The Isdal Woman

Chuck Barris created game show classics like The Dating Game and The Gong Show. However, his memoir claims his prolific career was all a cover for his classified missions as a CIA assassin. The agency says his claim is 100% false, but as Barris notes, "Have you ever heard the CIA ...  Show more

1981, Skidmore, Missouri. Ken McElroy, the “bully of Nodaway County,” is gunned down in the street – in broad daylight, and in front of his wife and an untold number of witnesses. Despite multiple investigations and grand juries, nobody has ever been indicted in the case, thanks ...  Show more

Unravel the mystery of the Isdal Woman case from 1970. Was she a spy, a victim, or something else entirely? Dive into the intrigue of this Cold War-era enigma now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

In 1970, a woman was found dead in Bergen, Norway’s remote Ice Valley — burned, unidentified, and surrounded by a trail of strange clues. Decades later, no one knows who she was, why she came, or what really happened in those final hours. Today, we only refer to her as The Isdal ...  Show more

In 1970, a woman's body was found in the Isdalen Valley of Norway. She was badly burned though no trace of a fire was found near her, all of the labels on everything she owned had been removed, and traveled with fake identities and disguises. Who was this woman, what was she doin ...  Show more

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In the heart of Norway, a chilling enigma unfolded: the mysterious death of the Isdal Woman. ...