The blurry colour photograph on the front page of a Danish tabloid newspaper shows an inconspicuous middle-aged woman. The media have dubbed her "The Black Widow". The day this picture is taken, in September 2003, she’s handed the toughest sentence available under Danish law: life in prison.



New episode every Tuesday. From Podimo, Murder in the North has been the #1 true crime podcast across Europe, and is now available in English told by Jenna Sharpe.



Host: Jenna Sharpe

Text and research: Janne Aagard

Music: Frej Levin

Translator: Laura Vroomen

Editor: Laura Kabell

Produced for Podimo by Dag en Nacht Media

19: The Hunt for The Black Widow

Murder in the North explores some of the most shocking murder cases in Scandinavia. Like the case of the young woman who set off from Tokyo on a back-packing journey across Europe in 1987, but whose adventure of a lifetime would end in tragedy in Copenhagen's cold waters. Or, the twisted tale of obsession that led two Swedish teenagers to organise an unspeakable murder over text message. Or the woman who mysteriously disappears one week before her wedding. Our account of these cases is based on sources in the public domain, including interviews, press releases and court proceedings to tells the stories of the most chilling and shocking cases to rock Northern Europe.

From Podimo, Murder in the North has been the #1 true crime podcast across Europe, and is now available in English told by Jenna Sharpe.

New episodes are published every Tuesday. Produced for Podimo by Dag en Nacht Media.

If you enjoy Nordic true crime, you can also check out the podcast Cold Blood from Podimo - available wherever you get your podcasts.

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In November 1996, residents of the Copenhagen neighbourhood Vesterbro are woken up by screaming sirens. It’s not unusual around here, but this time it’s not because of a conflict between drug dealers. The police have received multiple calls from the same apartment building. Several people have reported hearing arguing, shouting and a loud, dull thud followed by a deafening silence.



New episode every Tuesday. From Podimo, Murder in the North has been the #1 true crime podcast across Europe, and is now available in English told by Jenna Sharpe.



Host: Jenna Sharpe

Text and research: Janne Aagard

Music: Frej Levin

Translator: Laura Vroomen

Editor: Laura Kabell

Produced for Podimo by Dag en Nacht Media

25: The Inheritance

To those who knew her, news of the death of 14-year-old Sonay doesn’t come as a surprise. Both her teachers and child services tried their best to protect the girl but were ultimately unsuccessful. Sonay came to Denmark from Iraq as a nine-year-old and quickly assimilated into the new culture – much too fast, according to her father.



New episode every Tuesday. From Podimo, Murder in the North has been the #1 true crime podcast across Europe, and is now available in English told by Jenna Sharpe.



Host: Jenna Sharpe

Text and research: Janne Aagard

Music: Frej Levin

Translator: Laura Vroomen

Editor: Laura Kabell

Produced for Podimo by Dag en Nacht Media

24: My Father Will Be To Blame

On a warm evening in spring 1998, ten-year-old Susan is keen to get out of the house. During dinner, she’s had yet another argument with her dad. Since the divorce, father and daughter are often at loggerheads. Now she’s begging him to be allowed out in this lovely weather. He wants her back at nine at the latest, but Susan will never return home again.



New episode every Tuesday. From Podimo, Murder in the North has been the #1 true crime podcast across Europe, and is now available in English told by Jenna Sharpe.



Host: Jenna Sharpe

Text and research: Janne Aagard

Music: Frej Levin

Translator: Laura Vroomen

Editor: Laura Kabell

Produced for Podimo by Dag en Nacht Media

23: The DNA Breakthrough

On September 27, 1965, Palle Mogens Fogde Sørensen becomes one of Denmark’s most notorious men. He goes down in history as “The Police Killer”. But who is Palle? And what drove him to pull the trigger that night and take the lives of four police officers?



New episode every Tuesday. From Podimo, Murder in the North has been the #1 true crime podcast across Europe, and is now available in English told by Jenna Sharpe.



Host: Jenna Sharpe

Text and research: Janne Aagard

Music: Frej Levin

Translator: Laura Vroomen

Editor: Laura Kabell

Produced for Podimo by Dag en Nacht Media

22: Making a Killing

In August 1995, the fire brigade on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea are called out to a house fire. When they arrive on the scene, they find a seven-year-old boy at the back of the house. He’s badly burnt. When asked if there’s anyone inside, he replies: my mother, my little brother and the woman who started the fire.



New episode every Tuesday. From Podimo, Murder in the North has been the #1 true crime podcast across Europe, and is now available in English told by Jenna Sharpe.



Host: Jenna Sharpe

Text and research: Janne Aagard

Music: Frej Levin

Translator: Laura Vroomen

Editor: Laura Kabell

Produced for Podimo by Dag en Nacht Media

19: The Hunt for The Black Widow

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