186. The Knutby Affair | Sweden

When the mistress of a small-town pastor confessed to shooting and killing his wife, and shooting his neighbour, nearly killing him too, it seemed like an open-and-shut case. However, as investigators delved through layer of deceit within the church community, they uncovered an unbelievable scandal of sex, abuse and ruthless manipulation. 

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Resources

Documentary

Pray, Obey, Kill

Web

Murderpedia

Wikipedia - Swedish

Wikipedia – Helge Fossmo

Articles

Psalm 45 – The Anointed King and His Bride

A web of religion, sex and callous murder

Knutby Filadelfia: A Schismatic New Religious Movement within the Pentecostal Context

New documentation about Knutby comes with new murder theory

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.