On Thursday August 23rd, 1973 a man armed with a machinegun walks in to a bank in Stockholm, fires a round and takes four people hostage. The man demands that his friend Clark Olofsson is released from prison. Six days later the police are able to free the hostages and arrest the man. But during … Continue reading "7. The Stockholm Syndrome"

7. The Stockholm Syndrome

True Crimes from Sweden, told in English!

True crime

During the night between May 16th and May 17th of the year 1900, a man attacked people onboard of the steamer Prins Carl in the lake Mälaren. It was supposed to be a robbery, but a lot of things went wrong that night. The 25-year-old Filip Nordlund ended up killing 5 people, and wounding another … Continue reading "40. The Steamboat mass murder"

40. The Steamboat mass murder

It started out as any other Tuesday morning, but this day was going to be far from normal. It was October 19th, 2004, in a town called Linköping in Sweden. 8-year-old Mohamed leaves his apartment to walk the short distance to school, and at about the same time 56-year-old Anna Lena leaves her home to … Continue reading "39. The double homicide in Linköping"

39. The double homicide in Linköping

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On September 10, 2003, a man with a knife attacks and brutally stabs the minister of Foreign Affairs, Anna Lindh, inside a department store in the central parts of Stockholm. Anna is rushed to the hospital but dies the next day due to her injuries. This is the beginning of a manhunt to find the … Continue reading "38. Anna Lindh"

38. Anna Lindh

At 11:10 pm on August 3rd, 2016, a badly injured woman called 112, the Swedish emergency number. She woke up and saw a man sitting on top of her husband in bed, stabbing him. When the perpetrator realized that she was awake he started stabbing her as well. She was probably unconscious for a while, … Continue reading "37. The Arboga woman – part 3 of 3"

7. The Stockholm Syndrome

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