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The Shrink next Door

I have listened to quite a number of strange pod casts and many time thought that reality beats fiction. “The Shrink next Door” is another of those pod casts.

Listen to (and be baffled by) how a psychiatrist takes over – literally- the life of one his patients: He takes over his familiy life, his business, his house. How is this even possible? and how does the patient finally “escape” after thirty – yes you read it correctly 30 years!!

The podcast explores the professional ethics of a psychiatrist insinuating himself into the personal, family and financial life of a patient

I can highly recommend it!

The Shrink Next Door

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Tunnel 29 – under update

Tunnel 29: Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends and strangers escape.

Part of the BBC Intrigue series

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The Ratline

The Ratline is a historical based podcast about a real Nazi’s escape after the war.

It is well narrated and completed with interviews with the escapee’s wife (taped) and son all with a historical back-drop. Another well produced BBC podcast; this time by Philippe Sands.

The term “ratline” is used to describe all the various means by which members of the Nazi regime left Europe after the Second World War and this particular story is about Otto Wächter who was the Nazi Governor of Galicia, now western Ukraine told through the original letters to his wife, recordings with his deceased wife and his son.

After the war, Otto Wächter spent three years in the Austrian mountains, before crossing into Italy and obtaining forged identity papers in order to flee Europe. In Italy, hestayed in a monastery and met Alois Hudal, the Rector of the German Pontifical College, a Nazi sympathiser and supporter of those on the run.


You can read more about the background here
Part of the BBC Intrigue series

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Unresolved

Damn good fiction. Love the British English language which flourishes throughout this intriguing story about a seemingly incidental death in a car accident, a mumified corpse, a mentally distrubed woman convicted of both with traces to WW2.

Confused? Maybe but sit back an enjoy as host Zoe Drew takes you on a journey of speculations, interviews, old tape recordings and visits to the alleged murderer.

Apart from the good story, I must admit I just love listening to the British English in this podcast. The language, besides the accent, is vivid and reminds me that you can express yourself much better when you leave out “sort of”, “like”, and “you know” and instead dig into the broad English dictionary of words with precise meanings.

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Death in Ice Valley

This was on of the first ones that got me hooked.

The podcasts follows the investigation of the death and identity of the Isdal Woman.

She was found dead in 1970, but who was she? where did she come from and why was she in this remote area of Norway?

The podcast takes you on a tour of Europe and scientific advances. It is well produced with atmosphere creating effects. I first heard it on a rainy day in the evening and in combination with the sound effects of the podcasts, I felt I was in the podcast – a bit scary actually!

If you get hooked and wants to join the investigation, there is a huge Facebook group of people doing just that – or maybe you get fed up with that pretty fast. I did, but fascinating nevertheless.

The podcast is a coproduction between BBC and Norwegian Radio and TV.

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