10 Insane Facts You Didn't Know About Christopher Lee
2. He Had A Special Interest In The Occult
When a man can tell you the names of every official English executioner dating back to the 1400s, it perhaps comes as no great surprise that he also harbours other special interests, as well. And for Sir Christopher Lee, the Mastermind category of choice could well have been on execution practices in England. Or it could have been on the occult. Though Lee in 2011, while giving a speech at University College Dublin, dismissed claims that he had a collection of 20,000 occult books Id have to live in the bath, he joked he also went on to display a disquieting expertise on the subject. "I warn all of you: never, never, never. You will not only lose your mind, you'll lose your soul", Lee told the terrified students of Dublin, giving them both a reason to fear the occult and an explanation why this particular actor had displayed such an interest in horror movies throughout his career.
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