Hostage

Criminal vor 7 Jahren

One summer in 1973, two men robbed a bank in Stockholm. They held four people hostage for six days. Swedish psychiatrist and criminologist Nils Bejerot coined the term "Stockholm Syndrome" to describe the response of the hostages.

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In the summer of 1973, Clark Olofsson and Jan-Erik Olsson robbed
the Kreditbanken in Stockholm’s Norrmalmstorg town square. They
held four people hostage for six days. Swedish psychiatrist and
criminologist Nils Bejerot coined the term “Stockholm Syndrome” to
describe the response of the hostages. Bank robber Clark Olofsson
told us, “It was fun.” Special thanks to Terence Mickey of the
podcast Memory Motel, for allowing us to share audio from his
interview with Kristin Enmark. Listen to the full Memory Motel
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