Conan Doyle, a newspaper article mentions the Vehmgericht, stating that the features of a recent death are similar to the organization's killings. The Vehmgericht also appear as antagonists in The Strong Arm, an 1899 novel set in the Holy Roman Empire by British-Canadian author Robert Barr. Geoff Taylor's 1966 novel, Court Of Honor, features the Fehme being revived by a German officer and Martin Bormann in the dying days of the Third Reich. Season 3, episode 12 of The Blacklist, titled The Vehm is based on a group of vigilantes using medieval torture methods to kill paedophiles and money launderers. Jack Mayer's 2015 historical fiction, Before the Court of Heaven, depicts the Fehme, and 'Fehme justice' as part of the extreme right-wing conspiracy to bring down Germany's Weimar democracy. See also Feme murders References This work in turn cites: P. Wigand, Das Femgericht Westfalens (Hamm, 1825, 2nd ed., Halle, 1893) L. Tross, Sammlung merkwurdiger Urkunden für die Geschichte der Femgerichte (Hanover, 1826) F. P. Usener, Die frei- und heimlichen Gerichte Westfalens (Frankfort, 1832) K. G. von Wächter, Beiträge zur deutschen Geschichte, insbesondere des deutschen Strafrechts (Tübingen, 1845) O. Wächter, Femgerichte und Hexenprozesse in Deutschland (Stuttgart, 1882) T. Lindner, Die Feme (Munster and Paderborn, 1888) F. Thudichum, Femgericht und Inquisition (Giessen, 1889) T. Lindner, Der angebliche Ursprung der Femgerichte aus der Inquisition (Paderborn, 1890) This source combats T. Linder's theory concerning the origin of the Fehme. K.M. Langmaier: Wo finde ich mein Recht? Ulrich Erhart gegen Kloster, Herzog und Reichsstadt: der „arme Mann" in den Mühlen der Justiz. Ein bayerischer Beitrag zur westfälischen Femegerichtsbarkeit im 15. Jahrhundert. In: Westfälische Zeitschrift 170, 2020 37–68 Dahlmann and Waitz, Quellenkunde (Leipzig, 1906), p. 401; also the supplementary vol. (1907), p. 78. Lists of works on individual aspects. Daraul, Arkon, A History of Secret Societies, London, Tandem, 1965. Has a chapter on the Holy Vehm; among other things, it describes the practice of "Free As a Bird".This article (or an earlier version) contains text from the public domain Brewer's Reader's Handbook, published in 1898.'' Notes External links Legal history of the Holy Roman Empire Secret societies in Germany Abuse of the legal system 1811 disestablishments in Germany