11/05/2022
Something wicked this way comes... Is it season 2 of The Light Keeps Us Awake?
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06/04/2021
Episode 9 - The murder of Birna Brjánsdóttir
Out now on all platforms! 🔥🗣️🎙️
04/04/2021
Episode 9 - The murder of Birna Brjánsdóttir
WILL BE RELEASED TOMORROW
Birna Brjánsdóttir goes missing in January 2017. A major search and rescue operation is conducted and a few days after she is reported missing, her black dr Martens boots are found at an industrial site in a small icelandic port town. The Greenlandic fishermen Thomas Møller Olsen and Nikolaj Olsen soon become suspects when police find a link between them and Birna.
02/04/2021
Episode 9 - The murder of Birna Brjánsdóttir
WILL BE RELEASED APRIL 5
In January 2017 the 20-year old icelandic woman Birna Brjánsdóttir went missing after a night out in the capital Reykjavik. In a country that has basically a murder rate of zero, her demise meant a loss of innocence.
31/03/2021
Episode 8 - Paolo Macchiarini: Dr Death
AVAILABLE NOW ON ALL PLATFORMS
The famous star surgeon Paolo Macchiarini was recruited to Karolinska hospital and institute in 2010. He had successfully performed transplantations of tracheas from dead donors to living patients and his method was going to revolutionize the medical field. But there was a catch. This is a story of deceit, science fiction and a naked emperor.
25/03/2021
Episode 8 - Paolo Macchiarini: Dr Death
WILL BE RELEASED MARCH 29
Star surgeon Paolo Macchiarini has developed a new method to grow new tracheas using plastic scaffolding and stem cells. The only problem is that his research is fake and the method will prove to be fatal for 6 out of the 7 patients that he's operated on.
22/03/2021
Episode 7 - The Nordic Bonnie and Clyde
AVAILABLE NOW ON ALL PLATFORMS
Juha Valjakkala and Marita Routalammi are partners in love and crime. They sustain themselves by stealing cars, committing burglaries and thefts. In the summer of 1988, Sten Nilsson and his son Fredrick set after the two thieves to retrieve their stolen bike and follow them to the village cemetery.
21/03/2021
Episode 7 - The Nordic Bonnie and Clyde
WILL BE RELEASED TOMORROW
The church in the swedish small town Åmsele was the focal point of the triple murder of Sten, Ewa and Fredrik Nilsson in July 1988. The murders also involved a bike, a bottle of liqueur - and rabbits?
19/03/2021
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18/03/2021
Episode 7 - The Nordic Bonnie and Clyde
WILL BE RELEASED MARCH 22
Juha Valjakkala and Marita Routalammi were drifters sustaining themselves on burglaries and thefts in Finland and Sweden. In 1988, Juha's grandiose self-image was shattered when Sten Nilsson and his 15-year old son Fredrick confronted the pair for stealing the Nilssons' bike. Little did they know what Juha was capable of.
15/03/2021
Episode 6 - The Estonia disaster
Available on all platforms now!
14/03/2021
Episode 6 - The Estonia disaster
WILL BE RELEASED TOMORROW
M/S Estonia sank in the open sea south of finnish Utö on the 28th of September 1994. A fraction of the passengers would survive the disaster and the following night.
11/03/2021
Episode 6 - The Estonia disaster
WILL BE RELEASED MARCH 15
Cruising in the 90's was (and is) scandinavian culture if there ever was one. In September 1994 however the ship sailing from Estonia to Sweden was caught in a storm and for many people, life was never the same. Was it an accident or sabotage?
08/03/2021
Episode 5 - The black metal murders
Available at Apple podcasts, Spotify, Acast, Google podcasts (NEW) and more.
06/03/2021
Episode 5 - The black metal murders
WILL BE RELEASED MARCH 8
A su***de, two murders and arson. The common denominator was Varg Vikernes (or "The Count" as he was called in the press), who finally got his fifteen minutes in the spotlight.
03/03/2021
Episode 5 - The black metal murders
WILL BE RELEASED MARCH 8
In the late 80's a new subgenre of heavy metal started to develop in scandinavia - black metal. With a focus on and obsession with death the musicians and fans started to ask themselves just how far they could go to prove their dedication.
01/03/2021
Episode 4 - The hunger years 1867-1869
What is it like to starve? The scandinavian countries are known to offer a high quality of life - but has that always been the case? And what crimes are on the rise when there's a famine?
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1JeJJqFRe9GohMZ8YzjUib?si=zC5cfwv3SUyp39MOWkEr9Q&utm_source=copy-link
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/is/podcast/the-light-keeps-us-awake/id1554168162
Also available on Acast, Stitcher +more! - Coming soon on Google Podcasts -
01/03/2021
Episode 3 - Kim Wall (the submarine murder)
"What do you do when you have a big problem? You cut it up into smaller pieces."
Kim Wall went missing in August 2017 in Kögebukten, Denmark. The last person to have seen her was the eccentric, Gyro Gearloose-esque inventor she had met the night before.
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1JeJJqFRe9GohMZ8YzjUib?si=zC5cfwv3SUyp39MOWkEr9Q&utm_source=copy-link
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/is/podcast/the-light-keeps-us-awake/id1554168162
Also available on Acast, Stitcher +more! - Coming soon to Google Podcasts -
01/03/2021
Episode 2 - Finn Forests
Healers - or witches? The story of the so called Forest Finns is buried deep in the scandinavian soil, but unearthed here piece by piece. Known for their use of magic and belief in nature mysticism, many of the Forest Finns were seen as a threat to the church, to the country and to the safety of its people.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1u4KqPwH28nRA0ktfF4oY2?si=YXDUUKQcSeGlvdPEUCbCAA&utm_source=copy-link
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/is/podcast/the-light-keeps-us-awake/id1554168162
Also available on Acast, Stitcher +more! - Coming soon to Google Podcasts -
01/03/2021
Episode 1 - Wilma Andersson
17-year old Wilma Andersson went missing November 2019 from her apartment in Uddevalla, Sweden. While police and thousands of volunteers searched for her throughout the country, the truth of what happened to Wilma would unravel in the public eye. Available NOW wherever you get your podcasts.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1u4KqPwH28nRA0ktfF4oY2?si=YXDUUKQcSeGlvdPEUCbCAA&utm_source=copy-link
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/is/podcast/the-light-keeps-us-awake/id1554168162
Also available on Acast, Stitcher +more! - Coming soon to Google Podcasts -
01/03/2021
The Light Keeps Us Awake is a podcast about Nordic crime, punishment and other shared phenomena in Scandinavia.The purpose of this podcast is to guide you through a few of the murder cases that have embedded themselves into the consciousness of the societies of the Nordic countries, but also present other elements to our shared experience.
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Episode 9 - The murder of Birna Brjánsdóttir Out now on all platforms! 🔥🗣️🎙️ #truecrimepodcast #truecrime #scandinavia #scandicrime #iceland #nordicnoir #nordiccrime #thelightkeepsusawake #birnabrjánsdóttir
Episode 6 - The Estonia disaster Available on all platforms now! #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #historypodcast #nordicnoir #nordiccrime #scandinavia #estoniadisaster
Episode 5 - The black metal murders Available at Apple podcasts, Spotify, Acast, Google podcasts (NEW) and more. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #nordicnoir #nordiccrime #scandicrime #blackmetal #mayhem
Episode 2 - Finn Forests Healers - or witches? The story of the so called Forest Finns is buried deep in the scandinavian soil, but unearthed here piece by piece. Known for their use of magic and belief in nature mysticism, many of the Forest Finns were seen as a threat to the church, to the country and to the safety of its people. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1u4KqPwH28nRA0ktfF4oY2?si=YXDUUKQcSeGlvdPEUCbCAA&utm_source=copy-link#truecrime Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/is/podcast/the-light-keeps-us-awake/id1554168162 Also available on Acast, Stitcher +more! - Coming soon to Google Podcasts - #nordicnoir #nordiccrime #truecrimepodcast #scandicrime #finnskogen
Episode 1 - Wilma Andersson 17-year old Wilma Andersson went missing November 2019 from her apartment in Uddevalla, Sweden. While police and thousands of volunteers searched for her throughout the country, the truth of what happened to Wilma would unravel in the public eye. Available NOW wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1u4KqPwH28nRA0ktfF4oY2?si=YXDUUKQcSeGlvdPEUCbCAA&utm_source=copy-link#truecrime Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/is/podcast/the-light-keeps-us-awake/id1554168162 Also available on Acast, Stitcher +more! - Coming soon to Google Podcasts - #nordicnoir #nordiccrime #truecrimepodcast #wilmaandersson
