Helsinki Syndrome
Family man Elias Karo takes four journalist hostage at their newspaper’s headquarters, in a desperate attempt to get them to reveal the wrongdoing wreaked on his family during the 90's recession.
Details
First Aired: 9/2/2022
Languages: Finnish
Created by: Miikko Oikkonen
Type: Scripted
Production
Yle TV1
Yle AreenaCompanies: Fisher King Production
Countries: Finland
Where to watch · US
Videos
Seasons
Season 1
Entrepreneur Elias Karo takes four journalists from the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat hostage to expose how a bank stole his family's fortune in the 1990s and caused an over-generational tragedy.
Season 2
Having carried out a massive robbery, Karo continues his escape. Still haunted by the events of the 90s, a new crime is thrown into the mix: an even bigger goal to restore justice to the wronged. Criminal investigator Kolehmainen and NBI negotiator Kiiski are on Karo's trail. Journalist Hanna Raivio continues her investigation. Are Elias Karo's allegations true after all?
