After the cultural news's previous review, the pod's creator Sebastian Krantz apologized and promised improvement, and hundreds of episodes were deleted.

However, a follow-up review shows that several old plagiarism remains and that the podcasters have cut some 50 radio and television interviews from a wide range of Swedish media, in many cases without citing any source. In connection with the review, another 12 episodes of the podcast were deleted, in addition to the hundreds of episodes that were deleted last fall.

The cultural news has in vain sought Sebastian Krantz for four weeks for a comment. Only during Thursday, after the review has been published, will we receive a sms.

"Feel a deep shame"

There, Sebastian Krantz writes that he did not know that plagiarism remained in the pod, that there were serious knowledge gaps about journalism within the project and that, in light of what has emerged, he decided to quit as a podcast producer.

“I feel that there has been serious ignorance and pressure to constantly deliver from different directions. We should have slowed down for a long time, "Krantz writes, and continues:

"I myself have decided to completely stop working in the podcast industry and feel a deep shame for having been part of such an obviously unsuccessful project".

Sebastian Krantz also writes that he had hoped for greater support through the production process, and that it feels sad to stop doing the podcast, which he believes has spread important social knowledge.

The future of the pod is unclear

Swedish Murder Stories is Sweden's third largest podcast actor in the genre of true crime. The program has over a hundred thousand listenings each week, a range that is about the same size as Filter magazine or Aftonbladet's Sunday supplement.

Whether the podcast is also discontinued - or continues in another direction - is still unclear. Shortly after Krantz's message, Swedish murder story pages were deleted on social media.

"If the podcast could be produced under new direction in the future, it would definitely be positive, but I think you have to turn it off right now to see it as an opportunity at all," Sebastian Krantz writes in a text message.

The cultural news seeks out Swedish Murder History distributor Bauer Media for a comment.