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The Real Life Doctor That Inspired Character of Hannibal Lecter Will Haunt Your Dreams

Author Thomas Harris revealed his identity, sort of.

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As if we needed any more things in this world to have nightmares about. According to UK's The Daily Mail, The Silence of the Lambs author Thomas Harris has revealed the real-life inspiration behind one of modern popular culture's most celebrated, demented characters, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Harris wouldn't give a full name, opting instead to just refer to him as "Dr. Salazar," but he did offer this chilling anecdote about the time he met the guy at a Mexican prison in the '60s:

Aww shit, here it comes.

But wait, there's more! From the UK's WalesOnline:

So the guy that was too insane to ever "leave this place" did, in fact, one day leave said place. NIGHTMARES YET?

[via Daily Mail]

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