The crime
Born in 1887, Dagmar Overby was a Danish woman who worked as a "baby farmer," taking in unwanted children from parents unable to care for them in the harsh post-WWI economic climate. One day, a young mother overcome by regret returned to Dagmar begging for her baby back, leading to police breaking into her house and discovering the child’s remains. She would be tried in 1921 and found guilty for the murder of nine infants.

The story 
Freshly Oscar-nominated Danish film The Girl with the Needle is a nightmare, but it’s a gorgeous one. The lush silvery black and white cinematography drapes every scene with a stylized, eerie effect, like a real life Nosferatu.

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