The Real Hannibal Lecter
After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
History Hit
4.7 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
At the tender age of 23, Thomas Harris, author of The Silence of the Lambs, was sent to interview a convicted murderer inside a Mexican prison. What happened that day lived rent free in his mind for the rest of his life.
Anthony tells Maddy this story of murder and of love that blurs the lines between truth and fiction.
Written by Anthony Delaney. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Warner Brothers and Salem's Lot, the spine-tingling new horror film from the legendary Stephen King. |
| 0:09.1 | It is so exciting, it is that time of year. It is spooky season. |
| 0:13.0 | Oh, it's just the best time of year. |
| 0:15.0 | No surprise that we love this time of year, of course. |
| 0:19.0 | There is no better fit for this season than a good horror film. |
| 0:22.0 | Salem's lot is one of Stephen King's |
| 0:25.1 | favorite stories, I'm sure you've heard of it, and it's adapted from the 1975 best-selling |
| 0:30.0 | novel. Salim's Lot follows an author who returns to his hometown in Maine, but things are not as they should be. The place is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire. |
| 0:42.1 | Of course it is. |
| 0:43.0 | Why wouldn't it be the place is called Salem? |
| 0:45.0 | Salem's lot is the latest adaptation of Stephen King's bestseller. |
| 0:49.0 | From the creators of the record-breaking horror franchise, The Conjuring Universe. |
| 0:53.0 | So take yourself, your mom, your romantic date, or just a pillow to hide behind to see this |
| 0:59.6 | after dark endorsed vampire movie. |
| 1:02.3 | Salem's lot in cinemas October 11th. The heat in Nueva Leon, Mexico was so stifling it coated the inside of the young journalist's mouth, |
| 1:22.0 | forcing him to concentrate on his breathing through closed eyes in order to stay focused. |
| 1:27.0 | At times, it appeared that the ground before him shuddered, as if it were about to explode in flames, but he went on. |
| 1:35.8 | At 23, Thomas Harris, who would go on to write Silence of the Lambs, had been sent to Mexico |
| 1:41.8 | to interview Dykes Askew Simmons. had been |
| 1:43.8 | sent to Mexico to interview Dykes Askew Simmons. |
| 1:44.8 | Simmons was an American citizen who had been hastily charged and detained at |
| 1:49.2 | Topo Chico penitentiary for the murderer of three siblings, two sisters and their brother in Mexico. |
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