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The Unlikely Murderer to Space Titans: the seven best shows to stream this week

The Observer 29 Oct 2021

Did the murder stem from Palme’s opposition to apartheid? Why was a small-time criminal initially convicted? Was the murderer hiding in plain sight all along? Robert Gustafsson plays the shifty, diffident Stig Engström, a seemingly innocuous witness to the crime who rose to ...

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Netflix in November 2021: the best new films and TV shows streaming this autumn

Stylist 12 Oct 2021

This time, though, the five-part series offers up something a little different; a fictional interpretation of how Stig Engström, the graphic designer who was named as the probable murderer of Sweden’s prime minister Olof Palme, managed to elude justice right up to his death through a combination of audacity, luck and a perplexed police force ... .

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Best new thriller series: 22 shows coming to a TV screen near you very soon

Stylist 10 Jun 2021

Based on a true crime case that has intrigued people for more than 34 years, Netflix’s The Unlikely Murderer explores the assassination of Sweden’s prime minister, Olof Palme, and how how Stig Engström, the graphic designer named as Palme’s probable murderer, managed to elude ...

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An ordinary murder

Arkansas Online 19 Jan 2021

According to them, the murderer was Stig Engström, a graphic designer at an insurance company who may have encountered the prime minister and his wife by chance. Swedish authorities concluded there was enough evidence to arrest and try Engström, but conceded that without a confession or any additional evidence it would be difficult to convict him.

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New on Netflix: 22 new TV shows have been announced, and we’re 100% into them all

Stylist 11 Jan 2021

“It’s a fictional interpretation of how Stig Engström, the graphic designer who was named as the probable murderer of Sweden’s prime minister Olof Palme, managed to elude justice right up to his death through a combination of audacity, luck and a perplexed police force,” reads the official Netflix synopsis.

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Soft targets: The killing of Olaf Palme and Dulcie September

Mail Guardian South Africa 16 Dec 2020

The making of a revolutionary reformist ... Palme was elected as Prime Minister in 1969, aged 42 ... The investigation into Palme’s murder abruptly ended in June 2020, when Swedish chief prosecutor Krister Petersson announced his conclusion that Stig Engström, also known as the “Skandia Man” and who took his ownn life in 2000, was the most likely assassin.

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New on Netflix: 9 new TV shows have been announced, and we’re 100% into them all

Stylist 15 Dec 2020

“It’s a fictional interpretation of how Stig Engström, the graphic designer who was named as the probable murderer of Sweden’s prime minister Olof Palme, managed to elude justice right up to his death through a combination of audacity, luck and a perplexed police force,” reads the official Netflix synopsis.

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Netflix Orders True-Life Nordic Crime Drama 'The Unlikely Murderer'

The Hollywood Reporter 03 Dec 2020

Pettersson's book looks at Stig Engström, a graphic designer who many consider the prime suspect in the killing but who eluded justice up to his death ... Gustafsson called playing Engström an "exciting challenge and a great responsibility...but also, in a way, a form of therapy.

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Netflix Orders ‘The Unlikely Murderer’ About the Mystery of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme’s Killing

Variety 03 Dec 2020

The five-part drama series is a fictional interpretation of how Stig Engström, ...

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The bitter lessons of Olof Palme's murder

Open Democracy 18 Jun 2020

18 June 2020 ... The way they asked questions and answered mine, has led me to the conclusion that the naming of the alleged killer, Stig Engström, on “reasonable evidence”, must be taken very seriously. The prosecutor did however not rule out the possibility that Engström had acted as part of a larger conspiracy, as the New York Times noted on June 10.

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Who killed Olof Palme?

New Statesman 17 Jun 2020

Instead, their “best” suspect was a man called Stig Engström, an unassuming graphic designer who died in 2000 ... Engström was known to the original investigators as a witness to the crime, although they dismissed him as a mere nuisance after he kept changing his story ... But the weaknesses of the case against Engström are damning.

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Who killed Sweden's prime minister? 1986 assassination of Olof Palme is finally solved – maybe

The Baytown Sun 11 Jun 2020

On June 10, 2020, chief state prosecutor Krister Petersson identified the killer as Stig Engström, an eyewitness dubbed “Skandia Man” during the initial murder investigation. However, no charges can be brought against Engström because he died in 2000, in an apparent suicide.

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Open Wounds: Sweden Drops the Olof Palme Case

Dissident Voice 11 Jun 2020

Over the years, one man seemed to linger closer to home, the depressive “Skandia Man”, graphic designer and eventual suicide Stig Engström ... Engström’s ex-wife, was unswayed ... Engström had moved up the list of favourite suspects but his death in 2000 made the continuation of proceedings more than just futile.

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Open Wounds: Sweden Drops the Killing of Olof Palme Case

GlobalResearch 11 Jun 2020

Over the years, one man seemed to linger closer to home, the depressive “Skandia Man”, graphic designer and eventual suicide Stig Engström ... Engström’s ex-wife, was unswayed ... Engström had moved up the list of favourite suspects but his death in 2000 made the continuation of proceedings more than just futile.

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Swedish prosecutors say they've identified man who assassinated prime minister in 1986

The Hill 10 Jun 2020

At a Wednesday press conference in Stockholm, chief prosecutor Krister Petersson said investigators believe the assassin to have been Stig Engström, a graphic designer who gave a witness statement to police at the scene of the assassination, according to NPR. Engström, who died in ...