The Isdal Woman: Case 134/70

In November 1970, a woman was found burning in a remote Norwegian valley. She had eight fake identities. Every label had been cut from her clothing. Every bottle near her body had its label scraped off. Soot was found in her lungs — meaning she was alive when the fire started. Bergen police ruled it a suicide. She was never identified.

This is Case 134/70.

For the full visual reconstruction — the documents and photographs shown side by side — the case file is open at https://youtu.be/4CZHk72_C7A

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THE DEAD DROP ARCHIVES
Forensic documentary. Primary sources only. New case files open regularly.

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PRIMARY SOURCES — THIS EPISODE
— Bergen Police Case File 134/70 (partially released)
— Norwegian Armed Forces classified file, December 1970 — Onarheim memo (declassified)
— Gades Institutt autopsy report, January 7, 1971
— Toxicological Institute report, January 2, 1971
— NRK Investigation, 2016 — Marit Higraff: https://www.nrk.no/hordaland/isdalskvinnen
— BBC/NRK "Death in Ice Valley" podcast, 2018
— NZZ investigation, June 2023 — François Genoud lead

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THE ARCHIVE
Full visual reconstructions: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDeadDropArchives
Unredacted source documents + annotated research logs: https://patreon.com/c/DeadDropArchives
Case Files Dispatch newsletter: https://deaddroparchives.substack.com
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