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This week, Dee and Isla take on a story that truly crosses borders - from the assassination of Sweden’s Prime Minister to a double murder in small-town North Carolina.
When 40-year-old Swede Victor Gunnarsson moved to the US in search of a fresh start, he had no idea his past as a one-time suspect in the killing of Prime Minister Olof Palme would follow him. But in 1993, he was found shot dead in the Blue Ridge Mountains - and the investigation would expose a tangle of jealousy, obsession, and revenge involving a North Carolina police officer.
Join us for a wild, twist-filled case that links Cold War politics, true-crime passion, and one of the strangest coincidences in criminal history.
🎧 Available now on all platforms - just search Switchblade Sisters Social Club.
Sources:
OXYGEN True Crime - Buried in the Backyard, Season 6 Episode 1: "The Swedish Connection" (Jax Miller, July 2025)
Associated Press (Winston-Salem Journal) - “Ex-officer convicted in 1993 slaying of Swedish man dies” (Dec 28, 2018)
Salisbury Post / Catawba College News - “A Case About Death Comes Back to Life: The Swedish Connection” (Aug 2025)
Court records: North Carolina v. Underwood (Court of Appeals, 1999 & 2011 rulings)
Oxygen.com - “Former Accused ‘Swedish Hitman’ ... ‘Had to Be Destroyed’” (Crime News article, Jul 2025)
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This week, Dee and Isla take on a story that truly crosses borders - from the assassination of Sweden’s Prime Minister to a double murder in small-town North Carolina.
When 40-year-old Swede Victor Gunnarsson moved to the US in search of a fresh start, he had no idea his past as a one-time suspect in the killing of Prime Minister Olof Palme would follow him. But in 1993, he was found shot dead in the Blue Ridge Mountains - and the investigation would expose a tangle of jealousy, obsession, and revenge involving a North Carolina police officer.
Join us for a wild, twist-filled case that links Cold War politics, true-crime passion, and one of the strangest coincidences in criminal history.
🎧 Available now on all platforms - just search Switchblade Sisters Social Club.
Sources:
OXYGEN True Crime - Buried in the Backyard, Season 6 Episode 1: "The Swedish Connection" (Jax Miller, July 2025)
Associated Press (Winston-Salem Journal) - “Ex-officer convicted in 1993 slaying of Swedish man dies” (Dec 28, 2018)
Salisbury Post / Catawba College News - “A Case About Death Comes Back to Life: The Swedish Connection” (Aug 2025)
Court records: North Carolina v. Underwood (Court of Appeals, 1999 & 2011 rulings)
Oxygen.com - “Former Accused ‘Swedish Hitman’ ... ‘Had to Be Destroyed’” (Crime News article, Jul 2025)

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