TV SERIES
True Nordic Crimes
CrimeDocumentary
Illegal smuggling, armed robbery, large scale prostitution and malicious murders are among the 16 unique stories in this true crime series.
Creative team
Sævar Guðmundsson (Director)
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Episodes
16 Episodes
011. The Airline Murder
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.
022. Crazy in Love
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.
033. A Robbery in Broad Daylight
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.
044. The Vanished Mother
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.
055. Night Horrors
A woman who is fast asleep in her living room is brutally attacked with a hammer in the middle of the night. Even though one of her daughter witnesses the attack through a glass door she can't not help her screaming mother because the perpetrator had locked the doors.
066. African Beauty
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.
077. The Dungeon Master
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.
088. The Death Sentence
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.
099. Prison Break
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.
1010. Footprints in the Snow
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. A few hours later he is called out again, but this time there is a dead body, brutally murdered, lying on the pavement.
1111. Bloody Business
Two young men start a fashion shop together with world famous brands. Just a few days after they open, one of them disappears without a trace. He was well known in his community so everybody takes part of big search, even the person who knew all about what really happened.
1212. The Telecom Scandal
Three men manage to steal over 2 million dollars from the telephone company that is owned and run by the government. The money was used to open a new and yet today a respectful television station. The scam ran over two years and took a lot of planning and deceiving.
1313. Human Trafficking
A young girl loses her mind aboard an airplane on route from Copenhagen to Iceland. She is picked up by the police on arrival. But just after they find out she is to be sold to prostitution in Iceland, she is kidnapped again from where she was in police custody.
1414. The Polar Star
A group of men attempt to smuggle a large amount of drugs over the Atlantic Ocean from Denmark to the Faeroe Islands and Iceland. What they don't know is that the Coast Guard is observing them almost all the way.
1515. A Body in the Harbour
A body is found in the harbour in a small village in Eastern Iceland. When the coroner's office inspects the body they find a massive amount of illegal drugs in the body's stomach. An unbelievable story.
1616. The Amphetamine Factory
At one point the biggest and most technically advanced Amphetamine Factory in Europe was in Iceland. It was run by ex-prisoners and one of them had studied chemistry at University level while in jail.