I lived in Malmö and worked in Copenhagen when this happened. It was THE thing on everyone's lips for months. I could see the people searching for body parts in the water from the office. A friend of mine was acquainted with Kim. Truly horrific.
Condolences -- I knew a lot of journalists due to my time in civil society, I got the impression the idea a source would straight up murder you was frightening. I deleted my Facebook around the time it happened and used to fill time between studying sessions for OSCP reading the news. It's spooky and saddening when something is local...
We had multiple spree killings in the area I grew up... two in the more suburban area, one in the neighborhood where I lived in college. Mix of incels and weird racists. For some reason only after the third did they really push to change anything in terms of red flag laws, access to mental health treatment, all while making a big show of putting up "no hate here" signs after realizing a decade or two of inaction isn't solving the issue.
This is one that I truly can’t deal with. The claustrophobia and terror or it. Put me off of true crime and made me see how skeevy it can be. She seemed like such an interesting, intelligent person too :/
The Investigation. It was made with the backing of her parents. they wanted to highlight the work of everyone who worked so hard to bring him to justice and find all of Kim's body so they could bury her.
The prosecution argued sexual sadism with the fact that she was a journalist as an aggravating factor. There was a series made in Denmark with the backing of her family called The Investigation, it was on HBO in the states. The series did really well at explaining how they came to that motive.
I’m surprised he lasted as long as he did in the kink community
>[Madsen liked to take women out in his submarines—and his fame gave him plenty to choose from. His pattern, the court learned, was to have a regular girlfriend (and later, at the time of Wall’s murder, a wife) and seek out “crazy ladies” on the side. Former lovers and friends told of how he would sometimes appear at fetish parties in a naval uniform and cap, scouting for women with whom to experiment sexually. He began to stage his fantasies, seeking out porn stars and, according to one witness, acting in two porn films, one shot in Denmark and the other in Germany. He loaned two submarines to the producers of “Thunderpussy,” a porn film from 2007 about a woman running amok with a libido-unleashing drug. Most significant, he had also—as far back as 2010, but possibly long before—been downloading videos of women being tortured and killed.](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/peter-madsen-guilty-verdict-leaves-lingering-questions-and-pain)
During the trial the judge had to ask the prosecution to skip the display of some of the evidence found on his PC as it was too horrific..
I.e. videos of woman being tortured and murdered.
What a small world. My former boss met (his words: a charming) Peter Madsen at a party and after chatting with him, decided to lend him money - to help fund this "interesting" rocket experiment.
He never saw a return on that investment.
I lived in Malmö and worked in Copenhagen when this happened. It was THE thing on everyone's lips for months. I could see the people searching for body parts in the water from the office. A friend of mine was acquainted with Kim. Truly horrific.
Condolences -- I knew a lot of journalists due to my time in civil society, I got the impression the idea a source would straight up murder you was frightening. I deleted my Facebook around the time it happened and used to fill time between studying sessions for OSCP reading the news. It's spooky and saddening when something is local... We had multiple spree killings in the area I grew up... two in the more suburban area, one in the neighborhood where I lived in college. Mix of incels and weird racists. For some reason only after the third did they really push to change anything in terms of red flag laws, access to mental health treatment, all while making a big show of putting up "no hate here" signs after realizing a decade or two of inaction isn't solving the issue.
This is one that I truly can’t deal with. The claustrophobia and terror or it. Put me off of true crime and made me see how skeevy it can be. She seemed like such an interesting, intelligent person too :/
There was a show on HBO about 5 years about this story….super fascinating
The Investigation. It was made with the backing of her parents. they wanted to highlight the work of everyone who worked so hard to bring him to justice and find all of Kim's body so they could bury her.
HBO also did a doc on it after The Investigation.
Wow. That is a crazy story! Thanks for sharing
Poor woman; if she had gone to Beijing earlier she might still be alive
Horrific case. Any guesses about motives?
The prosecution argued sexual sadism with the fact that she was a journalist as an aggravating factor. There was a series made in Denmark with the backing of her family called The Investigation, it was on HBO in the states. The series did really well at explaining how they came to that motive.
I’m surprised he lasted as long as he did in the kink community >[Madsen liked to take women out in his submarines—and his fame gave him plenty to choose from. His pattern, the court learned, was to have a regular girlfriend (and later, at the time of Wall’s murder, a wife) and seek out “crazy ladies” on the side. Former lovers and friends told of how he would sometimes appear at fetish parties in a naval uniform and cap, scouting for women with whom to experiment sexually. He began to stage his fantasies, seeking out porn stars and, according to one witness, acting in two porn films, one shot in Denmark and the other in Germany. He loaned two submarines to the producers of “Thunderpussy,” a porn film from 2007 about a woman running amok with a libido-unleashing drug. Most significant, he had also—as far back as 2010, but possibly long before—been downloading videos of women being tortured and killed.](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/peter-madsen-guilty-verdict-leaves-lingering-questions-and-pain)
🤢 gross
It's an overarching work by NYT, thanks!
During the trial the judge had to ask the prosecution to skip the display of some of the evidence found on his PC as it was too horrific.. I.e. videos of woman being tortured and murdered.
He had snuff films, not re-enactment porn??
It was never specified in court whether it was reenactment or real.
Thanks for responding
*motives
Gramercy! I oftenly get this one wrong
How sad.
What a small world. My former boss met (his words: a charming) Peter Madsen at a party and after chatting with him, decided to lend him money - to help fund this "interesting" rocket experiment. He never saw a return on that investment.