Author: Oliver Pötzsch

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• NULL (2)
  • IN: The Play of Death (2016) Thriller, German
    EPIGRAPH: The bi-bi-boogeyman, the boogeyman is back… He picks up little boys and girls and throws them in his sack.
    FROM: An old German nursery rhyme originally describing a demon or dwarflike monster, (None), Poem, Germany
  • IN: The Beggar King (2010) Thriller, German
    EPIGRAPH: Sobald ein Soldat wird geboren, sind ihm drei Bauern auserkoren. Der erste, der ihn ernährt, der andere, der ihm ein schön Weib beschert, Der dritte, der für ihn zur Hölle fährt. Whenever a soldier is born, three peasants are chosen for him: One to provide his fare, another to procure him a lusty wench, and a third one to go to hell in his stead.
    FROM: A Verse from the Thirty Years’ War, (None), NULL, Central Europe
• Oliver Pötzsch (1)
  • IN: The Castle of Kings (2013) Thriller, German
    EPIGRAPH: What would I be without you? Emperor Barbarossa, As ancient legends tell, Waits hidden in his castle Under a magic spell. Great Barbarossa never died, But lies there to this day. He is content his time to bide Till fortune comes his way. And with him sleeps the glory Of German lands, it’s writ, To come back, says the story, When those above see fit.
    FROM: The Castle of Kings, (2013), Fictional, Germany
• Voltaire (1)
  • IN: The Ludwig Conspiracy (2011) Thriller, German
    EPIGRAPH: History is the lie that is commonly agreed upon.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, France
• Spee von Langenfeld, Friedrich (1)
  • IN: The Werewolf of Bamberg (2014) Thriller, German
    EPIGRAPH: Why do we search so diligently for sorcerers? Hear me, you judges, and I will show you where they are. Rise, attack the Capuchins, Jesuits, and all the members of holy orders. Attack them, they will confess. If any deny, torture them three times, four times, and they’ll confess. […] If you want more, attack the prelates, canons, theologians and they, too, will confess. How can these delicate, gentle men endure something like that?
    FROM: Cautio Criminalis, (1631), Book, Germany

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• Oliver Pötzsch (1)
  • IN: The Castle of Kings (2013) Thriller, German
    EPIGRAPH: What would I be without you? Emperor Barbarossa, As ancient legends tell, Waits hidden in his castle Under a magic spell. Great Barbarossa never died, But lies there to this day. He is content his time to bide Till fortune comes his way. And with him sleeps the glory Of German lands, it’s writ, To come back, says the story, When those above see fit.
    FROM: The Castle of Kings, (2013), Fictional, Germany