Real Life Criminals Who Inspired Iconic Movie Villains (15 pics)
It turns out that truth really is stranger than fiction.
Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – Ed Gein and Elmer Wayne Henley
Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs – Ed Gein and Ted Bundy
Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs – Alredo Balli Trevino
Characters from American Horror Story – Tons of Criminals
Norman Bates in Psycho – Ed Gein
Annie Wilkes from Misery – Genene Jones
Mickey and Mallory from Natural Born Killers – Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate
Kit and Holly from Badlands – Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate
Judd from Eaten Alive – Joe Ball
Ruth Chandler from The Girl Next Door – Gertrude Baniszewski
Keyser Soze from The Usual Suspects – John List
Hans Beckert from M – Peter Kurten
Mick Taylor from Wolf Creek – Bradley Murdoch and Ivan Milat
Papa Jupiter from The Hills Have Eyes – Sawney Bean
Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver – Arthur Bremer
Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – Ed Gein and Elmer Wayne Henley
Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs – Ed Gein and Ted Bundy
Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs – Alredo Balli Trevino
Characters from American Horror Story – Tons of Criminals
Norman Bates in Psycho – Ed Gein
Annie Wilkes from Misery – Genene Jones
Mickey and Mallory from Natural Born Killers – Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate
Kit and Holly from Badlands – Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate
Judd from Eaten Alive – Joe Ball
Ruth Chandler from The Girl Next Door – Gertrude Baniszewski
Keyser Soze from The Usual Suspects – John List
Hans Beckert from M – Peter Kurten
Mick Taylor from Wolf Creek – Bradley Murdoch and Ivan Milat
Papa Jupiter from The Hills Have Eyes – Sawney Bean
Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver – Arthur Bremer
