A Brief History
On March 29, 1951, Copenhagen, Denmark was the scene of one of the most bizarre bank robberies ever, a robbery that cost two people their lives!
Digging Deeper
Investigators later reconstructed the crime, with the two robbers probably sharing a jail cell after being convicted of treason during World War II. In prison they developed an interest in hypnosis and Asian mysticism.
One ex-con allegedly hypnotized the other to rob a bank, and in the process killed a teller and the bank manager. The robber fled by bicycle but was soon captured. The hypnotist half of the scheme called the police to protest his innocence as the killer had used the hypnotist’s bike.
The pair of robbers were convicted of murder and robbery, although the shooter was confined for life in a mental institution. The master mind was sentenced to life in prison. A 2018 movie of the incident, Murderous Trance, was made by Finnish filmmaker Arto Halonen.
Note: The author has been to Denmark and found the country and its people to be charming!
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Houlahan, Peter. Norco ’80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History. Counterpoint, 2019.
Oddenino, Ruben. Hypnosis: Medico-Legal and Criminological problems in mind control. Independently published, 2021.
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