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renatedagmarmilada · 2 years

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of mice and lice..

at is the sort of stuff they do

just over now ''naughty girl- who me? we told the police that there was a... we made up a case so far from the truth we cannot qualify it and we over used you and your family so we made up this....

back to nineteen degrees Britannia and sweater weather it poured with rain as the bus got to Warwick castle!

THE POLICE AND RESEARCH

pressing very hard causing much pain and horror I wrote to the Police Inspector in our city stating the case intending to speak to you on my return I had met him before he seemed a good guy before escaping to China to teach when I return to Sheff city I will speak in person

now I have to tell you all I come from a background which trusts the British police to the core When I arrived on these shores the first words my mother said to me if you are ever in trouble just go up to a policeman and tell him I am utterly pro-police but am aware of their limits

in our house at Scunthorpe town CID sergeant Bradley appeared monthly to check - I have no idea what we were called enemy aliens, brought to work the heavy industry he came for many decades after we were poached from Australia to come and work over here calling gaily as he walked in: put the kettle on Missis Telewny- sat and chatted politics with my dad teased the aforesaid Missis Telewny eventually making me into a british subject which I since bitterly regret since the research St Barths have treated us so cruelly and brutally

also I must tell you of this when I was somewhere in Bavaria I am not sure at which children's home but it was near a river wandering alone I remember a stall with ginger love hearts wandering alone is my particular thing I tended to do being an unsocialised Hun rather than the well behaved germans with whom I lived I saw a Lands - Polizist (country policeman)

You need to understand their uniform is closely allied to that of a soldier unlike the city-police rifle slung over shoulder peaked hat slung low over the brow fear clutched at me and I ran and ran and ran and ran then ran terrified to death but you know where I came from from over the wall the british bobby was therefore something else, then..

Research St barths put out two days ago they had tuned the Inspectors secretary to rip up my letter to the Inspector to ensure no suspicion fall on them

but feelings hang on it is difficult to turn those you grew up with into enemies all of a sudden -makes me think of the real feelings against germans in the Balkans and our homes the way they treated perfectly innocent people women and children, after the war, with such relish don't bother to tell me about armies it is common in the East though the jews try to make you think they alone received such treatment-

I still have a double image of the brits and forget at times this group of murderous and robbers and thieves sadistic to the core there in London were given their LICENCE to PRACTICE by none research people...

One person loudly proclaimed it is time research London St Barths the greatest liars of all time came clean about what they do stopped lying to everyone from top to bottom but then they would all face life sentences one and all believe you me

They cannot practice without a LICENCE who gives them their licence? forget the police not only doctors and dentists are used by research the police also twist and play with them England is now a lawless, apathetic land and that is why the lawless now flourish and extreme political groups know they are safe

don't bother with the police inspector and when I tried to see a detective any detective they are always busy there is no way of ever talking to any of them which is why I tried a letter to the police inspector

on the bus Francene the lab person with no examinations whom they will put in charge of a department they only take on totally unqualified people because they know of the evil crimes and commit them they are all raised to the highest positions- who had had my examinations results blocked... yes, just like former countries no difference there either who now has two books of my work put over on the bus back to my house in Pagehell

''I just use her (my) diary to write things and the lab makes sure I am printed.'' They have now given me all your childhood so that nothing you ever write will be original and that covers all our illegal processing of all your family on the lab machine as I restrict your life to what we want and torture you still, constantly

the Russians said the Americans test too much at least the Americans test the British don't test they just rob and torture then yesterday the lab St barths put over don't bother to go to America they will watch you constantly we will order them to! the cat dictating to the lion?

YOU, OUR CASH CROP..

besides a score of failed designers and the mass of writers of every variety used to ensure nothing of mine is original two failed fine-artists were sponsored by the lab St Barths Research against the law to copy all my work in oils

one Al they called tall and grey they said copied forty of my paintings I do small A4 water colours and painted day and night before

the other younger, small, fat and alcoholic claimed he had a right to copy my work because he had failed his maths GCSE and I had passed has his exhibition right now I passed my maths at forty plus years old so therefore siad he, I had more advantages than he

giving him the right to all my work today they gave out his exhibition he had was a great success much like the two the half italian designer (I quote: I am a liar like Anna of the lab I knew it was all your work) who sends my stuff to Marks and Sparks also

my work, they say, went like hot cakes though he knows it cost the lives of two art lecturers whom the lab had manslaughtered the lab having been given total powers for its incompetence of many decades powers which the old boy tories used

for their own pet kills It is rarely I give opinion I prefer being a teacher to state facts but for once I want to say we had been brought here to work as donkeys

to do the dirty jobs the Brits did not want fine, this I understand but they gave a promise of a decent life if we lived decently and we did and do we were of the highest echelons back there but never complained even a once

taking all in good humour and in our stride and said nothing of daily torture and robbery as a child I watched my parents with their open honesty and did not see the sly behind

of the british way but only the frontal effect and copied them as models for my own behaviour since this so called trial of every crime (my Tony Blaire burn in hell for eternity) for which we are used in every sense worse than any Stalin so that no part of our life or matter is safe from them and we are on a screen day and night

I have begun to see with clearer eyes I wish I could beg forgiveness of my dad the manslaughtered by the lab writer, Semen Telewny who told me the truth time and again I would not listen nor would I believe

and my old mother of ninety two such an anglophile and royalist all of her life but now has learnt to despise the people of this land as she watches them hand out favours to every group but torment us, yet we were its most hard working people as she cringes in pain still being used after twenty four years

for daily tests of crime against the old and ancient -no the british do not respect age believe this I tell you nor do they respect friendship nor hard work and this old lady whose family lost all to help our jewish friends back then

being used like dirt by those they saved for them I have lost all respect there can be no forgiveness for it was intentionally inflicted but worst of all the Pakistani group at the lab, greedy for money only whose children I taught endlessly as they played obscenties

whose mothers I taught of medicine and healthy ways wrote letters for help and gave advice those lab Pakistanis who for money only throw the most sadistic shots at us and use their own people afterwards putting huge presents in their paths

Aziz now intends to have stolen every stitch we have and he means it mind saying the russians did so to us why shouldn't he with total power from the lab using Pakistani thieves around our way so they should have all, Aziz is mad

The germans do as they are told by the lab St Barths because of the past this we all know in the whole world and being germans do it efficiently so about them there is nothing to say

and the Hungarians are too stupid to know when the wonderful british are using them even the Brits said it is time the Huns woke up and the chinese just needed the technology they dare not know what is round the corner for them.. as the americans said not too pleased:

you Brits are very generous to the world at large with the technology America had given YOU but Vance with K and K and Ford who gave the brits all they asked for and more had nothing checked and no questions asked

so please note this quote is not mine someone else has said these words the brits lost their Empire because of their piracy and robbery (some people do not know that Britain took three quarters of the world wealth

for three hundred years people forget the important things like the first concentration camps of the world were british too long before Hitler came onto view) their sly and cunning moves hidden in foppery

somehow we know they will lose more because of this, their robbery of two decades for what they now have done using and murdering so many innocent in a slaughter hidden from the peoples eyes by use of clever media propaganda also controlled by the lab brain washing the people for them!

WHAT IS A PROSTITUTE

we can not give you an establishment job the government has a file which says you were a prostitute before you volunteered for horror experiments

a General Practitioner liked my slimness I think and after his lewdity knew not what to do and sent our names to research secretly imagination of you foreigners says the medical council

married and stable we cannot experiment rip the family to pieces decided research using everything we have to play with women alone with children are an easy target for sadists

weeks after moving to a new city of his choice himself disappeared into the distance for ever yes, it was us, said the lab of behavioural science St Barths he needed his freedom,(just like the Prince)

himself left not even enough money for evening meal the boys had to be fed I had found the Museum art group it gave me comfort having always painted

the model there soon picked up the vibes you've got trouble, money none existant and kids work as a model here and so I did Poets, working as an art model is not pornographic, right

so now the establishment is told may not work with the young when first arrived, her young starving she paid for their food by working as a model

on the punishment file they have established formerly a prostitute and now the truth formerly a newspaper commercial artist

so where does the prostitute label come from the only possibility for women who have no crime more woman hatred? to cover more crimes..

THE SIX MILLION

I agree, show the horror another tragedy of the human race amongst the many tragedies of humanity but please present the overall picture

no one wants to tell of the millions of germans also gassed three millions of that six nor does it tell of the slavs

I do not agree with national hatreds That was a national dictatorship of idiots our people had to live through it too we saw and know and were there

tell the young, all the young the truth how on the day Hitler got power for his plan in my father's city in the socialist east the socialist Mayor and whole corporation

were sent to concentration camps level the picture please tell of the TOTAL horror of it all how the jews would not fight Hitler with us

how did the facts get so muddled? people were very shocked after the horror they say each person told their own story from their own view Germans are not on the whole complainers

when brutes reach the top the product is brutality it is simple mathematics with added cunning from the winners...

THE PRINCESS AND THE RAZZLE

it is a school of thought and believe me some thought is not worth a farthing that when psychology splits a couple the woman has to be pushed into new situations

this is what this lab in London maintains the princess and I both suffered their thoughts tried out on the masses used on the Royal couple and us The Prince is suffering

so the woman has to be punished from Belsen came a programme you all remember concrete in the womb well other programmes using laser on the womb were pefected they irritate the womb

which they call a frustrator from its nasty effects tried out on the mentally ;and physically challenged You would not believe how far science has gotand gone and I do not know if the Princess was totally aware but the Prince had to be saved says the lab

so using remote methods the Prince was separated so he could be free this the cure for inabilities I know far better ways and the Princess had to be wombed they call it serviced

they weregoing to service me too but I twigged we women always get the worst of the bargain even in these modern times on me they put the frustrator full intensity I am only a teacher and painter

not worth any respect and ours had been a happy marriage they broke up fora dirty minded general practitioner with a fancy for the ladies the woman at the lab does not respect old fashioned ladies with old fashioned ideals of decency and hardwork

she herself has had over sixty lovers and she thinks that all women should sell themselves cheaply so the princess was put onto the womber one of the research guys says she must have signed well so did I but not for this

I was yelled at by a Sister Hughes at West ham Community Health I stamped out but then realised it was my jobthatwould go and anyway this was England

surely they don't do stuff like this in England and found that they most certainly do and much, much worse was to come which is the topic of my writings now nothing else seems important in comparison

so there you have the Princess's razzle all done on an anti woman machine by a woman, Anna of the lab to ensure the Prince was happy! What equality between the sexes?

KEEP OFF

I learnt something today when the germans were in Bulgaria the Bulgars said to them they are our jews not yours hands off

when the Balkan Germans who had worked hard for three hundred years and bothered no one were the target of the Russians after the Bulgars had raped the women

no one said to the Russians: they are our germans they have worked hard and made our corner rich and then the history was rewritten

so as to give a reason for the brutality just as the lab St Barths has done sick world, isn't it no wonder so many young sport new Nationalism

as a child I realised no one nations is better than any other some are just more cunning and some just lie even more than liars

as a child I wondered would I sooner die at four years old raped to death by a platoon of soldiers or would I sooner die in a camp of hunger or gas that was my fairy tale

WARNING

said super sadist Aziz the lab pakistani who has caused me much sorrow

he said to lab Anna the bossess: you know we hate you

when we have finished killing her (me) for you we will turn it round on you

don't say we didn't warn you... You know, the Germans warned the jews too........

BULGARIA HAS FALLEN

Anna podurit swe swiit... say those here that woman is sending the whole world daft-

paid for by America paid for by Brussels corrupted by Britania

saying it is new from england and not that it is outlawed in the states and has been tried again and again over the pond

and put away as it is too calous and cruel the english hope to get to the top again with this brutality and we are their victims

so all over again the sadists at St Barths lab commit all their crimes

and Bulagaria goes onto the screen as a whole already some are saying as they did with china

they have given away their freedom they think the Brits are trying out new forms of psychology all tried already at the gulags we came from

but the millions they pay these countries clouds that a bit it is Felicity at the moment we wanted her to get cancer - that is me to you

then block all the treatments as we did to her father and see what we could see whilst the lab pakistanis are intent

in stealing absolutely everything we have and with this technology they can the english say the lab pakistanis did the most damage

we basic constantly we have an agreement with the USA (no, an agreement with someone i the USA)

we let the lab pakistanis run it after a while we thought said they that we could qualify it psychologically

bulgarians are already copying the paintings and now we are fetching in the authors call it destruction therapy then pain therapy

not torture just therapy now the 'you don't concentrate' accusation which is very important

as that is the one they use for having taken away all your academic marks and for murdering, pardon me, manslaughering

the lecturers and a student at her colleges We put an insert into the Times newspaper that we will use.........

but whom or what and were and where and did you ask anyone

her teeth arn't bad why are they smashing them The Minister gave me total power

Arnold and I had rectum games so I deserved a present they won't let the victim live

just a they wouldn't let the princess the princess was on the razzle said churchill so the old boys got her for it

the lab pakistanis steal her clothes and presents DEva sent a box she sent to her daughter and grandsons to his relatives in India

we stole her russian boxes for her grandsons' christmas presents said it was the hungarian who came to the lab she has nothing of value so we steal her and her mothers

that is a pakistani way Goodness knows why none of it can be made good

so we intend to take everything every crime to the death I didn't expect her bitterness

one has a fettish about me wearing silk and wants to rob it all for his wife and all my teaching books

they haven't learnt yet that IQ has to be there in the first place other wise you just produce monkeys who act

Laura ashley has a whole book of your sketches from art college some one else has been paid for them

one of ours the niece of Stan her uncle, our worker for which we put them on the machine

we found on the machine which delves into the past he fondled his niece- crime paid for with crime for that discovery she was given my work

DON'T GET SHOCKED AT SUCH A MACHINE I AM ONLY A PAINTER AND LANGUAGE TEACHER BUT IT TOOK ME TWO MINUTES TO WORK OUT THEY MEASURE AND WORK OUT BRAIN MOVEMENTS A CHILD CAN WORK IT OUT BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE METHODS ALL BROUGHT FROM OVER BELSEN

it is a harmless stuff? actually no it weakens the system the more it is used Aziz the super sadist lab pakistani was on last night to put on the remote torture which is continuing here in Bulgaria

CHINA has she said anything nasty about the chinese never, not a word I am going to put my thoughts on said Aziz we don't like the chinese so I will put it on her diary

BULGARIANS bulgar lady lunatic system on train I am interested in the loopholes we have a lot of young idiots so they can learn and become corrupt bulgarians instead we'll tell the Bugars we will help them so we can take over their country too you know that is what Anna will do you know her

JEWS AND ENGLISH they took your sob story (what sob story, she never talks about it) and gave it to everyone to write up as tales to cover their illegal indepth processing of you and yours

LAB PAKISTANIS we took your stories and poems too and basic constantly basic means torture and torment.. the lab pakistanis have told theirs: there is a woman in england (me and mucky Anna) and sheknows all the secrets of the world we had to watch her we helped her what, you robbed them blind? those are her sons we crippled the tallented one We have decided to say we wanted to help you but were told we were not allowed we set out to destroy you and we did Aziz the super sadist on the machine last night to torture we helped them to kill you all and just to kills it is a scandal with the princess too

ANNA I had intended to copy your father's work but he was too well known Semen Telewny from Poltava manslaughtered by the lab ST Barths experiments Nowi Dni, Nowi Wisti..world wide readership The lab pakistani all know they are on my machine and we watch them they only have to say one word to incriminate us and we have them

so another country falls to England another ten million of American tax payers money and another ten million of German tax payers money

DOCTOR MEYER OFF

I probably caused them the most damage so the lab bossess asked me (she, Anna, likes pulling wings off ladybirds)

do you want all her stories to print as yours into journals I will write a little of hers a little of mine, she's a better writer

I put on the file that she was a habitual liar that way no one is allowed to believe her I thought that they were transported out

of their country for some Nazi crimes I didn't know about the russian areas sending people to their national background

I will become a minor writer alng with Friedlander and other leeches of ours with all her work and her history

they were decent people now they are dead people the lab will finish the programme off

to our advantage we will direct it all we lied to everyone but her so no one will ever believe her

I wish now I had stopped her writing on poetry sites and so we did on the other ones

our muslims will stay here in britain -so Mugabe was the british lab too more reverse phychology

I, Meyer am a non religious jew Idon't care about who stays and gains as long as I am on top of the pile....

take doctor meyer off the machine now.

and on the morn he adds Iam off to Eilat I will make my name there

..witha hungarian woman's life story? against her will with trickery-ugh Eilat... we had thought better of you.

doctor meyer of the fifty lovers plus got away free for all the horror and damage he spread for those who helped jews I wonder why

his wife Anna Meyer, only one lover copied all my work for watching a dirty film of Anna with my head his jewish niece copied all my work and was paid by Topshop

NEVERNEVER NEVER GIVE YOUR LIFE FOR OTHERS ONLY HELP YOUR OWN THEY WILL STAB YOU IN THE BACK FOR YOUR BRAVERY...

Eilat says they will watch how he writes it from what oint of view and how he puts his copying he has already copied my university thesis

of Jewish German history... so it has to be robbed from your home we can't have copies appearing!

BULGARIA

we don't want to take part said the Bulgars it is dirty but we can't stop them using you

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Character Actor

John Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898 – October 12, 1991) Film and television actor.

In 1956, Toomey was cast as the Reverend Arnold Grumm in the episode "Lifeline" of the religion anthology series, Crossroads. Toomey appeared in a number of episodes of Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Lt. McGough.

About this time he appeared on the NBC western series, The Tall Man, starring Barry Sullivan and Clu Gulager. He also made two guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of murderer Sam Crane in the 1960 episode, "The Case of the Loquacious Liar." and as Andy Grant in the 1965 episode "The Case of the 12th Wildcat."

From 1963 to 1966, Toomey was one of the stars of the ABC crime drama, Burke's Law, starring Gene Barry. He played Sergeant Les Hart, one of the detectives assisting the murder investigations of the millionaire police captain Amos Burke. Toomey also appeared in the CBS western series, Rawhide episode "Incident of the Tinkers Dam" as TJ Wishbone. He guest-starred on dozens of television programs, including the popular "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres" episode of ABC's Maverick.

In 1968, after the death of Bea Benaderet who played Kate Bradley, Toomey played a transitional role in the CBS series, Petticoat Junction. Appearing as Dr. Stuart, who cared for the citizens of Hooterville, the character decided to take on a partner in his medical practice. Dr. Janet Craig, played by June Lockhart, was introduced as the new female lead for the show in the episode "The Lady Doctor". (Wikipedia)

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moodybeatlegirl · 4 years

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Yo! So here is Sirius’s full body reference! He is the second main character from my sci-fi webcomic, SIMULACRUM

Here is the rest of his info:

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"My emotional capabilities are present, if rudimentary"

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DESCRIPTION:

Ill-tempered, sarcastic, distant – Sirius Steel is an advanced android who works as a detective at the Los Angeles Cosmopolitan Police Department. Although he likes to pretend that he’s a stoic, unfeeling piece of machinery – his creator programmed him to be much more than that. Insecure about anything that has to do with his “rudimentary emotional capabilities”, Sirius often buries himself in his job – because there’s only one thing that he dislikes more than children, small mammals, and wearing his “heart” on his sleeve; and that is criminals.

BIO (spoilers omitted):

FULL NAME: Sirius Steel, CRS-726

NICKNAME(S): N/A

ALIAS(S): N/A

TITLE(S): Detective Sergeant

SEX: Male

GENDER IDENTITY: Male

SPECIES: Advanced Android

ETHNICITY: N/A, Caucasoid features

NATIONALITY: American Corporationist

DATE OF BIRTH: 12.14.2229

BIRTHPLACE: Pasadena Section, Los Angeles Megalopolis, Corporation of the Americas, Earth

HOMETOWN: “ “

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Wilshire Section, Los Angeles Megalopolis, Corporation of the Americas, Earth

AGE: 20/21 (Appears mid 20s)

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Heteroromanitic demisexual

HEIGHT: 6’4”, 193.04 cm

WEIGHT: 171 lbs, 77.56 kg

BUILD: Slender, strong

EYE COLOR: Electric blue

HAIR COLOR: Black

HAIR STYLE: Pompadour

SKIN TONE: Silver

DEMEANOR: Inquisitive, analytical, altruistic, just, sometimes sarcastic and distant

MBTI: ISTJ

ENNEAGRAM: 1 - Reformer w9 (peacekeeper)

DEADLY SIN: Pride

VIRTUE: Temperance

ALIGNMENT: Lawful Good

LIKES: Solving mysteries, bringing criminals to justice, helping humans

DISLIKES: Criminals, small mammals, small children, not being able to solve a case, people who are irritating

OCCUPATION: Police officer, homicide/major case detective

STRENGTHS: Intelligence, physical strength, problem solving skills

WEAKNESSES: Arrogant, cynical, can be impersonal, denies his emotions

ALLEGIANCE: Los Angeles Cosmopolitan Police Department

ALLIES: Det. Sgt. Wilbur McCallum, Linsy Liang, Ara Sahar’i, Counselor Maddox, Capt. Denker

ENEMIES: ....

MARITAL STATUS: Single

FAMILY: Dr. Hadrian Astor (father [creator])[deceased], Soraya Tehrani Astor (mother)[deceased] Dr. Chet Astor (brother), Ruby Quiñones Astor (sister-in-law), Bradley Astor (nephew), Silas Zed (brother).

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(2012– )

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,6 Rate

DS Steve Arnott is transferred to the police anti-corruption unit after the death of a man in a mistaken shooting during a counter-terrorist operation.

Stars: Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Craig Parkinson

Votes: 14.922

19. Luther

(2010–2019)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,5 Rate

DCI John Luther is a near-genius murder detective whose brilliant mind can't always save him from the dangerous violence of his passions.

Stars: Idris Elba, Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley, Warren Brown

Votes: 95.648

20. Happy Valley

(2014– )

58 min | Crime, Drama

8,5 Rate

Catherine Cawood is the sergeant on duty when flustered and nervous accountant Kevin Weatherill comes into her West Yorkshire station to report a crime.

Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, Shane Zaza, Charlie Murphy

Votes: 25.355

21. Ozark

(2017– )

60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8,4 Rate

A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.

Stars: Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Julia Garner, Sofia Hublitz

Votes: 92.715

22. The Expanse

(2015– )

60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

8,4 Rate

A police detective in the asteroid belt, the first officer of an interplanetary ice freighter and an earth-bound United Nations executive slowly discover a vast conspiracy that threatens the Earth's rebellious colony on the asteroid belt.

Stars: Steven Strait, Cas Anvar, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham

Votes: 62.249

23. The Last Kingdom

(2015– )

60 min | Action, Drama, History

8,3 Rate

The year is 872, and many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen to the invading Danes, leaving the great kingdom of Wessex standing alone and defiant under the... See full summary »

Stars: Alexander Dreymon, Ian Hart, David Dawson, Eliza Butterworth

Votes: 44.430

24. Hakan: Muhafiz

(2018– )

15+ | 40 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

8,3 7

Given mystical powers by a talismanic keepsake, a young man embarks on a quest to fight shadowy forces and solve a mystery from his past.

Stars: Çagatay Ulusoy, Ayça Aysin Turan, Hazar Ergüçlü, Okan Yalabik

Votes: 8.569

25. Broadchurch

(2013–2017)

48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,3 Rate

The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.

Stars: David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan

Votes: 68.712

26. Bodyguard

(2018– )

60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8,2 Rate

A contemporary thriller featuring the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch of London's Metropolitan Police Service.

Stars: Richard Madden, Sophie Rundle, Vincent Franklin, Ash Tandon

Votes: 38.592

27. Manhunt: Unabomber

(2017– )

60 min | Crime, Drama

8,2 Rate

An in-depth look at how an FBI profiler helped track down the terrorist Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.

Stars: Sam Worthington, Jeremy Bobb, Ben Weber, Chris Noth

Votes: 30.959

28. The Blacklist

(2013– )

43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,1 Rate

A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her.

Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold

Votes: 147.930

29. Jessica Jones

(2015– )

56 min | Action, Crime, Drama

8,1 Rate

Following the tragic end of her brief superhero career, Jessica Jones tries to rebuild her life as a private investigator, dealing with cases involving people with remarkable abilities in New York City.

Stars: Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, Carrie-Anne Moss

Votes: 165.189

30. River

(2015)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,1 Rate

John River is a brilliant police inspector whose genius lies side-by-side with the fragility of his mind. He is a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest.

Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Nicola Walker, Lesley Manville, Eddie Marsan

Votes: 14.985

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World War II

The Pacific - Hugh Ambrose

Between America’s retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur’s airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. From the debacle in Bataan, to the miracle at Midway and the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, their solemn oaths to their country later led one to the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot and the others to the coral strongholds of Peleliu, the black terraces of Iwo Jima and the killing fields of Okinawa, until at last the survivors enjoyed a triumphant, yet uneasy, return home.

In The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose focuses on the real-life stories of the five men who put their lives on the line for our country. To deepen the story revelaed in the miniseriesand go beyond it, the book dares to chart a great ocean of enmity known as The Pacific and the brave men who fought. Some considered war a profession, others enlisted as citizen soldiers. Each man served in a different part of the war, but their respective duties required every ounce of their courage and their strength to defeat an enemy who preferred suicide to surrender. The medals for valor which were pinned on three of them came at a shocking price - a price paid in full by all.

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest- Stephen E. Ambrose

“As good a rifle company as any in the world, Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, U. S. Army, kept getting the tough assigments–responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest at Berchtesgaden. In Band of Brothers, Ambrose tells of the men in this brave unit who fought, went hungry, froze, and died, a company that took 150 percent casualties and considered the Purple Heart a badge of office. Drawing on hours of interviews with survivors as well as the soldiers’ journals and letters, Stephen Ambrose recounts the stories, often in the men’s own words, of these American heroes.

Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany - Stephen E. Ambrose

From Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U.S. army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the end of the bitterest days of World War II. In this riveting account, historian Stephen E. Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Citizen Soldiers opens at 0001 hours, June 7, 1944, on the Normandy beaches, and ends at 0245 hours, May 7, 1945, with the allied victory. It is biography of the US Army in the European Theater of Operations, and Ambrose again follows the individual characters of this noble, brutal, and tragic war. From the high command down to the ordinary soldier, Ambrose draws on hundreds of interviews to re-create the war experience with startling clarity and immediacy. From the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany, Ambrose tells the real story of World War II from the perspective of the men and women who fought it.

D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches - Stephen E. Ambrose

It is the young men born into the false prosperity of the 1920s and brought up in the bitter realities of the Depression of the 1930s that this book is about. The literature they read as youngsters was anti-war and cynical, portraying patriots as suckers, slackers and heroes. None of them wanted to be part of another war. They wanted to be throwing baseballs, not handgrenades; shooting .22s at rabbits, not M-1s at other young men. But when the test came, when freedom had to be fought for or abandoned, they fought (from the Prologue).

The Other Nuremberg: The Untold Story of the Tokyo War Crimes Trial - Arnold Brackman

Dotted with stunning disclosures of crimes and cover-ups, this is a startling narrative of the way Japan conducted World War II: from Nanking to Pearl Harbor to the attempted assassination of Stalin to their final surrender. 16 pages of photographs.

Flags of Our Fathers - James D. Bradley

In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America. In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima—and into history. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire that left the beaches strewn with comrades, they battled to the island's highest peak. And after climbing through a landscape of hell itself, they raised a flag. Now the son of one of the flagraisers has written a powerful account of six very different young men who came together in a moment that will live forever. To his family, John Bradley never spoke of the photograph or the war. But after his death at age seventy, his family discovered closed boxes of letters and photos. In Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley draws on those documents to retrace the lives of his father and the men of Easy Company. Following these men's paths to Iwo Jima, James Bradley has written a classic story of the heroic battle for the Pacific's most crucial island—an island riddled with Japanese tunnels and 22,000 fanatic defenders who would fight to the last man. But perhaps the most interesting part of the story is what happened after the victory. The men in the photo—three were killed during the battle—were proclaimed heroes and flown home, to become reluctant symbols. For two of them, the adulation was shattering. Only James Bradley's father truly survived, displaying no copy of the famous photograph in his home, telling his son only: "The real heroes of Iwo Jima were the guys who didn't come back." Few books ever have captured the complexity and furor of war and its aftermath as well as Flags of Our Fathers. A penetrating, epic look at a generation at war, this is history told with keen insight, enormous honesty, and the passion of a son paying homage to his father. It is the story of the difference between truth and myth, the meaning of being a hero, and the essence of the human experience of war.

Shifty’s War: The Authorized Biography of Sargeant Darrell “Shifty” Powers, the Legendary Sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers - Marcus Brotherton

When he was a boy gorwing up in the remote mining town of Clinchco, Virginia, Shifty Powers’ goal was to become the best rifle shot he could be. His father trained him to listen to the woods, to “see” without his eyes. Little did Shifty know his finely-tuned skills would one day save his life-and the lives of many of his friends.

Shifty’s War is a tale of a soldier’s blood-filled days fighting his way from the shores of France to the heartland of Germany, and the epic story of how one man’s abilities as a sharpshooter, along with an engaging unassuming personality, propelled him to a life greater than he could have ever imagined.

We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers - Marcus Brotherton

They were the men of the now-legendary Easy Company. After almost two years of hard training, they parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and, later, Operation MARKET-GARDEN. They fought their way through Belgium, France, and Germany, survived overwhelming odds, liberated concentration camps, and drank a victory toast in April 1945 at Hitler’s hideout in the Alps. Here, revealed for the first time, are stories of war, sacrifice, and courage as experienced by one of the most revered combat units in military history. In We Who Are Alive and Remain, twenty men who were there and are alive today-and the families of three deceased others-recount the horrors and the victories, the bonds they made, the tears and blood they shed…and the brothers they lost.

Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific - R.V. Burgin

This is an eyewitness-and eye opening-account of the most savage and brutal fghting in the war against Japan, told from the perspective of a young Texan who volunteered for the Marine Corps to escape a life as a traveling salesman. R.V. Burgin enlisted at the age of twenty, and with his sharp intelligence and earnest work ethic, climbed the ranks from a green private to a seasoned sergeant. Along the war, he shouldered a rifle as a member of a mortar squad. He saw friends die - and enemies killed. He saw scenes he wanted to forget but never did - from enemy snipers who tied themselves to branches in the highest trees, to ambushes along narrow jungle trails, to the abandoned corpses of hara kiri victims, to the final howling banzai attacks as the Japanese embraced their inevitable defeat.

An unforgettable narrative of a young Marine in combat, Islands of the Damned brings to life the hell that was the Pacific War.

Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers - Lt. Lynn Compton

As part of the elite 101st Airborne paratroopers, Lt. Lynn “Buck” Compton fought in critical battles of World War II as a member of Easy Company, immortalized as the Band of Brothers.

This is the true story of a real-life hero. From his years as a two-sport UCLA star who played baseball with Jackie Robinson and football in the 1943 Rose Bowl, through his legendary post-World War II legal career as a prosecutor, in which he helped convict Sirhan Sirhan for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy, Buck Compton’s story truly embodies the American Dream: college sports star, esteemed combat veteran, detective, attorney, judge.

Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story - Bill Guarnere and Edward “Babe” Heffron

William “Wild Bill” Guarnere and Edward “Babe” Heffron were among the first paratroopers of the U.S. Army members of an elite unit of the 101st Airborne Division called Easy Company. The crack unit was called upon for every high-risk operation of the war, including D-Day, Operation MARKEY-GARDEN in Holland, the Battle of the Bulge, and the capture of Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest in Berchtesgaden. Both men fought side by side until Guarnere lost his leg in the Battle of the Bulge and was sent home. Heffron went on to liberate concentration camps and take Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest hideout. United by their experience, they reconnected at the war’s end and have been best friends ever since. Their story is a tribute to the lasting bond forged between comrades in armsand to all those who fought for freedom.

The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II’s Most Decorated Platoon - Alex Kershaw

On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eighteen men under the command of twenty-year-old lieutenant Lyle Bouck were huddled in their foxholes trying desperately to keep warm. Suddenly, the early morning silence was broken by the roar of a huge artillery bombardment and the dreadful sound of approaching tanks. Hitler had launched his bold and risky offensive against the Allies-his "last gamble"-and the small American platoon was facing the main thrust of the entire German assault. Vastly outnumbered, they repulsed three German assaults in a fierce day-long battle, killing over five hundred German soldiers and defending a strategically vital hill. Only when Bouck's men had run out of ammunition did they surrender to the enemy.

As POWs, Bouck's platoon began an ordeal far worse than combat-survive in captivity under trigger-happy German guards, Allied bombing raids, and a daily ration of only thin soup. In German POW camps, hundreds of captured Americans were either killed or died of disease, and most lost all hope. But the men of Bouck's platoon survived-miraculously, all of them.

Once again in vivid, dramatic prose, Alex Kershaw brings to life the story of some of America's little-known heroes-the story of America's most decorated small unit, an epic story of courage and survival in World War II, and one of the most inspiring stories in American history.

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II - Denise Kiernan

The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project’s secret cities, it didn’t appear on any maps until 1949, and yet at the height of World War II it was using more electricity than New York City and was home to more than 75,000 people, many of them young women recruited from small towns across the South. Their jobs were shrouded in mystery, but they were buoyed by a sense of shared purpose, close friendships—and a surplus of handsome scientists and Army men!

But against this vibrant wartime backdrop, a darker story was unfolding. The penalty for talking about their work—even the most innocuous details—was job loss and eviction. One woman was recruited to spy on her coworkers. They all knew something big was happening at Oak Ridge, but few could piece together the true nature of their work until the bomb "Little Boy" was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, and the secret was out. The shocking revelation: the residents of Oak Ridge were enriching uranium for the atomic bomb.

Though the young women originally believed they would leave Oak Ridge after the war, many met husbands there, made lifelong friends, and still call the seventy-year-old town home. The reverberations from their work there—work they didn’t fully understand at the time—are still being felt today. In The Girls of Atomic City, Denise Kiernan traces the astonishing story of these unsung WWII workers through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. Like The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, this is history and science made fresh and vibrant—a beautifully told, deeply researched story that unfolds in a suspenseful and exciting way.

Conversations with Major Dick Winters: Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers - Cole C. Kingseed

He was a quiet, reluctant hero whose modesty and strength drew the admiration of not only his men, but millions worldwide. Now comes the story of Dick Winters in his last years as witnessed and experienced by his good friend, Cole C. Kingseed.

Kingseed shares the formative experience that made Winters such an effective leader. He addresses Winter’s experiences and leadership during the war, his intense, unbreakable devotion to his men, his search for peace both without and within after the war, and how fame forced him to make adjustments to an international audience of well-wishers and admirers, even as he attempted to leave a lasting legacybefore joining his fallen comrades. Following Winters’s death on January 2, 2011, the outpouring of grief and adulation for one of this nation’s preeminent leaders of character, courage, and competence shows just how much of an impact Dick Winters left on the world.

This is a story of leadership, fame, and friendship, and the journey of one man’s struggle to find the peace that he promised himself if he survived World War II.

Battle for Iwo Jima - Robert Leckie

Iwo Jima is one of the most famous battles in World War II, and the greatest battle fought by the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. From that battle came the most famous image of the war, the raising of the flag on Mount Suribachi. Robert Leckie, the bestselling author of Helmet for My Pillow has written an extraordinary story of one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history.

Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War - Robert Leckie

From Robert Leckie, the World War II veteran and New York Times bestselling author of Helmet for My Pillow, whose experiences were featured in the HBO miniseries The Pacific , comes this vivid narrative of the astonishing six-month campaign for Guadalcanal. From the Japanese soldiers’ carefully calculated—and ultimately foiled—attempt to build a series of impregnable island forts on the ground to the tireless efforts of the Americans who struggled against a tenacious adversary and the temperature and terrain of the island itself, Robert Leckie captures the loneliness, the agony, and the heat of twenty-four-hour-a-day fighting on Guadalcanal. Combatants from both sides are brought to life: General Archer Vandegrift, who first assembled an amphibious strike force; Isoroku Yamamoto, the naval general whose innovative strategy was tested; the island-born Allied scout Jacob Vouza, who survived hideous torture to uncover the enemy’s plans; and Saburo Sakai, the ace flier who shot down American planes with astonishing ease. Propelling the Allies to eventual victory, Guadalcanal was truly the turning point of the war. Challenge for the Pacific is an unparalleled, authoritative account of this great fight that forever changed our world.

Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific - Robert Leckie

Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts to ever come out of the Second World War. Robert Leckie was 21 when he enlisted in the US Marine Corps in January 1942. In Helmet for My Pillowwe followhis journey, from boot camp on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war’s fiercest fighting took place. Recounting his service with the 1st Marine Division and the brutal action on Guadalcanal, New Britain and Peleliu, Leckie spares no detail of the horrors and sacrifice of war, painting an unsentimental portrait of how real warriors are made, fight, and all too often die in the defence of their country.

From the live-for-today rowdiness of Marines on leave to the terrors of jungle warfare against an enemy determined to fight to the last man, Leckie describes what it’s really like when victory can only be measured inch by bloody inch. Unparalleled in its immediacy and accuracy, Helmet for My Pillow is a gripping account from an ordinary soldier fighting in extraordinary conditions. This is a book that brings you as close to the mud, the blood, and the experience of war as it is safe to come.

Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II - Robert Leckie

Former Marine and Pacific War veteran Robert Leckie tells the story of the invasion of Okinawa, the closing battle of World War II. Leckie is a skilled military historian, mixing battle strategy and analysis with portraits of the men who fought on both sides to give the reader a complete account of the invasion. Lasting 83 days and surpassing D-Day in both troops and material used, the Battle of Okinawa was a decisive victory for the Allies, and a huge blow to Japan. In this stirring and readable account, Leckie provides a complete picture of the battle and its context in the larger war.

Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan - Robert Leckie

Strong Men Armed relates the U.S. Marines' unprecedented, relentless drive across the Pacific during World War II, from Guadalcanal to Okinawa, detailing their struggle to dislodge from heavily fortified islands an entrenched enemy who had vowed to fight to extinction—and did. (All but three of the Marines' victories required the complete annihilation of the Japanese defending force.) As scout and machine-gunner for the First Marine Division, the author fought in all its engagements till his wounding at Peleliu. Here he uses firsthand experience and impeccable research to re-create the nightmarish battles. The result is both an exciting chronicle and a moving tribute to the thousands of men who died in reeking jungles and on palm-studded beaches, thousands of miles from home and fifty years before their time, of whom Admiral Chester W. Nimitz once said, "Uncommon valor was a common virtue."Strong Men Armed includes over a dozen maps, a chronology of the war in the Pacific, the Marine Medal of Honor Winners in World War II, and Marine Corps aces in World War II.

Battleground Pacific: A Marine Rifleman’s Combat Odyssey in K/3/5 - Sterling Mace

Sterling Mace’s unit was the legendary “K-3-5” (for Company K, 3rd Batallion, 5th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division) and his story takes readers through some of the most intense action of the Pacific War, from the seldom-seen perspective of a rifleman at the point of attack.

Battleground Pacific is filled with inedible moments that begin with his childhood growing up in Queens, New York, and his run-in with the law that eventually led to his enlistment. But this is ultimately a combat tale - as violent and harrowing as any that has come before. From fighting through the fiery hell that was Peleliu to the deadly battleground of Okinawa, Mace traces his path from the fear of combat to understanding that killing another human comes just as easily as staying alive. He learns that bravery often equates to stupidity, leading to the death of close friends, but also that life goes on, with death on its heels.

Battleground Pacific is one of the most important and entertaining memoirs about the Pacific theater in WWII.

Easy Company Soldier: The Legendery Battles of a Sargeant from World War II’s “Band of Brothers” - Don Malarkey

Drafted in 1942, Malarkey arrived at Camp Toccoa in Georgia and was one of the one in six soldiers who earned their Eagle wings. He went to England in 1943 to provide cover on the ground for the largest amphibious military attack in history: Operation Overlord.

In the darkness of D-day morning, Malarkey parachuted into France and within days was awarded a Bronze Star for his heorism in battle. He fought for twenty-three days in Normandy, nearly eighty in Holland, thirty-nine in Bastogne, and nearly thirty more in and near Hauhenau, France and the Ruhr pocket in Germany.

This is his dramatic tale of those bloody days fighting his way from the shores of France to the heartland of Germany, and the epic story of how an adventurous kid from Oregon became a leader of men.

Hell in the Pacific: A Marine Rifleman’s Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu - Jim McEnery

In what may be the last memoir to be published by a living veteran of the pivotal invasion of Guadalcanal, which ocurred almost seventy years ago, Marine Jim McEnery has teamed up with author Bill Sloan to create an unforgettable chronicle of heroism and horror.

McENERY’S RIFLE COMPANY - the legendary K/3/5 of the First Marine Division, made famous by the HBO miniseries The Pacific - fought in some of the most ferocious battles of the war. In searing detail, the author takes us back to Guadalcanal, where American forces first turned the tide against the Japanese; Cape Gloucester, where 1,300 Marines were killed or wounded; and bloody Peleliu, where McEnery assumed command of the company and helped hasten the final defeat of the Japanese garrison after weeks of torturous cave-to-cave fighting.

McEnery’s story is a no-holds-barred, grunt’s-eye view of the sacrifices, suffering, and raw courage of the men in the foxholes, locked in mortal combat with an implacable enemy sworn to fight to the death. From bayonet charges and hand-to-hand combat to midnight banzai attacks and the loss of close buddies, the rifle squad leader spares no details, chronicling his odyssey from boot camp through twenty-eight months of hellish combat until his eventual return home. He has given us an unforgettable portrait of men at war.

You’ll Be Sor-ree: A Guadalcanal Marine Remembers the Pacific War - Sidney Phillips

Sid Phillips knew he was a long way from his home in Mobile, AL, when he plunged into the jungles of Guadalcanal in August 1942. A mortarman with H-Company (the same company as Helmet for My Pillow author Robert Leckie), 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment of the 1st Marine Division, Sid was only a 17-year old kid when he entered combat. Some two years later, when he returned home, the island fighting on Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester had turned Sid into an “Old Timer” by Marine standards, and more; he came home a man. These are his memoirs, the humble and candid tales that Sid collected during a Pacific odyssey spanning half the globe, from the grueling boot camp at Parris Island to the coconut groves of Guadalcanal to the romantic respite of Australia. In this true story, Sid recalls his encounters with icons like Chesty Puller, Gen Vandergrift, Eleanor Roosevelt, and his boyhood friend, Eugene Sledge. He remembers a sense of helplessness as Japanese bombers and battleships rained expendable. This is the story of how Sid stood shoulder to shoulder with his Marine brothers to discover the inner strength and deep faith necessary to survive the dark, early days of World War II in the Pacific.

At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor - Gordon Prange

Decades after the attack that plunged America into WWII, At Dawn We Slept remains the greatest account of Pearl Harbor ever written. This gripping study scrupulously reconstructs the Japanese attack, from its conception (less than a year before the actual raid) to its lightning execution; & it reveals the true reason for the American debacle: the insurmountable disbelief in the Japanese threat that kept America from heeding advance warnings & caused leaders to ignore evidence submitted by our own intelligence sources. Based on 37 years of intense research & countless interviews, & incorporating previously untranslated documents, At Dawn We Slept is history with the dramatic sweep of a martial epic.

I’m Staying with My Boys: The Heroic Life of Sgt John Basilone, USMC - Jim Proser

“I’M STAYING WITH MY BOYS…” is a first-hand look inside the life of one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation.

Sgt. John Basilone was lauded by General Douglas MacArthut as “…one man Army”, awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on Guadalcanal and celebrated by the nation.

It was the turning point of the war and Basilone’s foxhole was the site of the turning point in the battle. That was just the beginning of his legend.

Distinctive among military biographies, the story is narrated by Sgt. Basilone himself allowing readers to experience the development of Johnny Basilone, the aimless youth, into Gunnery Sergeant “Manila John” Basilone, the clear-eyed warrior, undefeated light-heavyweight boxer and nationally revered war hero.

This publication is the only family-authorized biography and features many never before published family photographs. Basilone, along with his first commanding officer in sctual combat, Chesty Puller, are arguably the two greatest icons in Marine Corps history. The story of “Manila John” is part of every Marine’s boot camp education.

The story is woven with surprising personal details. He clearly foresaw his future three separate times. Each time his visions came to pass - including the last - foretelling his death. But his place was with “…my boys”, so he ignored the vision and returned to battle at Iwo Jima. Manila John was killed on the beach defending his boys and earned the Navy Cross for his bravery - an emotional true story.

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa - E.B. Sledge

In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed “one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war.” John Keegan referred to it in The Second World War as “one of the most arresting documents in war literature.” And Studs Terkel was so fascinated with the story he interviewed its author for his book, “The Good War.” What has made E.B. Sledge’s memoir of his experience fighting in the South Pacific during World War II so devastatingly powerful is its sheer honest simplicity and compassion.

Nowincluding a new introduction by Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed presents a stirring, personal account of the vitality and bravery of the Marines in the battles at Peleliu and Okinawa. Born in Mobile, Alabama in 1923 and raised on riding, hunting, fishing, and a respect for history and legendary heroes such as George Washington and Daniel Boone, Eugene Bondurant Sledge (later called “Sledgehammer” by his Marine Corps buddies) joined the Marines the year after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and from 1943 to 1946 endured the events recorded in this book. In those years, he passed, often painfully, from innocence to experience.

Sledge enlisted out of patriotism, idealism, and youthful courage, but once he landed on the beach at Peleliu, it was purely a struggle for survival. Based on the notes he kept on slips of paper tucked secretly away in his New Testament, he simply and directly recalls those long months, mincing no words and sparing no pain. The reality of battle meant unbearable heat, deafening gunfire, unimaginable brutality and cruelty, the stench of death, and, above all, constant fear. Sledge still has nightmares about “the bloody, muddy month of May on Okinawa.” But, as he also tellingly reveals, the bonds of friendship formed then will never be severed.

Sledge’s honesty and compassion for the other marines, even complete strangers, sets him apart as a memoirist of war. Read as sobering history or as high adventure, With the Old Breed is a moving chronicle of action and courage.

China Marine: An Infantryman’s Life After World War II - E.B. Sledge

China Marine is the extraordinary sequel to E.B. Sledge’s memoir, With the Old Breed, which remains the most powerful and moving account of the U.S. Marines in World War II. Sledge continues his story where With the Old Breed left off and recounts the compelling conclusion of his Marine career.

After Japan’s surrender in 1945, Sledge and his company were sent to China to maintain order and to calm the seething cauldron of the political and ideological unrest created by opposing factions. His regiment was the first Marine unit to return to the ancient city of Peiping (no Beijing) where they witnessed the last of old China and the rise of the Communist state. Sledge also recounts the difficulty of returning to his hometown of Mobile, Alabama, and resuming civilian life while haunted by shadows of close combat. Through the discipline of writing and the study of biology, he shows how he came to terms with the terrifying memories that had plagued him for years.

Poignant and compelling, China Marine provides a frank depiction of the real costs of war, emotional and psychological as well as physical, and reveals the enduring bond that develops between men who face the horrors of war.

Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at Peleliu, 1944- The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War - Bill Sloan

This Band of Brothers for the Pacific is the gut-wrenching and ultimately triumphant story of the Marines’ most ferocious - yet largely forgotten - battle of World War II.

Between September 15 and October 15, 1944, the First Marine Division suffered more than 6,500 casualties fighting on a hellish little coral island in the Pacific. Peleliu was the setting for one of the most savage struggles of modern times, a true killing ground that has been all but forgotten - until now. Drawing on interviews with Peleliu veterans, Bill Sloan’s gripping narrative seamlessly weaves together the experiences of the men who were there, producing a vivid and unflinching tableau of the twenty-four-hour-a-day nightmare of Peleliu.

Emotionally moving and gripping in its depictions of combat, Brotherhood of Heroes rescues the Corps’s bloodiest battle from obscurity and does honor to the Marines who fought it.

Red Blood, Black Sand: Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima - Chuck Tatum

Originally penned for his Marine buddies, now, WWII veteran Chuck Tatum’s coveted book, “Red Blood, Black Sand,” is available to audiences worldwide. “Red Blood, Black Sand,” is Chuck’s true story, his first-hand account of Iwo Jima, the Marine Corps’ most savage battle. Best selling author/historian Stephen E. Ambrose praised “Red Blood, Black Sand,” saying, “In my judgement no combat veterans’ memoir is better…and only a handful are equal.” Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg agreed, and bought the rights to use “Red Blood, Black Sand” as a credited source for their new, $200-million-dollar HBO mini-series, “The Pacific.” In addition, they made Chuck Tatum a central character of the series, portrayed by actor Ben Esler. “Red Blood, Black Sand,” transports the reader back to 1944, when the Marine Corps built a fresh division, the 5th, for an apocalyptic battle: Iwo Jima. This gripping narrative follows Chuck’s life-or-death training at Camp Pendleton where Chuck learned machine guns, the tools of his trade, from his new mentor: Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone. Chuck’s colorful storytelling takes the reader on his voyage overseas, from the raucous port of Pearl Harbor with its gambling, gals, and tattoos, to the island of death itself, where Chuck hit the black sand beach of Iwo Jima, an 18-year-old Marine machine gunner in the climactic battle of the war. This is the story of Chuck’s two weeks in hell, where he fought alongside Basilone and watched his hero fall, where enemy infiltratiors stalked the night and snipers haunted the day, and where Chuck would see his friends whittled away in an ear-shattering, earth-shaking, meat grinder of a battle. Before the end, Chuck would find himself, like his hero Basilone, standing alone, blind with rage, firing a machine gun from the hip, while in a personal battle to keep his sanity. This is the island, the heroes, and the tragedy of Iwo Jima, through the eyes of the battle’s greatest storyteller, Chuck Tatum. Includes new bonus chapters: “Chuck’s thoughts on The Pacific series” and actor Ben Esler’s “On Set Memories of Portraying Chuck Tatum.“

Myth and Maneater: The Story of the Shark - David Kenyon Webster

Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper’s Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich - David Kenyon Webster

David Kenyon Webster’s memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a first hand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel. From the beaches of Normandy to the blood-dimmed battlefields of Holland, here are acts of courage and cowardice, moments of irritating boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror, and pitched urban warfare. Offering a remarkable snapshot of what it was like to enter Germany in the last days of World War II, Webster presents a vivid, varied cast of young paratroopers from all walks of life, and unforgettable glimpses of enemy soldiers and hapless civilians caught up in the melee. Parachute Infantry is at once harsh and moving, boisterous and tragic, and stands today as an unsurpassed chronicle of war - how men fight it, survive it, and remember it.

Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters - Major Dick Winters

Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they suffered 150% casualties while liberating Europe—an unparallelled record of bravery under fire. Dick Winters was their commander—“the best combat leader in World War II” to his men. This is his story—told in his own words for the first time.

On D-Day, Dick Winters parachuted into France and assumed leadership of the Band of Brothers when their commander was killed. He led them through the Battle of the Bulge and into Germany, by which time each member had been wounded. They liberated an S.S. death camp from the horrors of the Holocaust and captured Berchtesgaden, Hitler’s alpine retreat. After briefly serving during the Korean War, Winters was a highly successful businessman. Made famous by Stephen Ambrose’s book Band of Brothers - and the subsequent award-winning HBO miniseries - he is the object of worldwide adulation, Beyond Band of Brothers is Winters’s memoir - based on his wartime diary - but it also includes his comrades’ untold stories. Virtually all this material is being released for the first time. Only Winters was present for the activation of Easy Company until the war’s end. Winner of the Distinguished Service Cross, only he could pen this moving tribute to human spirit.

The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941-1945 - David Wyman

Wyman's account is devastating, not least because it documents the precise degree to which all segments of the American population--including the churches and the Jewish community themselves--failed to accomplish the very least that could have been expected. It exposes the failure of the State Department to fill the existing quotas (left 90 percent unfilled) and the continuous pattern of lies and deceptions by means of which the government turned back any proposals that were made, such as transporting European Jews to Turkey or North Africa, to say nothing of the "controversial" question of allowing more immigrants into the United States. The narrative moves through three stages: It opens with the developments that led to the realization by the Allies that a systematic annihilation of the Jews was under way. Foreshadowed by rumors through most of 1942, this news was publicly established in November of that year. The second stage deals with the ensuing struggle by Jews and non-Jews against myriad odds, including an obstructive State Department, an indifferent president and public, and inadequate press coverage, that culminated in January 1944 with President Roosevelt's creation of the War Refugee Board. The final stage examines the WRB's actions through the end of the war, actions tat were substantial but severely handicapped by their tardiness and by lack of commitment from administration officials. It is difficult for a generation that has seen hundreds of thousands--indeed, millions--of Vietnamese, Hispanic, and other refugees absorbed into our society with relative ease to understand the full extent of the anti-Semitism that kept the government from trying to help, and kept the Jews themselves from acting effectively. Wyman's analysis , careful and utterly convincing, is a thorough account, as well as a searing indictment, of that tragic state of affairs.

#you guys can ignore this im just making lists #world war II #WWII #book list #long post

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Cleo Smith found: Detective Senior Sergeant Cameron Blaine describes the best day of his career

Detective Senior Sergeant Cameron Blaine has walked and talked with some of WA’s worst. He talked with Jemma Lilley and Trudi Lenon — the evil pair who took an innocent young teenager Aaron Pajich-Sweetman from a car park before killing him and burying him under a patio. He walked with Aaron Raymond Craig, as the fitter and turner took police to the remote forest spot where Bradley Hoddy was…

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TWELVE CROWDED HOURS

March 3, 1939

Directed by Lew Landers

Produced by Robert Sisk for RKO Radio Pictures

Screenplay by John Twist, story by Peter Rorick and Garrett Fort, with contributions by Joe Bigelow

Filmed in November 1938 at RKO Studios, Hollywood

World Premiere February 23, 1939 in New York City

Opened Wide Nationally on March 3, 1939

Synopsis ~ Twelve hours in the life of a newspaper investigative reporter out to get the goods on the master-minds who operate the profitable Numbers Racket in a big city. His quest is somewhat hampered by a romantic redhead, her less-than-stellar brother, a fat police detective, and henchmen with bad intentions.

CAST

Lucille Ball (Paula Sanders) this is Lucille Ball’s 44th feature film since coming to Hollywood in 1933.

Richard Dix (Nick Green) was nominated for an Oscar in 1931 for Cimarron. He also appeared with Lucille Ball in The Marines Fly High (1940).

Allan Lane (Dave Sanders) is best remembered as the voice of Mr. Ed, the horse. He appeared with Lucille Ball in Having Wonderful Time (1938) and Panama Lady (1939).

Donald MacBride (Detective Sergeant Joe Keller) appeared with Lucille Ball in six films from 1938 to 1946.

Cyrus W. Kendall (George Costain) also appeared with Lucille Ball in Next Time I Marry (1938).

John Arledge (Red) also appeared with Lucille Ball in Old Man Rhythm (1935).

Granville Bates (James McEwen) appeared in six films with Lucille Ball from 1936 to 1939.

Bradley Page (Tom Miller) appeared in seven films with Lucille Ball from 1933 to 1939.

Dorothy Lee (Thelma) makes her only appearance with Lucille Ball.

Addison Richards (Berquist) played the American Consul in “Lucy Goes To Mexico” (1958) and did four films with Lucille Ball between 1939 and 1960.

Murray Alper (Louie Allen) was seen with Lucille Ball in Winterset (1936) and Next Time I Marry (1938).

John Gallaudet (Jimmy) appeared on “I Love Lucy” in “Lucy Goes to a Rodeo” (ILL S5;E8) and “The Ricardos are Interviewed” (ILL S5;E7) both in 1955.

Joseph de Stephani (Rovitch) appeared with Lucille Ball in Joy of Living (1938).

UNCREDITED CAST

Stanley Blystone...Patrolman Richard Clarke...Police Driver Edmund Cobb...Pool Hall Proprietor George Davis...Gus - French Waiter Edgar Dearing...Second Bartender Frank Faylen...Henchman Eleanor Hansen...Mary - Hatcheck Girl Mike Lally...Henchman Dorothy Lovett...Cigarette Girl Greta Meyer...Mrs. Rovitch Jack O'Shea...Townsman Emory Parnell...Doorkeeper Jack Rice...Professor Busby Bruce Sidney...Headwaiter Kay Sutton...Miss Martin Ray Turner...Redcap Lee Van Atta...Copyboy Anthony Warde...Jerry Miller Blue Washington...First Bartender

THE STORY

TWELVE CROWDED HOURS begins with a shot of a street shutting down for the night - apartment blinds being pulled shut, lights turning off, and a milk bottle put out on a porch. In between that scene and the final shots of the the shades coming up and the milk bottle being brought in the next morning, newspaperman Nick Green (Richard Dix) experiences an eventful night dealing with mobster George Costain (Cy Kendall). Costain runs a numbers racket and leaves a trail of bodies in his wake.

TRIVIA

Lucille Ball also played a dance instructor in “K.O. Kitty” (1958), part of the “Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse”.

The world of journalism was the subject of “Lucy Becomes a Reporter” (TLS S1;E17) in 1963.

The numbers racket (aka running numbers) was also the subject of “Meanwhile Back at the Office” (HL S6;E16) in 1974.

In about 18 years, Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz would own the studio where this film was made - RKO.

Swedish film poster. The film opened in Sweden on November 20, 1939.

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‘It’s gonna be another long one, isn’t it?’ Brad asked, passing Hector a cup of coffee.

As usual, Hector felt the warmth of Brad’s skin as he took the cup; knew that it was a little out of the ordinary. He knew better than to ask if his partner was ill anymore, but he made a mental note to keep a check on him. The last thing he needed was Brad collapsing because he’d made himself ill with overwork. It was one of the more irritating things about never having confessed his truth to his partner; when his magic helped him realise something was up, he couldn’t always simply note it down to a lucky guess or coincidence.

‘Is it really a stakeout if we’re not freezing our arses off at two in the morning?’ Hector teased, grinning before turning back to the house they were watching, really hoping this time they might catch a lead; that sitting in the park hadn’t been a complete waste of time.

#Repost #Drabble #Supernatural Crime Story #Detective Sergeant Hector #Detective Sergeant Bradley #Water Fae Hector #Hector #Bradley #Brad #Hector & Brad

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Hi I am a big fan of your Relative Normalcy AU (the one where Jason is a surgeon) and I was wondering what Jason, Bruce, and Damian's medical specialties are??? Ps just so you know, if you ever decide to continue that series, you'd have at least one follower who would read it eagerly (I'm a big fan of bts medical dramas as well!)

Oh gosh thank you! I didn’t realize Relative Normalcy had any fans!!

All three are surgeons, Bruce is a neurosurgeon, Jason is a trauma surgeon, and Damian’s in his last bit of med school and will apply for a surgery internship before deciding his field. His goal currently is to be a neurosurgeon like his dad, but personally I imagine he’ll discover his knack for Cardio on rotation instead.

I should also note that everyone else in the AU has occupations in public service/health, though I never quite got around to writing everyone:

* Barbara Gordon and Dick Grayson are in the GCPD and both eventually make detective with Babs eventually becoming sergeant. Their adventures are basically Amy and Jake from B99

* Tim Drake shocks everyone by taking a few years off from school between high school and college before eventually becoming a private investigator who works under Slam Bradley for a while.

* Stephanie Brown becomes a social worker and specializes in delinquent children, working with the Martha Wayne Orphanage mostly and has a good relationship with Leslie as a result.

* Cassandra Cain becomes an EMT for the Thomas Wayne Memorial Hospital and so sees the doctors of the family the most often, she and Jason seem to have their own language with communicating about trauma patients she hands off to him.

* Tam Fox takes up as CEO of Wayne Enterprises eventually after Lucius and becomes closer to the Wayne Family that way, often bringing paper work to the Manor directly trying to make a good impression on Doctor Bruce Wayne.

Aaaaand back when I plotted out this AU Harper, Duke, Luke, and others weren’t really around yet but I’ll have to think of things for them too. I imagine Harper and Luke would probably be engineers for WE together, and Duke would probably also be an EMT with Cass. I don’t know I’ll have to think on it more

#AU: Relative Normalcy #batfic #Rena Can Has Headcanons #billykcaplan

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Lonely murder of Hell's Angels bikie beaten and buried in Thailand

Hell's Angels bikie beaten and buried in #Thailand. WAYNE Schneider was a tough, high-ranking #Hell'sAngels bikie with a reputation in the Sydney underworld as an international drug kingpin.

But he had little chance when five men, four in black silk balaclavas, descended on his luxury villa in November, 2015 in the seaside Thai town of Pattaya. Within hours, Schneider would be dead and his body dumped in a forest grave. In late 2015, Schneider had been living for almost four years in Pattaya, a resort 140km outside of Bangkok that is known for sex tourism and fugitive crime gangs. Drugs The 38-year-old had fled Australia in February 2012, after police busted two clandestine methamphetamine labs in the south-west Sydney suburbs of Narellan and Catherine Fields. In Thailand, he caught up with another Australian, kickboxer Antonio Bagnato, (a Bangkok Jack Report) who had also absconded from the law. Bagnato left Australia two days after the 2014 ambush, stabbing and shooting murder of Sydney father-of-two, Bradley Dillon.

Wayne Rodney Schneider's body was found in Thailand.Source:Supplied

Wayne Schneider’s inquest returns to court this week.Source:News Limited In Pattaya, Bagnato, also a former bikie gang member and a Muay Thai fighter, became a neighbour of Schneider’s and the men — who had shared business interests — often drank together. Bagnato regularly talked about the secretive Sydney organisation known as Saint Michael Fight Club in the city’s inner-west, and had been trying to recruit new members for the group in Thailand. Debts He had moved to Thailand after the August 11, 2014 murder of Mr Dillon, 25, who was killed over a debt owed to him by a member of Saint Michael Fight Club. Bagnato’s cousin, Diego Carbone, has since been convicted of his murder. Schneider and Bagnato had been partners in a gym in Sydney, and reportedly involved in drug deals in Thailand. But on November 29, 2015, it was Bagnato who came calling with his masked associates. They beat him and forced him into a Toyota Hilux utility and took him to a rented house. There they tied Schneider to a metal commode wheelchair and beat him until he passed out. At some point, Schneider’s assailants are believed to have left the house for several hours. When they returned, the Hells Angels bikie may have already been dead.

Australian man Antonio Bagnato has been found guilty and sentenced to death by a Thai court for his role in the 2015 abduction and murder of Wayne Schneider.Source:AAP Before dawn the next day, they bundled him into the ute and took him 30km south to a woodland grove, where they dug a 1.8m grave. One day later, using data from the rented ute’s GPS signal, Thai police went to a forest grove near a Chinese temple and found the grave in bushes. It was in a grassy area that had been disturbed by a vehicle and the officers followed it to a plot of freshly turned earth. Grave They started digging and a metre below ground found the body of Wayne Schneider; his neck had been broken and his left eye fractured. Police noticed there was a wound oozing blood from the side of his head. Police were led to a reservoir where Schneider’s clothes and other items were dumped after he was killed. Blood and bullet casings were found at his villa when police arrived.

Antonio Bagnato fled Australia in 2014 and is now on death row in Thailand.Source:AAP Witnesses told police the Toyota ute had been at the gravesite for several hours, and police tracked down the renter — Antonio Bagnato’s Thai wife Siraphat Saimart, 25. Thai Police issued a warrant for Bagnato, who had fled the country, driving in a private car to Cambodia. A 21-year-old American was detained on the Thai-Cambodian border and brought back to Pattaya for questioning Days later, police arrested Bagnato, then 26, in a raid on a cheap hotel in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh and he was extradited back to Thailand. Thai Court A Thai court subsequently found Bagnato guilty and sentenced him to death; he is on death row in the notorious Bang Kwang Central Prison, better known as the “Bangkok Hilton”. Last December, Thai police arrested four Hells Angels bikies who allegedly had links to Wayne Schneider. A Thai court heard that Bagnato had hired the four men to kidnap and kill Schneider in 2015. Court documents alleged Bagnato was attempting to open an overseas chapter of Saint Michael Fight Club when he murdered Schneider, reportedly over a drug dispute. The NSW Coroner heard that Schneider may have died alone in the rented house he was taken to, and left for a time by his assailants after they beat him.

The abduction and murder of Wayne Schneider sparked a major investigation for police in Thailand and Australia.Source:Supplied Detective Sergeant Paul Roe from the NSW Police Gangs Squad told the inquest he travelled to Thailand to investigate the circumstances of Schneider’s death with local police. Police told him Schneider was most likely bashed to death, with Bagnato being the instigator. Co-ordinated “It looked like he co-ordinated and organised the whole thing, as far as we can see,” Detective Sergeant Roe said. He said Schneider was likely alive when he was taken to the rented home, because he had ligature marks on his leg consistent with being tied, and there was blood found in the same room as the metal wheelchair.

Thai police dig for Wayne Schneider’s body.Source:Supplied

Thai police examine the shallow grave where the body of Hells Angels bikie Wayne Schneider was found at Chon Buri, Thailand in 2015.Source:Supplied “He was left for a period of time — I don’t know how long — in that room by himself,” Detective Sergeant Roe said. “Allegedly when they returned to that room, Schneider had passed away. My understanding was they stripped his body there, removed his clothes, and that’s when they took him to that roadside grave.” Acting state coroner Teresa O’Sullivan found Schneider died by homicide at the house where he was detained, from a blunt-force injury to his head. His body was returned to Sydney in December 2015, where it was cremated following a funeral. - News.com.au – You can follow BangkokJack on Instagram, Twitter & Reddit. Or join the free mailing list (top right) Please help us continue to bring the REAL NEWS - PayPal Read the full article

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25 Best Movies on Hulu Right Now (September 2019) | ScreenRant

Hulu has a lot of great movies - here are the 25 best films on the streaming service. In an age of options, less feels like more. While Netflix has an ever-expanding library, Hulu offers a more focused collection of great movies. Because volume isn’t the objective, Hulu succeeds in curating a batch of excellent films.

There are the iconic classics like The Matrix and Seven, the arthouse darlings like Sorry to Bother You and Let the Right One In, and the pure entertainment gems like The Fifth Element and Shrek. Hulu keeps it simple, and offers something for everybody. Here are the 25 best movies that you can watch on Hulu right now.

Related: The 25 Best Films on Netflix Right Now

Before we start, first a disclaimer. modern streaming libraries are like carousels, always moving and always changing. The films in this list are available on Hulu at the time of writing. We’ll be updating this top 25 list frequently, so keep an eye out for Hulu’s latest and greatest offerings. Also, the list isn't ranked from worst to best, so a lower number is not meant to denote higher quality. It's just a list of 25 great movies.

Last updated: September 5, 2019

25 Detroit

While it slipped through awards season without much hype, Detroit remains one of 2017’s best films. Rotten Tomatoes awarded it an 84% for its “gut-wrenching dramatization of a tragic chapter” in American history. Director Kathryn Bigelow tackles the 1967 incident in Motor City with aplomb, deftly guiding a sprawling cast (led by John Boyega and Will Poulter) through a maze of tension, bigotry, and survival. Detroit streams exclusively on Hulu.

24 The Fifth Element

One of the most unique sci-fi films of its decade, director Luc Besson's 1997 hit The Fifth Element served to launch the career of future Resident Evil franchise lead Milla Jovovich into the stratosphere, and is now on Hulu. Bruce Willis stars as Korben Dallas, a 23rd century cab driver who ends up unwillingly thrust into a quest to save the Earth when Leeloo (Jovovich) jumps off into a building into his flying vehicle. The two are opposed by Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg (Gary Oldman), a brash villain working on behalf of a great cosmic evil.

23 Seven

One of the most respected crime thrillers of the 1990s, Seven has style to spare, and was one of the films to first establish David Fincher as a director be reckoned with. Seven stars Brad Pitt as brash young detective David Mills, who partners up with soon to retire detective William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) in order to try and catch a serial killer who bases his murders on the seven deadly sins. Hauling in over $300 million at the box office on a $33 million budget, Seven was both a critical and commercial smash, and deserves to be revisited on Hulu.

Read More: 15 Awesome Facts You Didn't Know About Seven

22 The Matrix

One of the biggest pop culture phenomenons of its time, 1999's The Matrix put sibling directors The Wachowskis on the map. The Matrix's quite brilliant premise is that the world and everyone in it is in fact a computer simulation powered by the very humans that dwell there, after a catastrophic war between mankind and machines. One day, Thomas Anderson aka Neo (Keanu Reeves), a mild-mannered computer programmer by day and hacker by night, is woken up to the sad reality of his situation by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), leaders of a human resistance effort seeking to expose The Matrix to the public. Sequels The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions are also available on Hulu.

21 Basic Instinct

While 1992's Basic Instinct is most remembered for a particularly scandalous scene involving Sharon Stone, the movie as a whole is quite the enthralling neo-noir suspense thriller. Directed by Paul Verhoeven, Basic Instinct stars Michael Douglas as detective Nick Curran, who makes the mistake of becoming romantically involved with murder suspect Catherine Tramell (Stone). Well, depending on one's definition of romance. One of the biggest hits of the 1990s, Basic Instinct made over $350 million, and is a Hulu pick definitely aimed at adults.

20 Lethal Weapon

Directed by 1980s mainstay Richard Donner, 1987's Lethal Weapon still stands as one of the quintessential examples of how to do a "buddy cop" action movie right. Mel Gibson stars as Martin Riggs, a suicidal sergeant with a short fuse and nothing to lose. Riggs gets partnered up with by the book lawman Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), leading to a slowly blossoming friendship, and one of film's most beloved duos. Lethal Weapon would spawn three successful sequels, and a TV reboot that aired on FOX. All are currently available on Hulu too.

Read More: Where Are They Now? The Cast Of Lethal Weapon

19 An American Werewolf in London

There are many iconic movies about vampires, ghosts, witches, and demons, but unfortunately, the werewolf tends to come up short in that department, starring in more stinkers than hits. Arguably the best werewolf movie of all time is 1981's An American Werewolf in London, directed by John Landis, and now on Hulu. Boasting amazing practical creature effects that hold up today, the film tells the story of David Kessler (David Naughton), an American backpacking in Europe that ends up surviving a werewolf attack that kills his best friend. Unfortunately, it's not too long before David realizes he's now cursed to kill during the full moon.

18 Ocean's Eleven

While director Steven Soderbergh might be better known for his award-worthy dramas, sometimes he stops being quite so serious, and creates the laid back chill of 2001's Ocean's Eleven. A critical and commercial ($450 million worldwide) hit, Ocean's Eleven manages to be both a thrilling heist caper and an amusing bit of ensemble fun, perfect for Hulu subscribers. Said ensemble boasts some huge names, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, and Bernie Mac.

17 Hellraiser

Any dedicated horror fan has surely had their soul torn apart multiple times by Hellraiser's Pinhead (Doug Bradley) by this point. Director Clive Barker (adapting his own novella) crafted one of the most enduring tales of terror to come out of the 1980s, spawning one of the longest-running horror franchises out there as well. Hellraiser may only have a 68% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but it's a certified classic of the genre, and needs to be watched by anyone who enjoys a good fright flick. Direct sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser II is also part of Hulu's roster.

Read More: The Real Life Inspirations Behind 11 Horror Movie Icons

16 Frank

To some, Michael Fassbender is a young Magneto. To others, he’s a two-time Academy Award nominee. To a select few, he’s the gonzo pop musician and eponymous hero in Frank, the offbeat artist who became more famous for his oversized paper-mâché mask than his music. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson (Room), Frank earned a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score and remains a cult classic to adventurous Hulu viewers looking for a changeup in their visual diet.

15 Annihilation

One of Screen Rant's favorite movies of 2018, Annihilation is a visionary sci-fi film written and directed by Alex Garland, who previously made his directing debut with the equally arresting Ex Machina. Natalie Portman stars as Lena, one of the only survivors of an expedition into a realm called "The Shimmer," which serves as home to places and creatures beyond anything known to the natural world. Sporting an 89% RT score, Annihilation just arrived on Hulu, and also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, and Oscar Isaac.

14 Training Day

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, Training Day features Denzel Washington in arguably his greatest role, alongside an equally game performance by Ethan Hawke. Washingston stars as Alonzo Harris, a highly decorated but also highly corrupt narcotics officer, tasked with showing new recruit Jake Hoyt (Hawke) the ropes. Alonzo is a villain through and through, but damn is he fun to watch at work. Surprisingly, Training Day only holds a 72% on RT, despite earning Washington an Oscar and Hawke an Oscar nomination. Regardless of the lower rating, Training Day is still one of the best films on Hulu.

Read More: Ethan Hawke is (Sort Of) Right About Superhero Movies

13 Spaceballs

Made back in the days when director Mel Brooks could seemingly do no wrong, Spaceballs is a hilarious parody of the original Star Wars trilogy. While it wasn't quite a critical hit, Spaceballs has earned itself a gigantic cult following in the decades since its release, and features terrific comedic performances from greats like Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Joan Rivers, and even Brooks himself as the wise sage called Yogurt. Stream it on Hulu and get ready to laugh.

12 A Quiet Place

While John Krasinski might always be best known for playing Jim on iconic sitcom The Office, 2018's acclaimed sci-fi/horror film A Quiet Place demonstrated that he has just as much talent behind the camera. Directed, co-written by, and starring Krasinski, A Quiet Place centers on a family living in the aftermath of an apocalyptic alien invasion. The invading creatures are deadly, and hunt by sound, meaning that the Abbott clan has to spend most of their life in silence. Unfortunately, things eventually go wrong, and the monsters come calling. Krasinkski's real-life wife Emily Blunt co-stars in this prime Hulu pick.

11 Unbreakable

While 2019's theatrical arrival of director M. Night Shyamalan's latest film Glass didn't exactly set the world on fire, that doesn't diminish the greatness of its predecessors, the first being 2000's Unbreakable, recently added to Hulu. After surviving a deadly train crash without a scratch, mild-mannered security guard and family man David Dunn (Bruce Willis) comes to discover that he possesses powers beyond normal men, and that he's destined for greatness as a superhero. Guiding him down this path is Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), a mysterious man with secrets of his own.

Read More: M. Night Shyamalan's Films Ranked From Absolute Worst To Best (Including Glass)

10 Punch-Drunk Love

The fourth feature to be directed by perennial critical darling Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002's Punch-Drunk Love offered a showcase for comedy icon Adam Sandler's then-unknown dramatic chops as Barry Egan, a desperately lonely man with severe rage issues. Sadly, said chops have only been glimpsed a few times since, with Sandler mostly content to stick to his usual wheelhouse of slapstick comedies like Grown Ups. Still fans of Sandler the actor will always have this critically acclaimed film to remember him by, and stream on Hulu.

9 Airplane

Continually considered one of the funniest films in history, 1980 spoof comedy Airplane throws joke after joke at the audience with reckless abandon, and while all of them don't necessarily hit for everyone, most of them likely will. Granted, Airplane does contain some material likely to be viewed as a bit problematic by current standards, but when seen through the lens of when it was made, it's clear these jokes weren't intended to be malicious. Airplane might be best known for taking Leslie Nielsen, then primarily a dramatic actor, and turning him into a comedic force to be reckoned with. Anyone who hasn't experienced Airplane needs to take this flight while it's on Hulu.

8 Shutter Island

Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring his modern muse Leonardo DiCaprio, 2010's Shutter Island centers on U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, who's sent to investigate a mysterious disappearance at a mental hospital on the titular island. Unfortunately for Teddy, nothing is what it seems, and the mystery threatens to swallow him whole. The star-studded cast also includes Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, and Michelle Williams. Those looking for a thriller designed to keep them guessing should definitely stream Shutter Island on Hulu.

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7 Shrek

The film that put Dreamworks Animation on the map, 2001's Shrek stars Mike Myers as the titular ogre, a creature gruff on the outside but caring on the inside. Despite not wanting to do anything but hang out in his swamp, Shrek is compelled to go on a quest to rescue Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) by the villainous Lord Farquad (John Lithgow). By his side is Donkey (Eddie Murphy), a fast-talking animal who can't help annoying Shrek with his constant chatter. Shrek spawned a franchise of three sequels and multiple specials, and is worth checking out on Hulu.

6 Rosemary's Baby

Although director Roman Polanski is quite rightfully disgraced nowadays for being a convicted rapist, but that doesn't mean his classic films are suddenly any less great. One of the best is 1968's Rosemary's Baby, a deservedly revered entry into the horror canon. Mia Farrow stars as the titular character, a young woman who sees her life get more and more unraveled after she and her husband move into a mysterious New York City apartment building. Before long, she begins to suspect that every single person in her orbit might be involved in a demonic conspiracy. Those who haven't seen it owe it to themselves to meet Rosemary's Baby on Hulu.

5 Vice

A biopic about former U.S. vice president Dick Cheney was always going to be a controversial, divisive prospect, especially one directed by Adam McKay with a sharp satirical edge. In the end, 2018's Vice ended up earning mostly praise from critics, and multiple Oscar nominations, including one for Christian Bale's eerily accurate performance as Cheney. Bale famously put on lots of weight for the role, and is almost unrecognizable at a glance. Vice's all-star cast also includes Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, and more. Vice is worth a stream on Hulu, especially during these current politically-charged times.

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4 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

The Star Trek multimedia franchise has so far produced 13 feature films, but arguably the most iconic of those came early on, with 1982's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, now on Hulu. For better or worse, The Wrath of Khan changed gears from the metaphysical, exploratory adventure that was Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and did its best to turn Star Trek into more of a space action vehicle. Thankfully, it succeeded with most, and William Shatner's Captain Kirk yelling KHAN! at Ricardo Montalban's titular villain has become the stuff of legend.

3 Sorry to Bother You

One of the most uniquely creative movies of 2018, director Boots Riley's debut is a thought-provoking look at American race relations, framed through a dystopian comedic lens. Sorry to Bother You stars Lakeith Stanfield as Cassius "Cash" Green, who gets a job as a telemarketer, only to discover that putting on his "white voice" is what gets the money rolling in. Sorry to Bother You is a film not really suited to being summed up in a paragraph, but its 93% Rotten Tomatoes score kind of speaks for itself. Check it out on Hulu.

2 Heathers

A darker than dark comedy, Heathers was written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann, and sports a huge cult following, which is sure to only get bigger via Hulu. Winona Ryder stars as Veronica Sawyer, a high school student who runs afoul of former friends the Heathers, a trio of rich, popular girls that rule teen society with an iron fist. After being wronged by them, Veronica makes the mistake of teaming up with outcast bad boy J.D. (Christian Slater) in order to get revenge. Sadly, J.D.'s idea of revenge is straight up murdering his enemies.

1 Let the Right One In

Released in a decade where vampire cinema was dominated by the sparkly Twilight, director Tomas Alfredson's Swedish hit Let the Right One In was exactly what the classic creature needed to remind audiences that despite their affliction, vampire movies don't have to suck. Lina Leandersson stars as Eli, an ageless vampire with the appearance of a child, and Kare Hedebrant plays Oskar, the bullied young boy she enters into an unexpectedly sweet relationship with. The film was later adapted stateside by Matt Reeves, with Chloe Grace Moretz in the Eli role. That version is sadly not available via Hulu.

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Putting Two and Two Together: excerpt from a work in progress

It’s not yet sunrise. The first transports from the airbase to Hastings – for those with chits for the day – won’t leave until daybreak, but there’s already a longish queue which Andrew joins at the back.

Three lorries pull up, all open to the oddly mild weather.

‘No coaches for the likes of us, eh, sir?’ the flight sergeant standing in front of him remarks over his shoulder. The queue advances by fits and starts. The first lorry fills up with personnel and departs, then the second. The sergeant is the last to climb into the third before the Transport Officer pronounces it filled to capacity.

‘Don’t worry, sir – back before you know it!’ the driver calls out to Andrew.

‘Want the paper, sir?’ the sergeant asks him, holding it up. It’s the Evening Telegram, and Andrew’s first impulse is to refuse: what use does he have for yesterday’s news from Brighton? Then he sees the phrases HASTINGS DETECTIVE and LOCAL MECHANIC in the upper right-hand corner.

‘Yes, thanks!’

Andrew reads the lead article as he waits, wondering towards the end of it whether he ought to leave the queue and try to telephone his father before going home, just possibly to an empty house.

Don’t be an idiot – you’d have been contacted by this time if... if anything had happened, he thinks. And indeed, it seems that all is well.

The lorries return; Andrew is the first in. On the way to Hastings he reads the piece over again. It occurs to him that there is one bit of the investigation that the Telegram’s correspondent hasn’t explained.

Andrew’s father emerges from the kitchen with his shirtsleeves rolled up to wish his son a happy Christmas and to apologise for having snapped at him on Wednesday night.

‘Hardly matters, Dad – happy Christmas to you as well.’ Andrew holds up the newspaper. ‘Are you – um, are you all right?’

‘Much better now that I’ve got the press out of my hair – though that’s probably temporary,’ his father remarks. ‘But yeah, Andrew, I’m fine. Not the first time I’ve been in that sort of tight spot.’

‘I don’t think I find that very comforting, to be honest. Well then, all right,’ Andrew goes on, setting the subject aside. ‘When shall I fetch Sam?’

‘Ah. There’s been a change in the day’s schedule. Sam’s had a windfall.’ Foyle tells his son about the black-market turkey. The story makes Andrew laugh, chasing away the anxious shadow that his father can see in his eyes. ‘So she’ll be joining us for tea and then supper,’ he explains.

Having hung his cap and greatcoat in the hall and deposited his tunic and kit bag in his room, Andrew joins his father in the kitchen. He has another question to ask but forgets it for a moment when he sees the array of objects, edible or not, sitting on the table.

‘Can I do anything to help?’ he offers.

‘Yes – you can stir these together,’ his father says, handing him a filled bowl and a mixing spoon.

‘Dad, there’s something I don’t understand,’ Andrew remarks after a bit.

‘Good heavens, and what might that be?’

‘How did you know where to go looking for this Osborne character?’

Andrew sees his father’s posture stiffen slightly.

‘Just good luck,’ Dad says.

After supper – it’s all quite splendid in Sam’s opinion – she tells the men about her Christmas three years previously: the first Christmas of the war, her first away from Lyminster and the last before rationing began.

Andrew has heard this story before, or parts of it at least, but settles contentedly next to her on the sofa and listens: a long working day on the 23rd of December – a Saturday, no less – spent driving a Mr Nicholson of the Ministry of Production the length and breadth of Sussex while he inspected seemingly every factory in the county, and then on to London.

‘I was meant to deliver him to his Ministry, in Westminster,’ Sam recalls. ‘He was quite a long time at the last stop, though – it was nearly four o’clock by the time he was ready to leave, and the sun was going down, so he told me to drive him home instead. I asked him if that wouldn’t get him into trouble at work, but he said that they were unlikely to keep the office open so long after the blackout on a Saturday, especially just before Christmas, but that he would telephone when he arrived at home, just to be certain.

‘I suppose that I was still rather... green at the time, sir,’ she offers, noting that Mr Foyle is trying not to smile. ‘He thought it was funny, as well. In any event, I had imagined that a civil servant would live in the Home Counties – but the address he gave me was in Westminster as well! It had never occurred to me that anyone would actually live there! It was a mansion block, and when we got there he told me that I should come inside and wait in the lobby.

‘I did that, and after a while the lift door opened and a woman got out and asked whether I was Miss Stewart, and said that she was Mrs Nicholson. She told me that they were going out for the evening – she was quite exquisitely dressed – or she’d have asked me to come upstairs to supper. As it was, she gave me a sandwich to eat – awfully good roast beef with tomato and pickle and horseradish sauce – and some Jaffa cakes as well. She was worried that I was going to have to drive all the way back to Hastings that night.’

‘Had you planned to do that, Sam?’ Mr Foyle queries.

‘Mrs Bradley wanted me to,’ Sam explains, ‘but headquarters in London objected, and arranged for me to stay at the MTC dormitory and drive back the next morning. My parents wouldn’t have been best pleased if they’d known that I was staying overnight in London, although I suppose they wouldn’t have liked the thought of me on the open road all alone during the blackout either,’ she continues. ‘But London was really quite calm then, you know – rather on edge, I suppose, but calm.’

‘The phoney war.’ Mr Foyle nods.

‘Precisely, sir. In any event, when I got to the dormitory there was a message waiting for me – from Mrs Nicholson! She had telephoned from the nightclub where they’d gone and said that if I was still in town on Christmas day I was welcome to come to dinner at midday! And that’s exactly what happened,’ Sam continues. ‘The next morning, first thing, Commander Mrs Buckley – she’s the London Area Commandant – told me that they were short of vehicles and needed the one that I had driven up the day before.’

‘Christmas Eve, and they needed an extra car?’

‘Someone from the Supply Ministry needing to be driven to Birmingham,’ Sam explains with a shrug. ‘I offered to drive, but I’d put in so much time and mileage on the day before that I was refused. I went to Victoria Station and tried to book a railway ticket back to Hastings, but it was no good at all – I couldn’t book for any time before half past four in the afternoon on Christmas Day. So I telephoned Mrs Nicholson and accepted her invitation, and then I telephoned the dormitory and told them I’d need a place for the night – and asked them to contact my landlady in Hastings and tell her that I was delayed, as it was rather the MTC’s fault.’

‘Wasn’t this when the MTC were trying to recruit drivers who could, um, more or less hand over their own cars?’ Andrew asks.

‘Yes, that’s right!’ Sam exclaims. ‘And if you did provide a car, you weren’t always given that one to drive, I remember, and one’s own car might be driven by somebody else, and might end up hundreds of miles away. Some of the girls weren’t terribly happy about that!’

‘What sort of car was it, Sam?’ Foyle queries. The police use Wolseleys because they are reliable and safe.

‘Oh, that was another fantastic thing, sir! It was an MG Magnette two-seater, painted in two shades of green. I’d never driven such a small car before. That did take a bit of getting used to!’

‘An MG!’ Andrew interjects. ‘Honestly, Sam, I can’t picture you driving anything other than a huge black saloon car.’

‘I drove all sorts of cars, you know, before I went to work for the police. It’s true, though – I am used to the big Wolseley now. I didn’t do too badly in the ten-forty yesterday, though, did I, sir?’ Sam goes on. ‘Just braked a bit too hard once or twice, probably. So we ought to be quite all right, really, until we can get the regular car back from the garage.’

The rest of Sam’s story – lunch in a hotel restaurant (the first time she’d ever eaten in a restaurant by herself, a milestone so exciting that she no longer recalls what she ate); the Christmas Eve service at Westminster Abbey; the Nicholsons’ palatial flat and the glorious meal they served – passes over Andrew like an echo. He feels as though he has suddenly found the last clue to a double-crostic (Why a double-crostic? When have I ever tried to work a double-crostic?) and discovered that the quotation is LOCAL MECHANIC ARRESTED IN THAT, TWO OTHER DEATHS.

For a moment he feels faintly sick.

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