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TIL that director Christopher Nolan's brother Matthew was alleged to be a contract killer who kidnapped and tortured an accountant to death in Costa Rica. While being held in a secure prison tower in Chicago, Matthew concocted an elaborate escape attempt using a razor, a harness, and a 31-foot rope.

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