The School Book Depository - Killer in the Mountains

Self-experienced true crime-pop. ”I was ten, family vacation in the Swedish mountains and, as if rain, blisters, freeze dried food and biblical swarms of mosquitoes would not be enough, the place was suddenly invaded by helicopters and police officers. A couple had been murdered in a tent in our immediate vicinity and you could feel the tension in the air. The only thing separating us from this psychopath was one millimeter of canvas and other potential victims were few out there in the middle of nowhere. Luckily we made it out alive to tell the story, the killer however is still at large.” But the story didn’t end there. A few ears later a man confessed to this crime and a series of other homicides, sparking the greatest judicial scandal in Sweden. It was revealed that a team of prosecutors, therapists and lawyers had encouraged the man to confess to more and more murders by giving him therapeutic sessions, attention and drugs, claiming they could regenerate suppressed memories. As it turned out they w
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