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5 films about Nazis from the 1940s

Man Hunt (1943) "British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman." The first of four war films directed by Fritz Lang....

5 Nordic films worth watching

Jar City (2006) "A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad."  Based on the novel 'Mýrin' by Arnaldur Indriðason. After The Wedding (2006) "A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to...

5 Serial killer books worth reading (American)

Five disturbing, informative, chilling books about American serial killers. Killer Clown (1983) "He was a model citizen. A hospital volunteer. And one of the most sadistic serial killers of all time. But few people could see the cruel monster beneath the colorful clown makeup...

Great Plague in London

The Bubonic plague infected London during 1665-1666, and is estimated to have killed roughly a quarter of the population. It is one of three types of bacterial infection, caused by Yersinia pestis;  the bacteria is transmitted through infected rat fleas. The best...