A woman is found burned alive in the remote mountains of Isdal, Norway. Identifying her turned out to be impossible because she sanded off her own fingerprints and removed all labels from clothing and objects in her possession. The police ruled her death a suicide because of drugs found in her body, but a plethora of Cold War era evidence led many to theorize that the Isdal Woman was a spy or an intelligence agent with seven different identities. This case is the stuff spy novels are made of: disguises, secret meetings, NATO missile tests, and a woman who went to great lengths to keep her identity a mystery for over 50 years. SOURCESIsdal Woman. Life and Death: Norway's Biggest Mystery; Book by L. Robinsonhttps://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/3523995/could-north-forensic-artists-facial-depiction-help-solve-50-year-old-mystery-surrounding-womans-death-in-norway/Cheung, H. 2017. “Isdal Woman: The mystery death haunting Norway for 46 years” on BBC.com.Dimuro, G. 2018. “Spy, Murder Victim, Or Something Else? The Mystery Of The Isdal Woman” on All That’s Interesting.Hansen, S. & Higraff, M. & Skille, O.B. & Aardal, A. & Kristoffersen, E.B. 2016. “The Isdalen mystery” on NRK.
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