Episodes

  • Nordic Campsite Killings 2: Lake Bodom Murders - Revisited

    Nordic Campsite Killings 2: Lake Bodom Murders - Revisited
    Jan 12 2026
    In the summer of 1960, four teenagers went camping at Lake Bodom. In the pre-dawn hours, an unknown assailant attacked them inside their tent, slashing them with a knife and hitting them with a blunt object. Of the four, only 18-year-old Nils Gustafsson survived, narrowly escaping death. 45 years later, he was charged with killing his friends, but acquitted. To this day, the mystery of what happened at Lake Bodom on that sultry night haunts the people of Finland.

    Special thanks: Pahan Äärellä Podcast

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    Resources
    Documentary
    Murhan DNA – Bodominjärvin murhat
    Web
    Wikipedia
    Murha.com
    Hypnosis of Nils Gustafsson
    Articles
    True Crime: Lake Bodom Murders
    Campsite Killer: The Unsolved Mystery of the Lake Bodom Murders
    When Anneli Happo, 72, heard of the events of Lake Bodom…
    A Killing at Lake Bodom: a nation looking for a murderer
    The Lake Bodom Murders
    Espoo politician is sure he knows who the Bodom killer was
    The dark secret of Lake Bodom
    Double Murder at Tulilahti
    We lost the Butcher of Lake Bodom
    The Double Death at Tulilahti

    Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
    Narrated by Noel Vinson
    Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
    Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
    This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.
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    38 mins
  • 250: Nordic Campsite Killings 1: The Tulilathi Murders

    250: Nordic Campsite Killings 1: The Tulilathi Murders
    Jan 5 2026
    July 1959. Two young women on a cycling holiday vanished from a Finnish campsite. Eine Nyyssönen, 21, and Riitta Pakkanen, 23, were found buried in a bog three weeks later, marked by a sharpened stick. Over 60 years later, this brutal double murder remains unsolved.

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    Resources
    Books
    Pennanen, Mikko: Tulilahden murhamysteeri
    Keskisarja, Teemu: Tulilahti
    Markkula, Hannes: Suomalainen murha 1953-1990
    Documentary
    Tulilahden murhenäytelmä (1959 - Suomen Filmiteollisuus)
    Ei vanhene koskaan: Tulilahden kaksoismurha - syyllinen vai syytön (1997)
    YLE Elävä arkisto: Takaisin Tulilahdelle
    Web
    Wikipedia: Tulilahden kaksoismurha
    ForenSeek: The Tulilahti Double Murder - Interview with Mikko Pennanen
    Deserted Finland: Tulilahti Murder Scene
    Articles
    Unsolved Mysteries: The Double Murder at the Tulilahti Campsite
    Two Young Women Killed Whilst Camping in Finland
    Tulilahden kaksoismurha ei selvinnyt – Pääepäilty hirttäytyi vankisellissään
    Riitta, 23, ja Eine, 21, ovat yhä vailla oikeutta
    Tulilahden kaksoismurha: kuka surmasi julmasti nuoret naiset?

    Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
    Narrated by Noel Vinson
    Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
    Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios

    This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archival materials.
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    22 mins
  • 249: The Mysterious Murder of Julia Wallace

    249: The Mysterious Murder of Julia Wallace
    Dec 29 2025
    On a winter evening in 1931, a soft-spoken insurance agent was lured from his Liverpool home by a strange telephone message. The address he searched for didn’t exist. By the time he returned, his wife had been brutally murdered. Who was the caller? Was the alibi a masterstroke of deception? Or did someone exploit the perfect opportunity?
    Tried. Convicted. Acquitted.
    Nearly a century later, the murder of Julia Wallace remains one of the most baffling cases in British criminal history.
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    Resources
    Book
    Jonathan Goodman – The Killing of Julia Wallace
    Web
    The Julia Wallace Murder Foundation
    Wikipedia – William Herbert Wallace
    Wikipedia – R v Wallace (1931)
    Articles
    The Unredacted – The Killing of Julia Wallace: An Impossible Murder
    Chess Notes by Edward Winter – Wallace Case
    The Spectator Archive – "The Wallace Case"
    Murder Archives: Liverpool Echo Retrospectives

    Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
    Narrated by Noel Vinson
    Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
    Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
    This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archival materials.
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    19 mins
  • The North Pole Slaying Plot - Foiled | Alaska (Revisited)

    The North Pole Slaying Plot - Foiled | Alaska (Revisited)
    Dec 24 2025
    Every December, thousands of letters addressed to Santa are sent to North Pole, Alaska. Boxes full of letters are then sent to North Pole Middle School, where they are included in the 6th Grade curriculum: North Pole’s 11 and 12-year-olds are nominated as Santa’s little helpers and reply to all the letters on Santa’s behalf.
    But in April 2006, the peace in this snow globe of a town was shattered when six 7th Graders hatched a plan to kill their classmates. The would-be attackers had drawn up a “naughty list” of kids at school that they wanted to murder in one violent, coordinated attack. Just the previous year, they were acting as elves, writing letters to other children all over the country. A couple of months later, they were gearing up to be monsters.

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    Resources
    YouTube
    Tour of North Pole Alaska
    Articles
    Last night’s TV: Death in Santaland
    Alaskan boys planned school massacre
    North Pole, Alaska
    Bad tidings
    A man named Santa Claus was elected to city council in North Pole, Alaska

    Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
    Narrated by Noel Vinson
    Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
    Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
    This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.
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    19 mins
  • 248: The Orderud Murders | Norway

    248: The Orderud Murders | Norway
    Dec 14 2025
    In May 1999, three members of the Orderud family were found shot to death in their home in rural Norway. The victims — Kristian and Marie Orderud and their daughter Anne — had been killed in the dead of night in what appeared to be a cold and calculated execution. Despite four people being convicted of complicity, no one has ever been held legally responsible for pulling the trigger. What followed was one of the most controversial criminal cases in modern Norwegian history. In this episode, we unpack the family tensions, forensic mysteries, legal battles, and lingering questions that still surround the Orderud case today.

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    Resources
    NRK – Orderud: Det uløste trippeldrapet (Full archive)
    VG Special – Bevisene etter trippeldrapet på Orderud gård
    Store norske leksikon – Orderud-saken
    News in English – Orderuds seek reopening of triple murder probe
    News in English – Orderud convicts released
    Wikipedia – Orderud Case
    Global Freedom of Expression – Egeland and Hanseid v. Norway (re: trial publicity)
    HubPages – The Orderud Case: Triple-Murder in Norway
    Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
    Narrated by Noel Vinson
    Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
    Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
    This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.
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    20 mins
  • 247: The Vampire of Bucharest | Romania

    247: The Vampire of Bucharest | Romania
    Nov 30 2025
    Between 1970 and 1971, a series of brutal murders terrified the streets of Bucharest. The victims were mostly women — attacked at night, bitten, and mutilated. Their killer became known as The Vampire of Bucharest.
    His crimes were frenzied and disturbing, leaving investigators to wonder whether they were dealing with a deranged killer or a man driven by superstition and obsession. He broke into homes, assaulted his victims, and sometimes drank their blood. When police finally caught him, the case exposed deep social anxieties in communist Romania — about violence, repression, and the darkness beneath a society that demanded silence.
    Listen now to uncover the true story behind Romania’s most infamous serial killer.

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    Resources
    Documentaries
    Web
    Wikipedia – Ion Rîmaru
    Articles
    “Tatăl și fiul – criminali în serie” – Libertatea.ro (RO)
    “Vampirul din București” – Realitatea.net (RO)
    Interview with Dr. Tudorel Butoi – TVR Info
    “Ion Rîmaru – the Vampire” – Evenimentul Zilei (RO)
    Historic Mysteries – The Vampire of Bucharest
    Romania Insider – "The Butcher of Bucharest"

    Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
    Narrated by Noel Vinson
    Music: “Nordic Medieval” by Marcus Bressler
    Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
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    21 mins
  • 246: Fugitive Mom, Dorothy Lee Barnett | USA/Australia

    246: Fugitive Mom, Dorothy Lee Barnett | USA/Australia
    Nov 16 2025
    In 1994, a custody dispute in South Carolina ended with a mother vanishing with her infant daughter. Dorothy Lee Barnett, accused of violating a court order, disappeared without a trace — along with 11-month-old Savannah.
    For nearly two decades, the pair lived under new identities across the world — first in Europe, then South Africa, then Australia — as authorities searched for clues. In 2013, an international investigation finally uncovered the truth. Dorothy had been living as Alexandria Maria Canton, and Savannah, now a young woman, had grown up unaware of her past.
    The case became one of the most remarkable parental abduction stories in modern history — a tale of love, fear, deception, and the long reach of justice.
    Listen now to hear the full story of the mother who fled across the world — and the daughter who never knew.
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    Resources
    Documentaries
    NBC Dateline: "Finding Savanna"
    CBS 48 Hours: "Dear Savanna"
    Web
    Family Abduction Watch
    Articles
    Dorothy Lee Barnett: Where is the Kidnapper Today?
    Savanna Todd: Where is Dorothy Lee Barnett's Daughter Today?
    Woman who kidnapped her own daughter during bitter divorce shares tales of nearly 20 years on the run
    48 Hours' to feature baby Savanna abduction from Isle of Palms
    Unsolved Mysteries Wiki: Dorothy Barnett Case
    Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
    Narrated by Noel Vinson
    Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
    Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
    This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.
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    21 mins
  • 245: The Butcher of Mons: Belgium’s Unsolved Suitcase Murders | Belgium

    245: The Butcher of Mons: Belgium’s Unsolved Suitcase Murders | Belgium
    Nov 2 2025
    Between 1996 and 1997, the dismembered remains of at least five women were found stuffed in garbage bags and dumped inside suitcases around the Belgian city of Mons. The killer, who came to be known as Le Dépeceur de Mons — The Butcher of Mons — has never been identified.
    The murders shocked the quiet provincial city and left investigators chasing one of the most disturbing unsolved serial murder cases in Belgian history. Decades later, questions still linger: Who was the Butcher of Mons, and why did he choose to scatter his victims’ remains along roads with names that translated to words like Hate, Fear, and Anxiety?
    Listen now to uncover the story of Belgium’s most haunting cold case.
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    Resources
    Documentaries
    YouTube – Le mystère du dépeceur de Mons
    Web
    Wikipedia – Dépeceur de Mons (French)
    Wikipedia – Butcher of Mons (English)
    Articles
    L’Avenir – Le dépeceur de Mons: 20 ans après
    Le Monde – Morgan Vanlerberghe, l’enquêteur amateur qui veut confondre le dépeceur de Mons
    TeleMB – Il est moins cinq… Enquête sur le dépeceur de Mons
    TeleMB – Vers un nouveau souffle dans l’enquête du dépeceur de Mons ?
    Fifty-One Mons-Levant – RS893 : L’affaire du dépeceur de Mons
    Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
    Narrated by Noel Vinson
    Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
    Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
    This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.
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    21 mins