Jan-Erik Olsson
This goo was worth a point in April 2025.
publication date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 (part of April 2025)
category: 
Crime
clue: His summer bank robbery in a European capital became synonymous with a very specific kind of sympathy.
explanation: In August of 1973, Olsson attempted to hold up a bank in Stockholm, but the situation turned into a hostage crisis that lasted for five days. Although reporting at the time misinterpreted and exaggerated the degree to which the hostages bonded with Olsson, the incident nonetheless led to the term "Stockholm syndrome" in which hostages become sympathetic to their captor. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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