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From the Land of Fire and Ice – Comes Black IceBlack Ice explores Iceland’s most fascinating and chilling criminal cases — from hidden scandals and unsolved disappearances to crimes that shook one of the world’s most peaceful nations.With every episode, hosts Sigursteinn Másson and Byron Russell dive deep beneath the surface of Icelandic society, uncovering the human stories behind the headlines.Combining investigative research, storytelling, and the haunting atmosphere of the North, Black Ice invites listeners to question what really lies beneath the calm, frozen landscape.
Unknown Host hosts Black Ice, a true crime show with 19 episodes published.
The heinous murder of a young girl in Reykjavik 1947 seemed to be a desperate cry for help from the murderer. And, he unfortunately decided to go this horrific way to get some attention. Human contact and interactions 34
Two attacks on young girls in the east side of Reykjavik shook the nation.
The prelude to the atrocity that led to the death of Svavar was that Svavar and Lóa, his common-law wife, had been out partying the night before the horrific event. Thráinn Hleinar Kristjánsson had also done so, along wi
On April 1, 1979, a 56-year-old man was murdered in his home at Hverfisgata 34. The deceased's name was Svavar Sigurðsson. He had been stabbed to death with a kitchen knife. The police were notified a few hours after the
By 2017 he was in his 60s. He had serious convictions of fraud behind him. All sorts of victims including widows. A man was about to be killed because of his activity.
Reykjavik early 1980s. The wind of the bay is sharp. The houses are quiet. Inside one of them lives a man who helped shape Iceland‘s financial conversation at the national level. A young man will one day be convicted of
Björgvin Thor, who was called the most dangerous criminal of Iceland, said he could not believe he would break into a house, threaten a woman to kill her two sons and then rape her violently. Yet a Couple months later he
In 1999, I went to the main prison in Iceland and sat across from the so called ´most dangerous criminal of Iceland!” Now that may not sound so scary to someone in the UK or the US, where there are many dangerous crimina
Two bank robberies in 1995 were talked about as the perfect crimes, but were they?
The first time anyone one was shot dead in a police operation in Iceland was in December 2013. A 59-year-old man had been firing a shotgun from inside his Reykjavík apartment. When special forces broke into the man’s apa
A lorry driver comes across a young woman covered in blood trying to get away from a man and a car in south Iceland. She comes running and screaming in a panic towards the driver. "He tries to kill me" the young woman sh
In the summer of 1982, two friends, sisters, set out to explore the raw beauty of Iceland. A land, then untouched by mass tourism. What began as a carefree adventure through glaciers and black sands spiralled into terror
Gunnar, the taxi driver accused of murdering another taxi driver in Reykjavik 1968, denies being involved, even though the murder weapon, Wesson 32 calibre pistol was found in his car. The police are certain they got the
Early in the morning of January 1968 a 43-year-old taxi driver was found shot in the back of the head in his car in Reykjavik. A shockwave went through the society and taxi drivers in this small capital were terrified. W
A Black Ice Special: Interview with Dr Gisli Gudjonsson.
1996 was a lifechanging year for me. Not only had I realised the seriousness of the case of the two disappearences in 1974, how badly the police and justice system in Iceland had failed. But, that year, I also lost my me
Six young people were sentenced for the involvement of the disappearances of Gudmundur and Geirfinnur 1974 in Iceland. Without any tangible evidence, but the court verdicts were based on their own testimonies, which were
Two disappearances hurl six people into murder cases where they are used as a ploy in a grander scheme by the authorities. Five defendants were acquitted 38 years later, but the sixth, a woman, is still considered guilty
Welcome to Black Ice. The first of a new series of podcasts on Icelandic crimes. We introduce our hosts, Sigursteinn Masson, an investigative journalist with extensive experience investigating crime in Iceland. And, Byro
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