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Fatal Destination: Baja Noir on Investigation Discovery investigates the brutal murder of a wealthy man in Baja California, Mexico. The case reveals a dark side of the holiday paradise marked by greed and a deadly love drama.

Camilla Bjerregaard Aurvig and Kristine Sofie Bugbee present in the special episode Mørkeawards 2025 the most important true crime releases from the past year. The episode highlights listeners' favorites and the hosts' own recommendations within dark stories.

Wolfgang Priklopil kidnapped 10-year-old Natascha Kampusch in Austria in 1998, which began eight and a half years of captivity in a basement in Strasshof an der Nordbahn. Episode 304 of Mørkeland also highlights a Swedish case involving a man who set his fiancée on fire in a van.

Natascha Kampusch was abducted by Wolfgang Priklopil in Vienna in 1998 at the age of 10 and held captive for eight and a half years. The episode examines the psychological mechanisms and the dramatic escape in 2006.

Michael Skakel was tried in 2002 for the murder of Martha Moxley, which took place in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1975. The episode examines the prosecution's lack of technical evidence and their reliance on witness testimony regarding confessions.

Something About Cari (Dateline NBC) covers in its third episode, The Circle Expands, the dramatic events following Cari Farver's disappearance in 2012. The investigators are confronted here with an arson and a sophisticated campaign of digital personality splitting orchestrated by Shanna Liz Golyar.

Michael Skakel was indicted in 2002 for the murder of Martha Moxley, which took place in 1975 in Greenwich, Connecticut. The episode covers the prosecution's case, which primarily relied on witness testimony regarding confessions rather than technical evidence.

Mørkeland presents in episode 303 two international criminal cases involving a serial killer known as The Werewolf Butcher and a woman found murdered in a compost heap. The hosts investigate the psychological mechanisms behind the perpetrators' attempts to conceal their crimes.