but nobody is opening. When entering the house, the police are met with a terrible smell, something is definitely dead in … Continue reading "34. Therese Palmkvist"
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David and Maria had known each other for more than 15 years. They met on a blind date and after a few years of dating they split up but remained friends and never lost contact. On Saturday October 17, 2015, Maria and David meet in his apartment to watch a movie and drink some wine. … Continue reading "33. David’s story"
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A 17-year-old girl enters a hotel room with a 61-year-old man. She has agreed to have sex with him for money, one of her many ways of self-harming. The man who seemed nice and normal over the phone when they arranged the meeting changes his behavior as soon as the door is closed behind them. … Continue reading "32. Nora and the Police chief"
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In the early morning of June 18, 2014, a 24-year-old woman is pacing back and forth between her car and an apartment building in Askersund, a small town in the middle of Sweden. She hasn’t slept at all that night, and her mind is racing. Finally, she decides – she is going to do this! … Continue reading "31. Lovisa Lindh – part 2 of 2"
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In the early morning of June 18, 2014, a 24-year-old woman is pacing back and forth between her car and an apartment building in Askersund, a small town in the middle of Sweden. She hasn’t slept at all that night, and her mind is racing. Finally, she decides – she is going to do this! … Continue reading "31. Lovisa Lindh – part 1 of 2"
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On November 15th, 1888, 21 year-old Hanna Johansdotter marries 26 year-old Per Nilsson, and moves in with him and his mother. About four months later Hanna is found dead on the bottom of the basement stairs. But she didn’t fall down the stairs and die as it first looked like, she was actually strangled to … Continue reading "30. Hanna Johansdotter"
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On December 28th, 2011, 25-year-old university student Alexander Åhman is studying in his apartment in Uppsala. A female friend comes over and brings a meat pie, they eat together but the pie tastes funny. Alexander can feel how he’s getting more and more sleepy. Two days later, one of Alexanders friends find his apartment unlocked … Continue reading "29. The Uppsala kidnapping"
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On Sunday night June 7th, 2015, the 17-year-old Lisa Holm was about to go home from her summer job at a café in Kinnekulle, a town in the middle of Sweden. She was going to drive her scooter home, a trip that is supposed to take about an hour. But she never made it to … Continue reading "28. Lisa Holm"
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It’s about 3 am on July 3rd, 1988 in the small village of Åmsele in the northern parts of Sweden. 15-year-old Fredrik see how two people walk into the garden of their house, steals a bike, and takes off. He wakes up his father and they jump in their car to try to catch up … Continue reading "27. The triple murder in Åmsele"
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The city of Örebro is in fear. A violent serial rapist has been taunting the police for years, making women in the city afraid to walk outside alone. And now he seems to be escalating. On Sunday October 10th, 2010, three different attacks are reported. Two attempted rapes and in the third attack he managed … Continue reading "26. The serial rapist in Örebro"
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