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The badly burned body of a woman is discovered in a valley in Norway.
Arranged around her is an odd assortment of objects; a single rubber boot, burnt paper, and plastic bottles containing water. In a strange twist, all the labels have been removed from her clothes as if she, or somebody else, was trying to obscure her identity.
It sounds like the start of some dark TV crime drama or a detective novel, but this grisly tragedy is a real-life mystery that's remained unsolved for nearly 50 years.
So who was this unidentified woman? Was it murder or suicide? And could advances in forensic science, including in DNA analysis, help solve this cold case?
These are some of the questions that the 10-part series 'Death In Ice Valley'- a co-production between the BBC World Service and the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK- sets out to answer.
We play some of Episode 1 of 'Death in Ice Valley' called The Isdal Woman, presented by Marit Higraff and Neil McCarthy with sound design by Phil Channell.
We then speak to Jon Manel, the BBC World Service's Podcast Editor who commissioned the series, about how creating a sense of place through sound design and getting listeners involved have been important elements in the project.
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