4 AUG 2024 · Sweden: Land of fjords, meatballs, and...murder? That's right, behind the Nordic charm lies a darker side. Join the BTC as we peel back the layers of this seemingly perfect country to reveal chilling true crime stories that will make you question everything you thought you knew about the Scandinavian dream. A special thanks to this week's guest host, Rachel Bauman!
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Research links below!
Murderpedia - https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hedin-tore.htm
Criminally Intrigued - https://www.criminallyintrigued.com/blog/2017/11/26/tore-hedin-swedens-worst-spree-killer
Medium - https://klakstrom.medium.com/when-the-law-turns-bad-tore-hedin-4b6fe08f2b8
Tina Eslami - https://prezi.com/r_l858jdhysr/tore-hedin-spree-killing/
Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tore_Hedin%27s_body_1952.jpg
Alamy - https://www.alamy.com/archive-tore-hedin-investigates-the-crime-scene-after-the-axe-murder-of-mill-owner-john-allan-nilsson-in-tjrnarp-sweden-in-1951-hedin-later-was-revealed-as-the-perpetrator-hedin-also-murdered-his-parents-and-several-elderly-people-in-a-retirement-home-by-arson-hedin-later-took-his-life-by-drowning-in-lake-bosarpsjn-pressens-bildtt-via-ap-image508566412.html
Aftonbladet - https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/4dOryq/fortsatt-livstid-for-lasermannen
Aftonbladet - https://web.archive.org/web/20181115235021/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article10204655.ab
Aftonbladet - https://web.archive.org/web/20160305080555/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article10715482.ab
The Local - https://www.thelocal.de/20180221/swedens-laser-man-killer-verdict-over-frankfurt-murder
Murderpedia - https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/ausonius-john.htm
The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/25/germany-extradites-laser-man-killer-john-ausonius-to-sweden
The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/07/malmo-race-shooting-arrest
The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/13/swedens-laser-man-killer-john-ausonius-trial-germany-murder-woman-frankfurt
BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42340711
DW - https://www.dw.com/en/laser-man-john-ausonius-receives-life-sentence-in-frankfurt/a-42672805