248: The Orderud Murders | Norway

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

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🗓️ 14 December 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In May 1999, three members of the Orderud family were found shot to death in their home in rural Norway. The victims — Kristian and Marie Orderud and their daughter Anne — had been killed in the dead of night in what appeared to be a cold and calculated execution. Despite four people being convicted of complicity, no one has ever been held legally responsible for pulling the trigger. What followed was one of the most controversial criminal cases in modern Norwegian history. In this episode, we unpack the family tensions, forensic mysteries, legal battles, and lingering questions that still surround the Orderud case today.

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Resources
NRK – Orderud: Det uløste trippeldrapet (Full archive)
VG Special – Bevisene etter trippeldrapet på Orderud gård
Store norske leksikon – Orderud-saken
News in English – Orderuds seek reopening of triple murder probe
News in English – Orderud convicts released
Wikipedia – Orderud Case
Global Freedom of Expression – Egeland and Hanseid v. Norway (re: trial publicity)
HubPages – The Orderud Case: Triple-Murder in Norway

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.

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1:04.9	community northeast of Oslo, when Hans Orderud arrived at the family farm. It was Sunday, the 23rd of May, 1999.
1:14.3	Hans walked up the gravel drive of his brother's home, as he had done countless times before.
1:19.5	The air was still, quiet, but something was off. The Karbalig, a modest house separate from the main
1:27.4	farmhouse, should have been stirring
1:29.6	with life.
1:31.4	Hans knocked.
1:32.4	No answer.
1:34.2	He peered through the window.
1:36.1	The curtain was out of place, and the glass on the veranda door was shattered.
1:41.5	Cautiously he entered the house.
1:43.7	What he found inside was a scene of unimaginable horror.
1:48.1	Lying in pools of blood were the bodies of 84-year-old Christian Orderud, his wife Marie, aged 81,
1:55.1	and their daughter, 47-year-old Anne Orderud Paust.
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