The Black Forest Murders

Synopsis

The clock is ticking... When a woman is bludgeoned to death, detectives face mounting pressure to crack the case and catch a killer. Intense crime drama inspired by real-life cases.

First Air Date: 2025-02-15

Last Air Date: 2025-02-15

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 4

Created By: Walter Roth

Networks: Das Erste

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Top Cast

Nina Kunzendorf as Barbara Kramer
Tilman Strauss as Thomas Riedle
Elmar Gutmann as Konrad Kramer
Atrin Haghdoust as Navid Sabet
Liliane Amuat as Ronja Irlinger
Katja Bürkle as Christine Birkle
Aliki Hirsch as Sandra Herrmann
Alexander Kreuzer as Werner Schmidt
Mira Huber as Britta Schänzle
Božidar Kocevski as Bernd Klingspor

Seasons

Season 1 (2025)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: A Village on the Hunt (2025-02-15)

When DCI Barbara Kramer and her colleague Thomas Riedle get the message that a young woman from Buchingen has not returned home from a run, the local force and concerned villagers have already been searching for her for 17 hours. They face an uphill struggle to prevent evidence from being destroyed, a contingency which becomes more salient when a body is discovered 72 hours later.
Ep. 2: Task Force Sunday (2025-02-15)

Despite the team working many hours of overtime on the Berghoff case, there are still few leads to follow. The forensic team is able to isolate the DNA of an unknown male, but the databases do not provide a match. The discovery of a second body less than 20 miles away leads the team to believe a serial killer is at work.
Ep. 3: Blood Rain (2025-02-15)

A hair found in the Schora case leads the team to a suspect, but there is still no breakthrough in the Berghoff case. Navit's relentless data searches yield a surprising result – the suspect is implicated in the unsolved murder of a French student, across the border in Austria, four years previously.
Ep. 4: The Longest Night (2025-02-15)

Progress is slow as the investigation reaches the 100-day mark. As Kramer prepares to downsize the team, they finally manage to glean evidence from the murder weapon in Steinach, narrowing the search to potential perpetrators.