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Screams from the past
Screams from the past
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Screams from the past

2022
1 season
8 episodes
CrimeDocumentary

Renowned author and journalist David Lagerkrantz, along with historians, forensic scientists and investigators, sheds new light on Swedish murders in the past.

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Cast

David Lagercrantz

E

Eva Rudd

L

Leif Mörkfors

R

Roddy Nilsson

K

Katarina Howner

E

Erika Sjöö

C

Clas Lindgren

H

Harriet Pettersson

H

Helena Mörkfors

R

Roger Tjärnström

G

Gunilla Kindstrand

O

Ola Nyman

Seasons

With the help of archived material, court records and experts, David Lagerkrantz breathes new life into old criminal cases.

  • The Double Murderer from Ljusdal

    1.The Double Murderer from Ljusdal

    13-06-202249 min

    Ljusdal, 1898: Farmer's wife, Sara, resorts to unusual and cruel methods to fullfil her dreams of a better life. With the help of archived material, court records and coroner Eva R...

  • The Murder at the Hotel Royal

    2.The Murder at the Hotel Royal

    13-06-202249 min

    Two young German men are in Stockholm in 1907 to appear in a variety show. When they suddenly find themselves without a job or any money, desperation leads them to horrible crimes....

  • The Murder of the Mamsell

    3.The Murder of the Mamsell

    13-06-202248 min

    Mamsell Maria Lovisa Laurell is found brutally murdered in her flat in Stockholm in September 1867. An extraordinary investigation follows, with coercive interrogation techniques a...

  • The case of Sol Lars

    4.The case of Sol Lars

    13-06-202248 min

    A dark and foggy night in 1892 yeoman Sol Lars Jonsson disappears in Dalarna. He is found six months later, floating in the river Vanån. Who is behind the murder? With the help of...

  • The Angel Maker

    5.The Angel Maker

    04-07-202249 min

    In the summer of 1905, 29-year-old Alva Nordberg is arrested after arriving in town with a baby's corpse in a box. Alva is suspected of being a baby farmer, a so called angel maker...

  • The Bank Murder

    6.The Bank Murder

    04-07-202248 min

    One night in 1852 desperate calls for help can be heard coming from a woman being abused in her home in Kalmar. But no one dares interrupt the bruiser in the shabby hovel and she i...

  • The Multiple Murderer Wykman

    7.The Multiple Murderer Wykman

    04-07-202248 min

    It takes 27 years for justice to catch up with multi-murderer Carl Fredrik Wykman. No one has dared testify before, but a death-bed confession changes everything. How many lives ar...

  • The Murders in Munkhyttan

    8.The Murders in Munkhyttan

    04-07-202249 min

    An early autumn morning in 1928. 13-year-old Holger Stål is found murdered with an axe in his farm-workers hut. Shortly afterwards his father, brother and sister are also found kil...

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