The 13th of january 2017 is a friday. The weather is cold, around -3 degrees celsius (which is about 26 degrees Fahrenheit), but not especially cold for Iceland. Even though she has to go to work the next day, 20-year old Birna Brjánsdóttir dec

Paolo Macchiarini - Dr Death

Mar 30th, 2021 32m 57s

The famous star surgeon Paolo Macchiarini was recruited to Karolinska hospital and institute in 2010. He had successfully performed transplantations of tracheas from dead donors to living patients and his method was going to revolutionize the

The Nordic Bonnie and Clyde

Mar 22nd, 2021 30m 31s

Juha Valjakkala and Marita Routalammi are involved both romantically and criminally and sustain themselves by stealing cars, committing burglaries and thefts. In the summer of 1988, Sten Nilsson and his son Fredrick set after the two thieves to

The Estonia disaster

Mar 14th, 2021 33m 41s

In september 1994, the ship M/S Estonia sank while sailing from Tallinn, Estonia to Stockholm, Sweden. For the approximately 1000 people aboard, it became a race against time when the lower decks and the staircases became death traps in the ma

The Black Metal Murders

Mar 8th, 2021 30m 5s

Black metal developed from heavy and extreme metal in the late 80’s and early 90’s and is characterized by distorted instruments, guttural or shrieking vocals, lyrics focused on death and destruction and featuring satanic and/or nordic mytholog

The Hunger Years 1867-1869

Feb 28th, 2021 32m 30s

What is it like to starve? The scandinavian countries are known to offer a high quality of life - but has that always been the case? And what do you do when you can't feed your children? Swedish people love to brag about our country’s wealth, a

Kim Wall (The submarine murder)

Feb 22nd, 2021 26m 13s

"What do you do when you have a big problem? You cut it up into smaller pieces."Swedish journalist Kim Wall went missing in august 2017 in Kögebukten, Denmark. The last person to have seen her was the eccentric, Gyro Gearloose-esque inventor sh

Finn Forests

Feb 17th, 2021 25m 37s

Healers - or witches? The story of the so called Forest Finns is buried deep in the scandinavian soil, but unearthed here piece by piece. Known for their use of magic and belief in nature mysticism, many of the Forest Finns were seen as a threa

Wilma Andersson

Feb 17th, 2021 25m 21s

17-year old Wilma Andersson disappears from her apartment in Uddevalla, Sweden, in november of 2019. This will lead to one of the largest search operations in the country, where both police led and private search parties set out to find her but

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