True Nordic Crimes

When the first Icelandic jet was purchased, a number of pilots went to the US for training. Two of them did not finish the regimen, with catastrophic consequences.

Jealousy and commitment to kill were the roots of one of the most brutal murders in Iceland. It had been planned for months. A young man, well known in his community, was found naked and beaten to death in his own home.

In 2011, a small family run jewellery shop in Reykjavík Iceland was robbed in broad daylight. Four weeks of investigation brought the police all over Europe to in a search for the guilty parties.

Young mother of three children disappears after a night out with her best friend. She did not return home to her children the following day and was nowhere to be found. Her family and friends knew something was terribly wrong.

A woman who is fast asleep in her living room is brutally attacked with a hammer in the middle of the night.

A young and beautiful girl from Africa comes to Iceland with her sailor boyfriend and gets married. A few years later they divorce and she opens up a brothel in the centre of Reykjavík, literally next door to the main Police station.

Well-known Icelandic rehab director preaches the word of God. He urges the women to practice BDSM sex with him to be free of the addiction.

In 1913 in Reykjavík, a pair of siblings have a big disagreement over money. The results are the slowest death in Icelandic history of murders.

Young man breaks out of prison and manages to keep hidden for over a week. His reason for breaking out is that his ex-girlfriend has started dating his father again.

In the early morning hours on a dark and cold day the forensic officer of the Police force is called out to a break in at a garage.