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Detective Inspector Edmund John James Reid was the head of the CID in the Metropolitan Police's H Division at the time of the Whitechapel murders of Jack the Ripper in 1888. He was also an early aeronaut.
Charam is a 1983 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P. A. Backer and produced by C. H. Khalid. The film stars Prem Nazir and Meena Menon in the lead roles. The film follows the search of a lawyer for his missing daughter in Bombay's red-light district. The film is considered a breakthrough in independent cinema in Malayalam. It has a musical score by G. Devarajan.
Basketful of Heads is an American comic book limited horror series written by Joe Hill, pencilled by Leomacs and Reiko Murakami. It is the first series in his Hill House Comics imprint. It follows June Branch, who tries to rescue her kidnapped boyfriend with a basket and a magical axe.
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