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“Nordic” mysteries are seriously serious. The Forgotten Girls takes on the scandalous treatment of mentally disabled folks (children through adult) in Denmark a mere 20 to 30 years ago. The “forgotten girls” are mentally retarded twins that are ripped (almost literally) from their father’s arms and sent to a “home” where they are “better off.” And then they die – only one of them, Lise, turns up really dead and in horrible physical condition many years later. This re-appearance, and the disappea
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