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the trial of hannibal lecter, the chesapeake ripper

history is being made. the most notorious serial killer in the world has been caught, but he is still spreading like a feverish plague - even more so now than before. hannibal lecter. hannibal the cannibal. the chesapeake ripper. doctor lecter. his name is on the lips of the people - the newsreels, the tabloids, the internet, the men and women and children can’t stop whispering and screaming about it. about him. he’s a monster. he’s a god. he’s like no one we’ve ever seen before. and we’ve been eating out of his hand like dogs. and we won’t stop.

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#the Hannibal Lecter trial offers the doctor something he never truly believed would be his: immortality #godhood in the eyes of the world #a permanent fixation on his name - and most importantly #his art #serial killers become known by one of two things: their work #(Jack the Ripper; the Green River Killer) #or their name (Ted Bundy; Jeffrey Dahmer) #so rarely do we remember both #if we know his name - he is caught #and his works are revealed in the daylight #made benign and distant #because we own him; we own his name #he has no power over us - he can no longer steal our children or destroy our lives #Hannibal the Cannibal - his name makes him no less terrifying #the trial does not make him weak; human; touchable #it distances us from him further; fills us with frenzy #to know & to understand what has escaped us #we know his name and we know his art but we cannot put him away like so many others #Hannibal Lecter is the exception to every rule we know #and we are enamored (hannibalmedia)

#yes yes yes #circus trials are my guilty pleasure