Is The Silence of the Lambs Based On a True Story?
The short answer is no. It’s based on Thomas Harris’s equally (if not more) gripping novel by the same name. But the longer answer is that the author based his character of Hannibal the Cannibal on a convicted murderer he met in a Mexican prison.
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And FBI Agent, Clarice Starling, is based on an actual agent named Patricia Kirby, whom Thomas had met while gathering information for his novel. Likewise, Jack Crawford is based on special agent John Douglas, a man whose work in the field revolutionized the world of criminal profiling.