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When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters
This documentary examines a selection of real life serial killers and compares them to the fictional Hannibal Lecter.
Top Billed Cast
Richard Morgan Narrator
Robert K. Ressler Self
Jeffrey Dahmer Self (archive footage)
Andrei Chikatilo Self
Ted Bundy Self
John Wayne Gacy Self
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