88: Thomas Pettersson | The Assassination Of Olof Palme & The Unlikely Murderer

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The assassination of Olaf Palma shook Sweden to the core. This is the podcast with Thomas Pettersson journeying through the Olaf Palma case from top to bottom.

After 12 years of research that resulted in the book The Unlikely Murderer, journalist Thomas Pettersson brought the case to an end. His findings renewed the police investigation of suspect Stig Engström in 2017, and it led to the final judiciary closure in June 2020.

In This Podcast With Thomas Pettersson, You Can Expect To Hear About…

• Sweden's Culture.
• How The Police Botched The Case Again & Again.
• Skandiamannen.
• How The Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction.

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• 00:00 – Introduction.
• 04:18 – Context For Swedish Society & Olof Palme Without Bodyguards.
• 12:18 – Who Was Olof Palme? What Made Him So Controversial?
• 25:53 – Olof Palme’s Mates: Gandhi, Castro, Arafat & More.
• 32:16 – The Series Of Events That Led To Olof Palme’s Murder.
• 39:38 – Largest Police Investigation In History.
• 52:28 – Conspiracy Theories For Olof Palme’s Assassination.
• 1:03:23 – Skandiamannen.
• 1:32:23 – Thomas Pettersson.
• 1:42:23 – Status Of The Police Investigation.
• 1:46:18 – The Exact Series Of Events That Led To Olof Palme’s Assassination According To Thomas Pettersson.
• 1:55:18 – Motives Of The Assassin.
• 1:58:18 – What Does The Palme Family Think About Thomas Pettersson’s Theory?
• 2:04:18 – What Is Thomas Pettersson’s Most Fascinating Takeaway?
• 2:11:03 – How Olof Palme’s Death Affected Sweden’s Culture.
• 2:15:29 – Wrapping It Up.
• 2:16:29 – Afterthoughts.

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Links To Thomas Pettersson

• The Unlikely Murderer

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