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Nordic Campsite Killings 2: Lake Bodom Murders - Revisited Jan 12, 2026

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In the summer of 1960, four teenagers went camping at Lake Bodom. In the pre-dawn hours, an unknown assailant attacked them inside their tent, slashing them with a knife and hitting them with a blunt object. Of the four, only 18-year-old Nils Gustafsson survived, narrowly escaping death. 45 years later, he was charged with killing his friends, but acquitted. To this day, the mystery of what happened at Lake Bodom on that sultry night haunts the people of Finland.
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Resources
Documentary
Murhan DNA – Bodominjärvin murhat
Web
Wikipedia
Murha.com
Hypnosis of Nils Gustafsson
Articles
True Crime: Lake Bodom Murders
Campsite Killer: The Unsolved Mystery of the Lake Bodom Murders
When Anneli Happo, 72, heard of the events of Lake Bodom…
A Killing at Lake Bodom: a nation looking for a murderer
The Lake Bodom Murders
Espoo politician is sure he knows who the Bodom killer was
The dark secret of Lake Bodom
Double Murder at Tulilahti
We lost the Butcher of Lake Bodom
The Double Death at Tulilahti

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.

250: Nordic Campsite Killings 1: The Tulilathi Murders Jan 05, 2026

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July 1959. Two young women on a cycling holiday vanished from a Finnish campsite. Eine Nyyssönen, 21, and Riitta Pakkanen, 23, were found buried in a bog three weeks later, marked by a sharpened stick. Over 60 years later, this brutal double murder remains unsolved.
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Resources
Books
Pennanen, Mikko: Tulilahden murhamysteeri
Keskisarja, Teemu: Tulilahti
Markkula, Hannes: Suomalainen murha 1953-1990
Documentary
Tulilahden murhenäytelmä (1959 - Suomen Filmiteollisuus)
Ei vanhene koskaan: Tulilahden kaksoismurha - syyllinen vai syytön (1997)
YLE Elävä arkisto: Takaisin Tulilahdelle
Web
Wikipedia: Tulilahden kaksoismurha
ForenSeek: The Tulilahti Double Murder - Interview with Mikko Pennanen
Deserted Finland: Tulilahti Murder Scene
Articles
Unsolved Mysteries: The Double Murder at the Tulilahti Campsite
Two Young Women Killed Whilst Camping in Finland
Tulilahden kaksoismurha ei selvinnyt – Pääepäilty hirttäytyi vankisellissään
Riitta, 23, ja Eine, 21, ovat yhä vailla oikeutta
Tulilahden kaksoismurha: kuka surmasi julmasti nuoret naiset?
Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios

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249: The Mysterious Murder of Julia Wallace Dec 29, 2025

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On a winter evening in 1931, a soft-spoken insurance agent was lured from his Liverpool home by a strange telephone message. The address he searched for didn’t exist. By the time he returned, his wife had been brutally murdered. Who was the caller? Was the alibi a masterstroke of deception? Or did someone exploit the perfect opportunity?
Tried. Convicted. Acquitted.
Nearly a century later, the murder of Julia Wallace remains one of the most baffling cases in British criminal history.
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Resources
Book
Jonathan Goodman – The Killing of Julia Wallace
Web
The Julia Wallace Murder Foundation
Wikipedia – William Herbert Wallace
Wikipedia – R v Wallace (1931)
Articles
The Unredacted – The Killing of Julia Wallace: An Impossible Murder
Chess Notes by Edward Winter – Wallace Case
The Spectator Archive – "The Wallace Case"
Murder Archives: Liverpool Echo Retrospectives

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
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The North Pole Slaying Plot - Foiled | Alaska (Revisited) Dec 24, 2025

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Every December, thousands of letters addressed to Santa are sent to North Pole, Alaska. Boxes full of letters are then sent to North Pole Middle School, where they are included in the 6th Grade curriculum: North Pole’s 11 and 12-year-olds are nominated as Santa’s little helpers and reply to all the letters on Santa’s behalf.
But in April 2006, the peace in this snow globe of a town was shattered when six 7th Graders hatched a plan to kill their classmates. The would-be attackers had drawn up a “naughty list” of kids at school that they wanted to murder in one violent, coordinated attack. Just the previous year, they were acting as elves, writing letters to other children all over the country. A couple of months later, they were gearing up to be monsters.
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Resources
YouTube
Tour of North Pole Alaska
Articles
Last night’s TV: Death in Santaland
Alaskan boys planned school massacre
North Pole, Alaska
Bad tidings
A man named Santa Claus was elected to city council in North Pole, Alaska

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.

248: The Orderud Murders | Norway Dec 14, 2025

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In May 1999, three members of the Orderud family were found shot to death in their home in rural Norway. The victims — Kristian and Marie Orderud and their daughter Anne — had been killed in the dead of night in what appeared to be a cold and calculated execution. Despite four people being convicted of complicity, no one has ever been held legally responsible for pulling the trigger. What followed was one of the most controversial criminal cases in modern Norwegian history. In this episode, we unpack the family tensions, forensic mysteries, legal battles, and lingering questions that still surround the Orderud case today.
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Resources
NRK – Orderud: Det uløste trippeldrapet (Full archive)
VG Special – Bevisene etter trippeldrapet på Orderud gård
Store norske leksikon – Orderud-saken
News in English – Orderuds seek reopening of triple murder probe
News in English – Orderud convicts released
Wikipedia – Orderud Case
Global Freedom of Expression – Egeland and Hanseid v. Norway (re: trial publicity)
HubPages – The Orderud Case: Triple-Murder in Norway
Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.

247: The Vampire of Bucharest | Romania Nov 30, 2025

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Between 1970 and 1971, a series of brutal murders terrified the streets of Bucharest. The victims were mostly women — attacked at night, bitten, and mutilated. Their killer became known as The Vampire of Bucharest.
His crimes were frenzied and disturbing, leaving investigators to wonder whether they were dealing with a deranged killer or a man driven by superstition and obsession. He broke into homes, assaulted his victims, and sometimes drank their blood. When police finally caught him, the case exposed deep social anxieties in communist Romania — about violence, repression, and the darkness beneath a society that demanded silence.
Listen now to uncover the true story behind Romania’s most infamous serial killer.

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Resources
Documentaries
Web
Wikipedia – Ion Rîmaru
Articles
“Tatăl și fiul – criminali în serie” – Libertatea.ro (RO)
“Vampirul din București” – Realitatea.net (RO)
Interview with Dr. Tudorel Butoi – TVR Info
“Ion Rîmaru – the Vampire” – Evenimentul Zilei (RO)
Historic Mysteries – The Vampire of Bucharest
Romania Insider – "The Butcher of Bucharest"

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: “Nordic Medieval” by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios

246: Fugitive Mom, Dorothy Lee Barnett | USA/Australia Nov 16, 2025

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In 1994, a custody dispute in South Carolina ended with a mother vanishing with her infant daughter. Dorothy Lee Barnett, accused of violating a court order, disappeared without a trace — along with 11-month-old Savannah.
For nearly two decades, the pair lived under new identities across the world — first in Europe, then South Africa, then Australia — as authorities searched for clues. In 2013, an international investigation finally uncovered the truth. Dorothy had been living as Alexandria Maria Canton, and Savannah, now a young woman, had grown up unaware of her past.
The case became one of the most remarkable parental abduction stories in modern history — a tale of love, fear, deception, and the long reach of justice.
Listen now to hear the full story of the mother who fled across the world — and the daughter who never knew.
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Resources
Documentaries
NBC Dateline: "Finding Savanna"
CBS 48 Hours: "Dear Savanna"
Web
Family Abduction Watch
Articles
Dorothy Lee Barnett: Where is the Kidnapper Today?
Savanna Todd: Where is Dorothy Lee Barnett's Daughter Today?
Woman who kidnapped her own daughter during bitter divorce shares tales of nearly 20 years on the run
48 Hours' to feature baby Savanna abduction from Isle of Palms
Unsolved Mysteries Wiki: Dorothy Barnett Case
Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.

245: The Butcher of Mons: Belgium’s Unsolved Suitcase Murders | Belgium Nov 02, 2025

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Between 1996 and 1997, the dismembered remains of at least five women were found stuffed in garbage bags and dumped inside suitcases around the Belgian city of Mons. The killer, who came to be known as Le Dépeceur de Mons — The Butcher of Mons — has never been identified.
The murders shocked the quiet provincial city and left investigators chasing one of the most disturbing unsolved serial murder cases in Belgian history. Decades later, questions still linger: Who was the Butcher of Mons, and why did he choose to scatter his victims’ remains along roads with names that translated to words like Hate, Fear, and Anxiety?
Listen now to uncover the story of Belgium’s most haunting cold case.
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Resources
Documentaries
YouTube – Le mystère du dépeceur de Mons
Web
Wikipedia – Dépeceur de Mons (French)
Wikipedia – Butcher of Mons (English)
Articles
L’Avenir – Le dépeceur de Mons: 20 ans après
Le Monde – Morgan Vanlerberghe, l’enquêteur amateur qui veut confondre le dépeceur de Mons
TeleMB – Il est moins cinq… Enquête sur le dépeceur de Mons
TeleMB – Vers un nouveau souffle dans l’enquête du dépeceur de Mons ?
Fifty-One Mons-Levant – RS893 : L’affaire du dépeceur de Mons
Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.

The Black Magic Murders (Adolfo Constanzo) | Mexico - Revisited Oct 29, 2025

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In celebration of Halloween, this week’s episode is a re-release of one of our first episodes - still chilling...
Adolfo Constanzo, also known as El Padrino (or the Godfather), was the leader of a cult that believed that Black Magic would shield their drug cartel from being busted. Adolfo encouraged human sacrifice, and countless people fell victim to the cult, later dubbed the Narcosatanists. When American medical student Mark Kilroy disappeared after a night out in Matamoros, the cult’s sadistic activities finally came to light.
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Resources
Mark Kilroy Foundation
http://www.markkilroyfoundation.org/
YouTube
Serial Killers and Cult Leaders: Adolfo Constanzo “El Padrino” - The Black Magic Torturer and Murderer
Web
Wikipedia
Biography.com
Murderpedia
Articles
Lost to the Darkness

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archival materials.

244: The Halloween Candy Killer, Ronald O'Brien | USA Oct 19, 2025

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On Halloween night in 1974, eight-year-old Timothy O’Brien came home from trick-or-treating in Deer Park, Texas, excited to sample his candy haul. Among the treats was a Pixy Stix — one that would become infamous in American true crime history. Within hours, Timothy was dead, poisoned by cyanide.
Investigators soon discovered that the killer wasn’t a mysterious stranger slipping poison into Halloween candy. It was someone much closer to home — his own father, Ronald Clark O’Brien. His crime forever changed the way parents across the United States viewed Halloween, giving rise to decades of fear over tampered sweets.
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Resources
Articles
In 1974, 'Candyman' turned Halloween truly terrifying in Pasadena, Texas - ABC13 Houston
The Man Who Killed Halloween - Fort Worth Weekly
'Man Who Killed Halloween' still haunts holiday - Houston Chronicle
The Haunting Legacy of Ronald Clark O'Bryan, the Man Who Killed Halloween - A&E True Crime
50 years ago, a Houston killer dubbed the 'Candyman' poisoned his son's Halloween candy - KHOU
Looking into the eyes of evil: The day I covered the execution of Texas' infamous Halloween killer - Breckenridge Texan
The True Story of the Notorious Trick-or-Treat Murderer - Vice
Halloween Horrors: The Poisoning of Timothy O'Bryan - Criminal
The ex-wife of Ronald Clark O'Bryan - UPI Archives
The neighbor who accompanied condemned killer Ronald Clark O'Bryan - UPI Archives
Web Resources
Ronald Clark O'Bryan - Wikipedia
Timothy Marc O'Bryan - Find a Grave Memorial
Ronald Clark O'Bryan - Murderpedia
Ronald Clark O'Bryan - Alchetron
1984: Ronald Clark O'Bryan, candyman - Executed Today
Court Documents
THE CASE OF THE HALLOWEEN CANDY KILLER - Harris County District Clerk
Video Archives
Ronald Clark O'Bryan Murder Trial (1975) - KPRC-TV Collection

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: “Nordic Medieval” by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios

This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archival materials.

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