vanished. On 13 March 1939, nearly on the anniversary of the fall of Montségur, Rahn was found frozen to death on a mountainside near Söll (Kufstein, Tyrol) in Austria. His death was officially ruled a suicide. Rahn in popular culture Rahn has been the object of many rumours and strange stories, including that his death had been faked, although all such speculation has failed to be substantiated. Richard Stanley made a documentary about Rahn and his fixation on the Holy Grail titled The Secret Glory in 2001. Sorcerer's Feud (2014) by Katharine Kerr is another novel that has Rahn as a character. The Pale Criminal (1990), part II of Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir trilogy, has Rahn as a secondary character. In the Italian comic book Martin Mystère, Rahn fakes his death and joins the United States Secret Service "Elsewhere". The 2013 Snog album Babes in Consumerland features the song "Otto Rahn". The band Civil War, in the album "Killer Angels", features the song "Lucifer's Court" about Rahn. Works Kreuzzug gegen den Gral. Die Geschichte der Albigenser (Broschiert) (in German), 1934, ; . Croisade contre le Graal: Grandeur et Chute des Albigeois (Broché) (French translation), 1934, ; . Crusade Against the Grail: The Struggle between the Cathars, the Templars, and the Church of Rome (First English Translation by Christopher Jones), 1934–2006, ; . Luzifers Hofgesind, eine Reise zu den guten Geistern Europas (in German), 1937, ; . Lucifer's Court: A Heretic's Journey in Search of the Light Bringers (English translation), 1937–2008, ; . References Sources Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke. 1985. The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology: The Ariosophists of Austria and Germany, 1890-1935; p. 188-189 Otto Rahn and the Quest for the Holy Grail Biography at Jones' Celtic Encyclopedia External links Website dedicated to Otto Rahn, otto-rahn.com Raiders of the Lost Grail, an article by Richard Stanley Crusade Against the Grail by Otto Rahn the full text of the book at the Internet Archive 1904 births 1939 suicides Catharism Dachau concentration camp personnel Archaeologists from Hesse Nazi Party politicians Holy Grail LGBT people in the Nazi Party Nazi Party officials Nazis who committed suicide in Austria People from Michelstadt SS-Obersturmführer Suicides by freezing University of Giessen alumni 1939 deaths