The Man Who Helped Search: Atli Helgason and the Öskjuhlíð Murder
On 8 November 2000, 27-year-old Einar Örn Birgisson vanished from Reykjavík. He had just opened a GAP store. Volunteers flooded the search — including his business partner, former Iceland international footballer and lawyer Atli Helgason, who stood with the family and told the press Einar would never simply disappear.
A week later, Atli confessed. He had beaten Einar to death with a hammer on Öskjuhlíð, hidden the body in lava near Grindavík, then joined the hunt.
Host Alexander Lawson tells the story of one of modern Iceland’s most infamous murders: the lie about a lunch meeting, the blood…
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