Courtside Europe

At quarter to four on a Saturday afternoon in Brussels, a man walked into the Jewish Museum of Belgium carrying two bags. Eighty-two seconds later, four people were dead. The man was Mehdi Nemmouche — the first European citizen to travel to Syria,

Show Notes

At quarter to four on a Saturday afternoon in Brussels, a man walked into the Jewish Museum of Belgium carrying two bags. Eighty-two seconds later, four people were dead. The man was Mehdi Nemmouche — the first European citizen to travel to Syria, join ISIS, and return home to kill. Before the museum, he had been a torturer of Western hostages. The journalists he tortured would later testify against him in court.

What is Courtside Europe?

Every week, a European courtroom. You've never heard these stories.

Courtside Europe tells the true crime stories behind Europe's most dramatic court cases — in English. From the first ISIS returnee to attack European soil, to trafficking victims prosecuted by the state that was supposed to protect them. These are the cases that shaped a continent.

Two hosts. One case. The full story from crime to verdict.

New episodes every Friday.