Episode list

Ljusdal 1898 - the peasant woman Sara resorts to unusual and cruel methods in order to realize her dream of a better life. With the help of archival material, court documents and the coroner Eva Rudd, the history professor Roddy Nilsson and the culture journalist Gunilla Kindstrand, the presenter David Lagercrantz lets an old criminal case get new life.

Two young Germans are in Stockholm in 1907 to perform with a variety show. When they suddenly find themselves without jobs and money, desperation leads them to horrific crimes. With the help of archival material and court documents, the case gets new life. Participants: coroner Eva Rudd, museum director Ola Nyman, historian Mats Hayen and forensic scientist Svante Lagman. Host: David Lagercrantz.

Mamsell Maria Lovisa Laurell is found brutally murdered in her apartment in Stockholm in September 1867. It becomes an extraordinary murder investigation with pressing interrogation techniques and unexpected twists. With the help of archival material and court documents, the case gets new life. Participants: coroner Eva Rudd, history professor Roddy Nilsson and prison historian Katarina Kallings.

On a foggy and dark night in 1892, homesteader Sol Lars Jonsson disappears in Dalarna. He is found half a year later floating in Vanån. Who or who is behind the murder? With the help of archival material and court documents, the coroner Eva Rudd, the investigator Göran Olsson and the genealogist Leif Mörkfors give the case new life.

In the summer of 1905, 29-year-old Alva Nordberg was arrested after coming to town with a child's corpse in a box. Alva is suspected of being a so-called angel maker who took foster children for payment and neglected them to death. What actually happened in the cottage on Gräddö in Stockholm's archipelago? With the help of archival material and court documents as well as coroner Eva Rudd, professor Johanna Sköld and genealogist Leif Mörkfors, David Lagercrantz gives the case new life.

One evening in 1852, desperate cries for help are heard from a woman who is being abused in her home in Kalmar. But no one dares to come and interrupt the fight in the shabby shack settlement and she is beaten to death. Why didn't Maria get help and what happened to daughter Augusta? With the help of archival material and court documents as well as historian Marie Eriksson, docent Hanna Enefalk and professor Roddy Nilsson, David Lagercrantz gives the case new life.

It takes 27 years before the law catches up with mass murderer Carl Fredrik Wykman. Previously, no one dared to testify, but words on a deathbed change everything. How many murders does Wykman have on his conscience? How many witnesses has he silenced? With the help of archival material and court documents as well as genealogist Leif Mörkfors, forensic doctors Eva Rudd and Katarina Howner, David Lagercrantz lets the case get new life.

One early autumn morning in 1928, 13-year-old Holger Stål is found murdered with an ax in his peasant cabin. Shortly afterwards, his father and siblings are also found murdered. What happened during the night? Is an ax murderer on the loose? With the help of archival material and court documents, as well as genealogist Leif Mörkfors and forensic doctors Eva Rudd and Katarina Howner, David Lagercrantz gives the case new life.