Series synopsis
The Black Forest Murders, also known as Spuren is a German drama crime television series that premiered on Das Erste on February 15, 2025. It was created by Walter Roth. It stars Nina Kunzendorf, Tilman Strauss, Elmar Gutmann and Atrin Haghdoust.
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.
Premise
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.
Cast and characters
Leading 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
Supporting cast
- Mira Huber as Britta Schänzle
- Božidar Kocevski as Bernd Klingspor
- Sophia Schober as Sonja Aippersbach
- Johannes Suhm as Hoffmann
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 4 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 4 | February 15, 2025 | February 15, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Village on the Hunt 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. |
February 15, 2025 |
| 2 |
Task Force Sunday 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. |
February 15, 2025 |
| 3 |
Blood Rain 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. |
February 15, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Das Erste |
|---|---|
| First aired | February 15, 2025 |
| Last aired | February 15, 2025 |
| Status | continue |