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Answer · Isdal Woman

Someone drugged her and set the fire, or forced her to take the pills.

Someone drugged her and set the fire, or forced her to take the pills.

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Where it stands

Still possibleIts tests haven't settled it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • The dose would have incapacitated her before she could set a petrol fire.
  • Evidence of another person (tracks, a car, witnesses) in Isdalen.

What would rule it out

  • A pharmacological reconstruction showing she could have set the fire after the dose.

Evidence 2 for · none against

The questions it answers

Most likelyShe took a large dose of phenobarbital and set fire to herself

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Someone drugged her and set the fire, or forced her to take the pills. [Answer ANS0D7Z7MH87DWM]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D7Z7MH87DWM
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