Why did the FBI want to extract information about Buffalo Bill from Hannibal Lecter?
If Lecter is also a criminal then why did the investigation team trust him in The Silence of the Lambs?
Why would a criminal give correct information about another criminal?
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For the challenge it presented to Lecter.
Lecter used to consult for the FBI, and it's implied his services were largely au gratis, and often pro bono.
Whilst it's true that he often manipulated his proximity to the FBI for personal leverage, he seemed to genuinely enjoy the pursuit and capture of criminals.
Knowing this is something he may willingly participate in (coupled with the prospect of improved facilities and privileges), the only reason Lecter wouldn't help is to be spiteful, which would in turn only spite himself.
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How did Hannibal Lecter know who Buffalo Bill was?
The FBI were unaware that Lecter already knew who Buffalo Bill was. Lecter had once met Gumb years earlier through his patient (and Gumb's lover) Benjamin Raspail. Once he learned of a serial killer who had killed a girl from Ohio and had skinned his victims, Lecter deduced that it was Gumb.What does Buffalo Bill do in Silence of the Lambs?
In the film and the novel, he is a serial killer who murders overweight women and skins them so he can make a "woman suit" for himself. In the television series Clarice, he is portrayed by Simon Northwood. Ted Levine as Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs.Who abused Buffalo?
(WIVB) \u2013 Attorneys for the Buffalo Bills and the NFL are asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit accusing former Buffalo Bills linebacker Cornelius Bennett of sexual abuse. A woman from Monroe County says Bennett abused her in 1992 at a bar in the Rochester area. She claims she was 17 when the assault occurred.Is Buffalo Bill the same as Hannibal Lecter?
7 Hannibal Lecter: He's A CannibalHannibal Lecter's tastes are a little bit different from Buffalo Bill's but are similar at the same time. The event of his sister's murder prompted his interest in cannibalism. What makes this act so terrifying is that there isn't one specific reason why he targets his victims.Hannibal And Clarice Discussing Buffalo Bill
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It helps to know that the book is inspired by real cases:
Thomas Harris was moved to write the novel that inspired the film after meeting FBI agent John E. Douglas, one of the godfathers of criminal profiling. While attending the lecture of the decorated special agent, Harris learned about three notorious serial killers: Ted Bundy, Gary M. Heidnik and Ed Gein.
Of particular interest is Ted Bundy:
And like Lecter, Bundy had an interesting relationship with a criminal investigator. His contact was Robert Keppel, a homicide detective who had achieved national attention as being one of the men who had helped track him down in the midst of his cross-country murdering spree. Keppel was serving as the chief consultant to the task force for the unsolved Green River Murders when he was contacted by Bundy from his Florida holding cell; Bundy offered to help form a profile to help catch the Green River Killer. While working with Bundy ultimately provided little help, Keppel was able to get him to confess to several more unsolved murders. Bundy was executed in 1989, while the Green River Killer -- Gary Ridgway -- was finally apprehended in 2001.
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