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This is Dr. J. Buzz von Ornsteiner,

forensic psychologist from copycat killers, Reels Channel's true crime

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Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the iconic villain who starred in five feature films and his own network TV series. Hannibal's a charming monster, the guy who will smile at you one minute

and each one next.

I'm like anything we'd ever seen in cinema before.

But Hannibal is more than just a movie character.

Real life cannibals, just like him, actually walk the earth.

I mean, Marvith was just a human being I think with cruel cruel ideas.

These thoughts, these cravings and desires to indulge in cannibalism at some point he wanted to make the fantasy a reality.

What does it take to drive someone to break the ultimate taboo?

Becoming a cannibal.

I think the idea of serving a piece of flesh to him and then eating some of it himself.

It's like that infamous line that Hannibal delivers.

I ate his liver with fava beans and a nice panting.

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