Episode 226: The Murder of Kim Wall - Part 1

A brilliant journalist was on assignment in one of the safest countries in the world. While interviewing an internationally known inventor about his eccentric creations, she had no idea she was spending time with a violent psychopath. This week’s episode is The Murder of Kim Wall - Part 1.

Help preserve Kim Wall's legacy and fund the future of female journalism with the Kim Wall Memorial Fund: https://www.iwmf.org/programs/kim-wall-memorial-fund/

DOCUMENTARIES

Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall, HBO Max: https://www.hbo.com/undercurrent-the-disappearance-of-kim-wall

 Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case, Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/watch/80239100?trackId=255824129&tctx=

SOURCES

A Message from Kim Wall's Family, Remembering Kim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dOGDq2Yw5E

Danish inventor accused of Kim Wall murder 'psychopathic', court hears, The Guardian UK: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/05/peter-madsen-psychiatric-assessment-kim-wall-trial-copenhagen

Danish killer confesses to murder of Kim Wall for first time, The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/09/danish-killer-peter-madsen-confesses-to-murder-of-kim-wall-for-first-time

'Instead of writing headlines my daughter, Kim Wall, became one', Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-8436733/Instead-writing-headlines-daughter-Kim-Wall-one.html

Inventor smiled as he detailed chopping up journalist’s body, NY Post: https://nypost.com/2018/03/08/inventor-fondly-recalls-chopping-up-journalists-body/

Kim Wall's Accused Killer Peter Madsen Showed Psychopathic Traits, Exam Finds, Oxygen: https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/kim-wall-accused-killer-peter-madsen-psychopath-exam

Kim Wall: An 'exceptional' journalist remembered, BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41022925

Kim Wall's gruesome death detailed in Peter Madsen murder trial: A timeline, Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/us/kim-walls-gruesome-death-detailed-in-peter-madsen-murder-trial-a-timeline

Kim Wall murder suspect a 'loving psychopath', DW: https://www.dw.com/en/dane-accused-of-brutal-submarine-murder-calls-himself-a-loving-psychopath/a-43112498

Monster of the deep: A Swedish journalist was lured into the submarine of a maverick inventor who tortured and dismembered her - now three years later, a new book links him to the death of a teenage girl months before, Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8465131/Swedish-journalist-dismembered-inventor-new-book-links-teenage-girls-death.html

Peter Madsen Guilty Verdict Leaves Lingering Questions and Pain, New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/peter-madsen-guilty-verdict-leaves-lingering-questions-and-pain

Peter Madsen's submarine has been destroyed, DR News Denmark: https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/peter-madsens-ubad-er-blevet-destrueret

‘Undercurrent’ HBO Documentary Explores Story Behind The Murder Of Journalist Kim Wall, Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/risasarachan/2022/03/10/undercurrent-hbo-documentary-explores-story-behind-the-murder-of-journalist-kim-wall/?sh=5492ba676639

‘We don’t want her to be remembered as the victim’: Kim Wall’s parents on telling her story, The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/04/kim-wall-journalist-parents-book