Sunday, July 1, 2018

A cold case is reopened in the BBC and NRK’s podcast Death in Ice Valley

There are a ton of podcasts out there, but finding the right one can be difficult. In our new column Pod Hunters, we cover what we’ve been listening to that we can’t stop thinking about.

On November 29th, 1970, a family discovered the body of a woman in Norway’s Isdalen Valley in Bergen. It was a strange scene: the body was burned, and an autopsy later found at least 50 sleeping pills in her stomach. Investigators discovered a pair of suitcases at a nearby train station, loaded with money, clothing without labels, eight fake passports, and some other objects, only to have the case abruptly closed.

To this date, the so-called Isdal Woman has never been identified, and the case has stoked the interest of journalists, mystery authors, and...

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