This guy is the reason why everyone has been telling you to wash your hands so much.
The Maddening Filth is a horror screenplay about Ignaz Semmelweis, the doctor who created Germ Theory and was driven to madness by it in the process, made the 2017 Bloodlist.
This period horror feature script explores the discovery of Germ Theory, the ways women bear the brunt of pandemics, and the knee-jerk refusal of believing new scientific data as it comes to light. What Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis accomplished and discovered still matters today (global pandemic cough cough!), the story of how he did and what it personally cost him is relevant and worth exploring.
