Assassination of Olof Palme | Who Killed the Swedish Prime Minister?
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What happened to Olof Palme?
On one of Stockholm's busiest streets, Sweden's prime minister was gunned down after a night at the movies. What followed was one of the largest investigations in Europe's history involving conspiracy theories of spies, political enemies, and foreign governments. Today, we uncover the assassination of Olof Palme. This is Red Web.
Welcome back, Task Force, to another episode of Red Web, the podcast all about unsolved mysteries, true crime, and the paranormal. I am your resident mystery enthusiast, Trevor Collins, and joining me hearing this case for the very first time, Alfredo Diaz.
Sounds political, so it's going to be a rabbit hole of just, I don't know, spy thriller stuff in my head.
I've Mr. Miyagi'd you well over these four and a half years. Yep. Yes, indeed. You prepared me. A lot of rabbit holes, a lot of conspiracies, a lot of things to uncover. It's a huge case. I want to jump the gun on this one to kind of really... I mean, it's a prime minister of Sweden, so you imagine it's going to be... But fun fact, like it's worth mentioning, this case was so large, investigators interrogated over 10,000 people. And Fredo, you know this one. We had 134 confessions out of the woodwork over the years. So who knows what comes out of this?
Still blows my mind that people are like, I did it. It was me.
Put my name on it. I'm out here. I did it.
I was nowhere near, but I did it.
But yes, this is going to be a twisty turny one. We're going to go into the political background to give you all the information necessary to get that context and that groundwork laid. We'll talk about the scene of the crime, what few witnesses were there, but people did see some stuff. And then, of course, we're going to follow up with some of the key suspects. Of course, we're not going to cover 10,000 people or 134 full confessions, but some of the key suspects and conspiracies that have arisen from this case. I will say police feel like they have closure on this one, but many people believe that it is one of these other theories, that it isn't fully answered, and it has since gone discussed for the many decades since.
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And of course, store.redwebpod.com, another way to support us directly. I'm wearing one of our Task Force Access shirts. And then, of course, you can review us wherever you listen to it. But I want to dive in. I'm so eager for this nebulous winding case. So, Olof Palme was the prime minister of Sweden twice in his life. Despite his conservative upbringing, Palme was a leftist, and he joined the Social Democratic Party where he was mentored by Prime Minister Tage Erlander, who served from 1946 to 1969. This is where I give my very casual but honest caveat there's going to be a lot of swedish words in this episode and i'm gonna i'm gonna hold on and grip for dear life as the swedish task force reacts to this but i'm gonna do my best there's some you guys got some long words i'll just be honest
Now, Palme was a member of parliament and eventually became prime minister, as I indicated, but he was the successor directly to Erlander in 1969 before his second four-year term began later in 1982. As you can imagine, Palme's ideas were very popular with the left and very unpopular with the right in a nation whose political divide was quite contentious at the time.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What happened to Olof Palme?
0:06–7:27
2
Who were the main suspects in Palme's assassination?
7:27–10:31
3
What were the key details of the crime scene?
10:31–13:26
4
How many confessions were made regarding the assassination?
13:26–24:47
5
What was the aftermath of the investigation?
24:47–28:23
6
How did political tensions contribute to Palme's assassination?
28:23–32:29
7
What theories have emerged about the motive behind the murder?
32:29–45:22
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