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Post by catherine on May 1, 2018 5:02:42 GMT -5
What do you know? Tooth Fairy was based on BTK! "Inspiration Harris loosely based Francis Dolarhyde on the then-unidentified serial killer known as "BTK" (Bind, Torture, Kill), who at the time of the book's publication was terrorizing Kansas with a series of murders, beginning with the murder of an entire family in their own home. Like Dolarhyde, BTK engaged in necrophiliac acts with his victims' bodies; he also wrote letters to the police alluding to an abusive childhood and being under the control of an outside influence, which he referred to as "Factor X". Harris had consulted with FBI Agent John E. Douglas prior to writing the book, and Douglas had served as a consultant on the BTK case for Kansas police. Harris was so impressed with Douglas that he borrowed aspects of his life story and personality for Will Graham and Jack Crawford." I think Douglas should be impressed with Harris. This was before BTK was caught. He had the animal abuse, B&E, photography with a Polaroid. Annette Funicello fixation versus woman clothed in the sun. I wouldn't say that Rader "engaged in necrophiliac acts" because he didn't sexually assault the bodies. I remember from one of the Mystery Locations that he took a woman's body to the church and took photos of her, but while that's frigging weird, it isn't necrophilia. whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/6815/mystery-location-48-april-2017
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Post by Isbeau on May 1, 2018 14:28:48 GMT -5
I don't want to get into the details or debate definitions but the Tooth Fairy did the same thing, with the videos he took at the killings, as BTK did at the scene with the corpses or dying and probably with the Polaroids. The point is that Thomas Harris knows what he's writing about. He even had the military experience. Roy Hazelwood did the profile on BTK. I don't think it was much better. John Douglas probably told Harris about the source of the DNA at the scene so that wasn't a hard guess. But only Harris had the photography at the scene. Nailed it.
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Post by kitty on May 1, 2018 18:44:44 GMT -5
I don't want to get into the details or debate definitions but the Tooth Fairy did the same thing, with the videos he took at the killings, as BTK did at the scene with the corpses or dying and probably with the Polaroids. The point is that Thomas Harris knows what he's writing about. He even had the military experience. Roy Hazelwood did the profile on BTK. I don't think it was much better. John Douglas probably told Harris about the source of the DNA at the scene so that wasn't a hard guess. But only Harris had the photography at the scene. Nailed it. Who or what is the Tooth Fairy?
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Post by Isbeau on Jun 23, 2018 0:22:35 GMT -5
Who or what is the Tooth Fairy? Francis Dolarhyde from Red Dragon. Ralph Fiennes played him in the second movie version.
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