Episode 260: Iceland’s Strangest True Crime Mystery: The Disappearance of Guðmundur and Geirfinnur

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🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 117 minutes

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**SKIP TO 00:20:21 TO HEAR THE STORY** TW: This episode will feature murder, torture, and descriptions of mental illness which some listeners may find disturbing, listener discretion is advised. Two men vanished into the Icelandic winter without a trace. No bodies. No crime scenes. No forensic evidence. And yet six people would eventually confess to murders they may never have committed???? This week, we’re diving into the infamous Guðmundur and Geirfinnur case, better known as The Reykjavik Confessions AKA Iceland’s most disturbing and controversial criminal investigation. What began as two mysterious disappearances in 1974 spiraled into a nightmare of isolation cells, psychological manipulation, alleged coerced confessions, and a national obsession that destroyed lives. Under immense pressure to solve the case, Icelandic police subjected suspects to hundreds of hours of interrogation, prolonged solitary confinement, sleep deprivation, and heavy sedation. Some prisoners became so psychologically broken they no longer trusted their own memories. Decades later, many Icelanders came to believe the confessions were entirely false — and in 2018, five of the six convictions were finally overturned by Iceland’s Supreme Court! Was there ever a killer at all? Or did an entire country slowly convince itself a murder had happened? Today on Let’s Get Haunted, we are picking apart the strange disappearance of GUDMUNDER and GEIRFINNUR and delving into the most haunted theories… then we will hear from a local who has received some insight from otherworldly sources?? BUCKLE TY UP, bc we are getting haunted folks! TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 HOOK & PERSONAL HAUNTINGS 00:20:21 STORY BEGINS 00:25:26 ZENNI AD 01:27:15 INTERVIEW WITH BRYNJA KULA 01:40:00 LAST THOUGHTS AND THEORIES 01:30:00 SECRET PASSWORD AND DONOR SHOUTOUTS! THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED!! Find out more about this week’s advertisers below! Go to https://zenni.com/podcast and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off your first order. *READ NAT’S HAUNTED SLOW BURN DRAGON ROMANCE BOOK!* Amazon Kindle https://a.co/78hzQn9 Spotify Audiobook http://bit.ly/44DuQ90 *CHECK OUT ALY’S SOLO PODCAST!*: https://www.instagram.com/frightsizedpod/ Other Important Stuff: Join the Patreon today! https://patreon.com/c/letsgethaunted LGH Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: / letsgethaunted Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: www.letsethaunted.com SPECIAL THANKS TO RYAN FOR HELP WITH EDITING~ SLAY —— SOURCES: [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/lao96i/gu%C3%B0mundur_and_geirfinnur_case_icelands_famous/ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaLdHd2J-xM [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzGmwlXirC4 [4] https://digit.site36.net/2019/05/06/justice-scandal-in-iceland-was-led-by-german-commissioner/ [5] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_reykjavik_confessions MUSIC: [1] • No Copyright Halloween Spooky Haunted Back... Keywords: Gudmundur and Geirfinnur case, Iceland disappearance mystery, Iceland true crime, Reykjavik disappearances, Guðmundur Einarsson, Geirfinnur Einarsson, Icelandic cold case, Reykjavik confessions case, false confession true crime, Iceland mystery podcast, unsolved disappearance Iceland, strange disappearances, Nordic true crime, Scandinavian mystery, Iceland conspiracy, Keflavik mystery, Reykjavik crime history, true crime podcast, paranormal podcast, Let’s Get Haunted, Lets Get Haunted podcast, haunted mysteries, eerie disappearances, unsolved cases, Iceland folklore, Iceland dark history, mysterious vanishings, true crime investigation, wrongful conviction Iceland, memory implantation case, psychological interrogation, missing persons mystery, spooky podcast, conspiracy theories, bizarre true crime, Icelandic mysteries, creepy history, cold case podcast, Nordic noir, mysterious cases, haunted Iceland, disappearance documentary, unexplained events, cult true crime audience, weird history podcast, dark tourism Iceland, Reykjavik harbor mystery, Geirfinnur case explained, Gudmundur case explained Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. I'm M. Schultz. And I'm Christine Schiefer, and we are the host of the scariest podcast. It's called,
0:06.6	And That's Why We Drink. I handle all of the paranormal, and Christine handles everything that's real and scary.
0:12.8	Hopefully, there's a little something for everybody on our podcast, but in case you like us, even more than just wanting to listen to us, you can read books that we have written. We wrote two
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0:28.3	on tour. Yes. Okay. If you like what you hear, you can also see us live. We are currently
0:33.8	touring the nation with some scripted live shows of actual ghost hunts that we have done
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0:58.2	at ATWWD podcast.
1:01.2	I'm Rachel, and I have a new show, Woo Woo! With Rachel Dratch.
1:05.0	It's an otherworldly comedy podcast where I, along with my co-host, Irene Bremas,
1:09.8	talk to my funny friends about their own
1:11.6	experiences with the eerie and the unknown. Psychics, spirits, astro projection, check, check, and check.
1:18.5	You may think we live in a world where there's a logical explanation for anything out of the ordinary,
1:22.7	but after you spend some time with me and my pals, you might have your doubts and find that you too are woo-woo.
1:29.2	So when the lobsters come for us, when our lobster overlords come, you heard it here first.
1:36.1	Join me for a podcast that turns the mysterious tales of my funny friends into a spirited conversation.
1:42.4	Search for Woo-W with Rachel Dratch, wherever you're listening now.
1:50.9	Imagine you murder someone in cold blood, hide the body and get away with it.
1:58.4	Then you turn on the news and watch as six other people admit to the murder
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