Episodes

  • Episode 43: Broker Maria The Fraudster of Karcag
    Nov 30 2024

    Viktória covers one of her favorite crime topics—fraud. This case takes place in Karcag, Hungary and involves over 800 people being scammed out of their money over a span of 15 years. Listen along and find out how this truly devious woman known as the Broker Maria of Karcag was caught.

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    49 mins
  • Episode 42: November News Tangent
    Nov 16 2024

    In this week’s episode we discuss the peculiarities of Finnish grammar in the context of Petra’s news story. Laura covers the most recent stay of execution of Robert Roberson. Viktória covers Interpol’s Operation Identify Me, which is attempting to help identify 22 women in cold cases around the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium. Just remember, it’s never a body prop, it’s always a body part.

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    51 mins
  • Episode 41: The Assassination of Eliel Soisalon-Soininen
    Nov 2 2024

    This week Laura covers an old Finnish political assassination. Most people are more familiar with the assassination of Bobrikov, but fewer are aware of the assassination of the Procurator of Finland, Eliel Soisalon-Soininen. Listen along to this episode to get a deeper understanding of the turmoil that was happening at the beginning of the 1900's in Finland.

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    38 mins
  • Episode 40: October News Tangent
    Oct 19 2024

    This week we have a News Tangent episode. Petra covers the case of a Finnish psychiatrist Roope Tikkanen, who murdered his wife. Viktória covers the horrible child abuse case of Ruby Franke. Laura covers the wrongful murder (execution) of Marcellus Williams.

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    45 mins
  • Episode 39: Dead Man in the Toilet
    Oct 5 2024

    This week Petra brings us a case from Fukushima, Japan. It’s a mystery of a case where a man is found dead in a septic tank. How he got there, or why is still a topic for much debate.

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    45 mins
  • Episode 38: Gloomy Sunday - The Hungarian Suicide Song
    Sep 21 2024

    This week Viktória brings us an interesting tale from Hungary surrounding the mysterious and macabre lore of the famous song "Gloomy Sunday" (Szomorú Vasárnap). Listen along to learn more about Rezső Seress, and why the tales of his song have persisted through the decades.

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    58 mins
  • Episode 37: The Murder of Tova Moberg
    Sep 7 2024

    This week Laura is covering a case from 2017 that takes place in Hudiksvall, Sweden. The 19 year old Tova Moberg goes missing after a night of supposedly hanging out with friends. But after her body is found, the suspicion lands on her ex-boyfriend, and past abuser, Billy Fagerström.

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Episode 36: A Finnish Blackout Murder
    Aug 24 2024

    Petra brings us a case in Finland from to 2011. Tero Allén, struggling with alcoholism, was living with his friend "Marko". After having a short history of violence towards each other, the violence ends up resulting in the death of Marko, and a prison sentence for Tero. Listen along as we discuss this interesting case.

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    52 mins