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.
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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.
Early in the morning of January 1968 a 43-year-old taxi driver was found shot in the back of the head in his car in Reykjavik. A shockwave went through the society and taxi drivers in this small capital were terrified. Who could have done such a thing in this small peaceful city?
1996 was a lifechanging year for me. Not only had I realised the seriousness of the case of the two disappearences in 1974, how badly the police and justice system in Iceland had failed. But, that year, I also lost my mental health, became paranoid, as I lost my faith in justice.
Six young people were sentenced for the involvement of the disappearances of Gudmundur and Geirfinnur 1974 in Iceland. Without any tangible evidence, but the court verdicts were based on their own testimonies, which were withdrawn before court, except one, who withdrew his testimony in my TV documentary in 1997.
Two disappearances hurl six people into murder cases where they are used as a ploy in a grander scheme by the authorities. Five defendants were acquitted 38 years later, but the sixth, a woman, is still considered guilty of making false statements instead of the state facing its own grave mistakes.
Welcome to Black Ice. The first of a new series of podcasts on Icelandic crimes. We introduce our hosts, Sigursteinn Masson, an investigative journalist with extensive experience investigating crime in Iceland. And, Byron Russell, a true crime enthusiast, asking the relevant questions you want the answers to.
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.
