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The Casual Criminalist

Alfredo Ballí Treviño - The Real Story Behind the Silence of the Lambs

The Casual Criminalist

Cloud10

True Crime

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Unlock the chilling truth behind the real-life Hannibal Lecter - the story of Alfredo Simmons, a cold-blooded killer who confessed to brutally murdering three innocent children. In this gripping exposé, delve deep into the twisted psyche of a remorseless criminal and discover the shocking conversation between a doctor and a prison director that inspired one of the most infamous characters in literature and cinema. Brace yourself for an unparalleled journey into the mind of a monster - this is the true story you won't be able to look away from. Sponsor: StitchFix.com/CASUAL to get $20 off your first purchase Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Into True Crime, Murderous Podcast examines gripping murder cases from crime to trial.

0:05.8

Each episode of Murderous takes you through a new murder case.

0:09.2

That's murder with Isha at the end.

0:11.2

Listen to Murderous on the iHeart app or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:15.6

Today we'll uncover the chilling truth behind the real life Hannibal Lecter,

0:19.2

the story of Alfredo Simmons, a cold-blooded killer who confessed of brutally murdering three innocent

0:25.4

children. We're going to delve deep into the twisted mind of a morseless criminal and discover

0:30.0

the shocking conversation between a doctor and a prison director that inspired one of the most

0:34.8

infamous characters in literature and cinema. Brace yourselves for an unparalleled journey into

0:39.2

the mind of a monster. This is the true story of the inspiration for Hannibal Lecter.

0:45.8

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to another brand new episode of The Casual Criminal.

0:56.2

As always, I'm your host Simon Wamsley. One of my writers, Kevin, is written here.

0:59.6

As you heard from that introduction, all about Alfredo Trevino.

1:03.9

If I'm pronouncing that Trevino, I think it's got a little hat on the end.

1:08.0

Which I mean, Nia. Nia. Is that right? Is that Spanish? I don't know.

1:11.8

Look, the real story behind the silence of the lamps. I've never read this before. This is all

1:15.3

brand new to me. So let's just jump in, shall we? Today's story is about a 64-year-old case from

1:21.6

Mexico that was almost entirely unknown in America into about 10 years ago. So most of my research

1:27.3

today is from Spanish sources. I did my best, but I apologize if I got any of the finer details

1:31.7

wrong. That's okay, Kevin. I'm sure the comments on YouTube will correct us because that's what

1:36.0

comments on YouTube do. But with that, let's take a look at Alfredo Bolly Trevino. The real life

1:41.6

killer inspired the character of Hannibal Lecter and the last person to be sentenced to death in

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