Murder in the North

21: The Woman Who Started The Fire

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

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.