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Black Ice

Black Ice

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From the Land of Fire and Ice – Comes Black Ice

Black Ice explores Iceland’s most fascinating and chilling criminal cases — from hidden scandals and unsolved disappearances to crimes that shook one of the world’s most peaceful nations.

With every episode, hosts Sigursteinn Másson and Byron Russell dive deep beneath the surface of Icelandic society, uncovering the human stories behind the headlines.

Combining investigative research, storytelling, and the haunting atmosphere of the North, Black Ice invites listeners to question what really lies beneath the calm, frozen landscape.

New episode every Friday!

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Episodes
  • The Most Dangerous Criminal of Iceland - Part 1

    The Most Dangerous Criminal of Iceland - Part 1
    Jan 9 2026

    In 1999, I went to the main prison in Iceland and sat across from the so called ´most dangerous criminal of Iceland!” Now that may not sound so scary to someone in the UK or the US, where there are many dangerous criminals. However, In Iceland, this experience evoked a profound sense of apprehension.

    In 1992 a young man was given this not so positive title by the Icelandic media. He had then in a short period of time attacked women in different parts of the country in the most brutal way one can think of.

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    34 mins
  • The Perfect Crime

    The Perfect Crime
    Jan 2 2026

    Two bank robberies in 1995 were talked about as the perfect crimes, but were they?
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    27 mins
  • Shoot Out in Reykjavik

    Shoot Out in Reykjavik
    Dec 26 2025

    The first time anyone one was shot dead in a police operation in Iceland was in December 2013. A 59-year-old man had been firing a shotgun from inside his Reykjavík apartment. When special forces broke into the man’s apartment, he fired at them and the police responded equally. This was one of the most read and shared stories on BBC that December because it was an unprecedented incident in Iceland.
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    35 mins
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