The True Story Behind "The Silence of the Lambs"

Serial Killing : A Podcast

Elissa Kerrill

True Crime

4.3 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The true story behind the 1991 film, "Silence of the Lambs", and more importantly, the Mexican doctor that Dr. Hannibal Lector is based off of.

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0:52.2	Scary movie fans, such as myself, will hear that a movie is based on a true
0:58.0	story. Now a few of them we know, but most, well we never go on to find out just what that
1:06.0	true story is. So in this series we will explore and find out exactly what the true story is. So in this series, we will explore and find out exactly what the true story is
1:15.2	behind the movies we love. The 1991 movie, Silence of the Lambs, is based on the
1:23.6	1988 book by the same name, written by Thomas Harris. The movie starts us off with
1:31.9	Agent Clarice Sterling working through the physical portion of her FBI training when she gets
1:39.4	interrupted by a superior who wants her to come to his office.
1:45.8	There, she is told that they are interviewing known serial killers to learn about behavioral
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