Is Das Geheimnis des Totenwaldes coming back?

Das Geheimnis des Totenwaldes ended on November 25, 2020, on ARD Mediathek. The series concluded after its first season, which consisted of six episodes. There are no upcoming episodes scheduled for this show.

Das Geheimnis des Totenwaldes was a German crime drama and thriller that premiered in late 2020. The story was set in the summer of 1989 in Lower Saxony, where two lovers were found murdered in the Göhrde state forest, a location that earned the nickname "Totenwald." The series followed the investigation into these murders, which became intertwined with a disappearance and a suspect who was the husband of the missing woman. The plot focused on the high-ranking criminal investigator, Jan Gerke, who, after his retirement, uncovered inconsistencies in the early 1990s investigation that could reveal the forest's dark secret.

The cast included Matthias Brandt as Thomas Bethge, Karoline Schuch as Anne Bach, Silke Bodenbender as Barbara Neder, August Wittgenstein as Jan Gerke, Nicholas Ofczarek as Robert Neder, Jenny Schily as Marianne Bethge, Hildegard Schmahl as Erika Bethge, and Hanno Koffler as Jürgen Becker. The series received a rating of 6.6 on TVMaze and had a runtime of approximately 45 minutes per episode.