March 29

In March 1951, a quiet Copenhagen neighborhood was shattered by the murders of two bank employees during a daylight robbery. The twist: the confessed killer, Palle Hardrup, claimed he had acted under hypnotic control, allegedly orchestrated by his enigmatic acquaintance, Bjørn Schouw Nielsen. The ensuing investigation and trial would probe the boundaries of responsibility, free will, and the darkest corners of the human mind. Read more