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I've just found out that the character of Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs) was based on a real-life doctor in my hometown!!!!

Thomas Harris has given few interviews, and did not explain where he got inspiration for Hannibal Lecter until mid 2013. Harris revealed that the character was inspired by a real-life Mexican doctor and murderer he met while visiting a prison in Monterrey city, in the state of Nuevo León, during a trip to Mexico in the 1960s, when he was a 23-year-old reporter.[35] The doctor was serving a life sentence for murdering a young man, supposedly a "close friend", mutilating his body into several body parts and putting them in a very small box. Harris, who would only refer to the surgeon by the fake name "Dr. Salazar", described him as a "small lithe pale man with dark red hair". He added: "There was certain intelligence and elegance about him."[36] Harris had gone to Mexico to interview Dykes Askew Simmons, a US citizen on death row for murdering three young people in the country, but he ended up also speaking to "Salazar", who saved Simmons' life after a guard shot him during an escape bid. "Salazar" revealed his dark side as he began discussing Simmons’ disfigured face, tormented upbringing and how attractive his victims had been.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_Lecter

 

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I've just found out that the character of Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs) was based on a real-life doctor in my hometown!!!!

Thomas Harris has given few interviews, and did not explain where he got inspiration for Hannibal Lecter until mid 2013. Harris revealed that the character was inspired by a real-life Mexican doctor and murderer he met while visiting a prison in Monterrey city, in the state of Nuevo León, during a trip to Mexico in the 1960s, when he was a 23-year-old reporter.[35] The doctor was serving a life sentence for murdering a young man, supposedly a "close friend", mutilating his body into several body parts and putting them in a very small box. Harris, who would only refer to the surgeon by the fake name "Dr. Salazar", described him as a "small lithe pale man with dark red hair". He added: "There was certain intelligence and elegance about him."[36] Harris had gone to Mexico to interview Dykes Askew Simmons, a US citizen on death row for murdering three young people in the country, but he ended up also speaking to "Salazar", who saved Simmons' life after a guard shot him during an escape bid. "Salazar" revealed his dark side as he began discussing Simmons’ disfigured face, tormented upbringing and how attractive his victims had been.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_Lecter

Interesting. The prison scenes in that movie were filmed at the Allegheny county jail in downtown Pittsburgh.

 

Last movie my wife and I went to was Tom Hanks in Castaway..That's what I think of the movies of late...

 

Time to call Mom to dig out the old photo album.

I just found this thread!

Here's me in the 'glitter rock' days:

 

I just found this thread!

Here's me in the 'glitter rock' days:

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No toothy smile? I suppose the wrath of decay was already upon you at that early age. With proper dental hygiene, you could have been a famous Rock Star! Now you are a single-toothed engineer. Poor guy.

On the other hand, your current looks would give you a leg-up on the rail-riding hobo country music genre.

 

No toothy smile? I suppose the wrath of decay was already upon you at that early age. With proper dental hygiene, you could have been a famous Rock Star! Now you are a single-toothed engineer. Poor guy.

On the other hand, your current looks would give you a leg-up on the rail-riding hobo country music genre.

Who says I'm not a famous rock star? This is what I really look like today:

 

"Keith" must be your middle name, so your initials are JK?

 

Who says I'm not a famous rock star? This is what I really look like today:

bad choice. Keith is british and clearly says, "maths". You do not.

Should have picked a radio guy like Alice Coop' with some engineering skills. Maybe Ted Nugent would have been more appropriate with your hobbies. Too bad that each has more teeth than you (unless they are wearing dentures). Probably too young for you to pass for though.

 

bad choice. Keith is british and clearly says, "maths". You do not.

The eth on my keyboard ith broken.