Special Guest: Lizzie
 
This week Lauren tells Lizzie about Gary Heidnik. Heidnik was one of the inspirations for the character of "Buffalo Bill" in The Silence of the Lambs.

Sources:

• Crime Library: Gary Heidnik: To Hell and Back by Patrick Bellamy
• CNN: His gruesome crimes were a basis for ‘Silence of the Lambs.’ The sister of one of his victims has mixed feelings about his execution by Faith Karimi, CNN
• 100 Most Infamous Criminals: Gary Heidnik by Jo Durden Smith
• Wikipedia
• He Tortured Woman In His Basement Pit — What Happened To ‘Monster Preacher’ Gary Heidnik After Getting Caught?: Gary Heidnik, who kidnapped women and tortured them inside his Philadelphia basement, committed crimes so heinous he helped inspire a popular horror movie character. by Becca van Sambeck

Clip: How Deborah Dudley Was Killed In Pit By Gary Heidnik

https://www.oxygen.com/monster-preacher/season-1/videos/is-gary-heidnik-anything-like-silence-of-the-lambs-buffalo-bill

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