Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters

Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters

2001•1h 0m•5.9/10

DocumentaryThrillerCrimeHorror

Ratings

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5.9/10(33)

This documentary examines a selection of real life serial killers and compares them to the fictional Hannibal Lecter.

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Production

Buck Productions, SJW Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Richard Morgan

Richard Morgan

Narrator

Phil Morrison

Phil Morrison

Hannibal Lecter

Robert K. Ressler

Robert K. Ressler

Self

Jeffrey Dahmer

Jeffrey Dahmer

Self (archive footage)

Andrei Chikatilo

Self

Ted Bundy

Ted Bundy

Self

John Wayne Gacy

John Wayne Gacy

Self

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