What began as a fairy-tale romance ended in one of Germany’s most disturbing modern murder cases. When Ekaterina Balman, a young Russian mother, vanished in 2022, her husband claimed she ran away—until a suitcase containing her remains washed ashore near their wedding lighthouse. In this episode, you’ll learn how control, obsession, and family loyalty turned deadly, how digital forensics and internet searches exposed premeditation, and why a mother’s shocking confession failed to save her son.