On 22nd July 2011 Norway suffered the worst act of mass murder by a terrorist acting alone in the history of the world. A brutal assault unleashed against a summer camp for young people. This World: Norway’s Massacre
The killer claimed his cruelty had a purpose articulated in a political manifesto – a vision of a Muslim invasion of Europe; a declaration of war unleashed on his own people. ibid.
Journalists were beginning to descend on the scene of the bomb blast. ibid.
The witness even gave the number plate of the getaway car. ibid.
For the next hour the young people on the island were defenceless. ibid.
The police began studying Breivik’s 1,500-page manifesto and Youtube video. ibid.
Incredibly, the terrorist had been captured alive. ibid.
A debate of Breivik’s sanity ... The court ordered a second psychiatric evaluation. ibid.
Much of Breivik’s manifesto is borrowed from the writings of others ... Yet within it is a personal section in which Breivik conducts an interview with himself. ibid.
His manifesto declares his attacks mark the beginning of a war which will last for decades. ibid.
In the summer of 2011 Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb in Norway’s capital city Oslo. Eight people were killed. Breivik then travelled to Utoya Island where youth members of Norway’s Labour Party were attending a summer camp. Norway Massacre: The Survivors, Channel 5 2012
Breivik had planned to listen to loud music to drown out the sounds of any screaming he might hear. ibid.
The young people faced a half-mile swim to the mainland. ibid.
There were hundreds he could potentially kill. ibid.
Ninety minutes after Breivik had arrived on the island he called police to surrender. ibid.
The killer Anders Breivik had been planning on the atrocity for nine years. Evil Up Close: Anders Breivik: Norway Massacre, CI 2012
The Serbs were the good guys at the frontline of a century’s old war against Islam. ibid.
Anders Breivik decides he will single-handedly begin a twenty-first century mission against Muslims. ibid.
He arrives at Utoya and almost immediately begins shooting. ibid.
Breivik phones police telling them he is ready to surrender. ibid.
He had killed 77 people. ibid.
In 2011 during just one afternoon Anders Breivik embarked on a murderous rampage that would send shockwaves around the globe. As the clock ticked, the body-count rose. Killing Spree: Terror in Paradise, Channel 5 2014
History’s deadliest killing spree. ibid.
The massive deadly blast killing eight transformed Oslo from tranquil to terrifying. ibid.
Aged just 14 he had sought acceptance by joining a nationalist gang. ibid.
He claimed to have committed the massacre as a political act. ibid.
He kept a diary of his preparations. ibid.
He would receive a 21-year sentence. ibid.
Norway, July 2011: A bomb rips through Oslo city centre killing 8 people. On an island 40 kilometres away over 500 teenagers are running for their lives: a lone gunman is methodically hunting them down. In a 3-hour terror spree, 77 people will die. Over 200 will be injured. Seconds from Disaster s6e1: Norway Massacre: I Was There
It’s now left to Norway’s security services to stop him on the day of the attack. ibid.
Utoya Island, 500 metres off the coast of mainland Norway. On Utoya children, the youngest 14, group leaders in their early 20s, and mentors. A man called Anders Behring Breivik wanted to kill them one at a time. The paranoid schizophrenic had 654 from whom to choose. Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer s1e3: Anders Breivik, 2015
Why had he killed 77 people? Because Norway was broken. ibid.
In 2001 he began to write a manifesto of his beliefs … [and] his plans for systematic murder. ibid.
He had not made it into Norway’s army and had few friends. ibid.
‘A thunder that turned out to be the bomb attack in the centre of Oslo.’ ibid. journalist
‘He is a mission killer. He is doing God’s work.’ ibid. expert
BRENNER, JAMES: True Crime Recaps 2023 -
Lucin, Utah: Dylan Rounds bought a plot of land to try his hand at farming grain. Just before his first harvest he mysteriously disappeared. True Crime Recaps: Where Did Dylan Rounds Go After Run-In With Stranger? Youtube 15.09, 2023
A drifter living near Dylan’s shed … James Brenner is a 58-year-old convicted felon … James likes his guns … James Brenner is serving time for weapons charges dating back to 2021 and remains in custody. ibid.
BRIDEWELL, SANDRA: Black Widow: A Web of Suspicion TV -
She was a beautiful southern belle who charmed her way into Dallas high society. But then too many people who were close to her began to die and the rumours began to swell. Black Widow: A Web of Suspicion, 2020
She was a glamorous widow with three children and a big house on one of the best streets in Highland Park. ibid.
Oklahoma Police were investigating Sandra Bridewell in connection with the murder of her third husband Alan Rehrig. ibid.
Sandra was charged with nine counts of identity theft and fraud. ibid.
They found more cases of fraud and more possible victims not to mention rumours of a very suspicious past. ibid.
It’s likely the black widow story will continue. ibid.
BRIDGER, MARK: Murder of April Jones: 5 Years On TV - Britain’s Most Evil Killers TV - Crimes that Shook Britain TV - April Jones: The Interrogation Tapes TV - The Disappearance of April Jones TV - British Police: Our Toughest Cases TV -
She was only five years old. A little girl with barely a care in the world. Snatched from the streets where she lived and played. Lured to her death by a sick and twisted killer. This is the story of a crime that shattered a family. A missing girl who brought a town together to search and then to grieve for her. But what made a man do something so evil. Murder of April Jones: 5 Years On, Channel 5 2017
Where is April’s body? ibid.
The largest missing person’s search in British police history. ibid.
The little girl was able to hand them a massive clue about the car April was seen getting into. ibid.
He will never be released. ibid.
It was a crime that shocked the nation and left a family heartbroken. In October 2012 5 year old April Jones was abducted while playing outside her home in the Bryn-y-gog estate in the small town of Machynlleth in mid Wales … April’s body would never be found. She’d been abducted and murdered by 46 year old Mark Bridger. Britain’s Most Evil Killers s2e2: Mark Bridger, Sky Living 2018
Mark Bridger was named by some of the residents living locally in the house to house investigation … When you compare the description given by the children of his vehicle …’ ibid. rozzer
The abduction of a young girl: the shocking series of events that would follow would appal all who witnessed them. The abduction of their five-year-old daughter would leave a family reeling. The hunt for the schoolgirl would become the largest the country had ever witnessed. The actions of the man responsible would outrage the nation. Crimes that Shook Britain s6e2, CI 2020