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Count Hannibal Lecter VIII
Count Hannibal Lecter VIII was born in Lithuania, Germany to an aristicrat family. Whenever Hannibal Lecter was a child he practiced sadism on numerous animals. -
Nazis Storm Lithunania, Germany
When Adolf Hitler's Soviet Union stormed the Baltic region and turned the region into the bloodiest frontline, Lecter, his young sister Mischa and their family were forced to escape their home and hide in their hunting cabin in the middle of the woods. -
Driven to Madness
Nazis were finally driven out by Soviet forces and the countries occupied by the Soviet Union. During their retreat, the German troops destroyed a Soviet tank that had stopped at the Lecter family's lodge looking for water. The resulting explosion killed both Lecter's parents. -
Orphans
Lecter and Mischa were orphaned. They survived in the cottage until six former Lithuanian militiamen, led by Nazi collaborator, Vladis Grutas, stormed and looted it. Finding no other food, they cannibalized Mischa, while Lecter watched. Lecter blacked out and was later found wandering and mute by a Soviet tank crew that took him back to Lecter Castle, which by now had been converted into a Soviet orphanage. Lecter was irreparably traumatized by the sight and developed a savage obsession. -
Sudden Death
Hannibal was removed from the orphanage by his uncle who was a noted painter and moved back to France with him. Their time together did not last long when his uncle died of a sudden death. -
Another Home
Lecter went to live in reduced circumstances with his Japanese aunt, Lady Murasaki. The two developed a special, quasi-romantic relationship. While in France, Lecter flourished as a medical student. -
First kill
His first murder he committed as a teenager. He killed a local butcher (who was also a former war vetern) who had insulted his aunt. Lecter escaped responsibilty of the murder with his aunts help. -
Seeking Revenge
Lecter then divided his time between medical school in France and hunting those who had killed and cannibalized his sister. Lecter then killed Vladis Grutas, Zigmas Milko, Enrikas Dortlich, Petras Kolnas and Bronys Grentz. -
Doctor
Lecter established a psychiatric practice in Baltimore, Maryland. He became a leading figure in Baltimore society and indulged his extravagant tastes, which he financed by influencing some of his patients to bequeath him large sums of money in their wills. Lecter killed at least nine people, many of them his patients. -
Persuasion
One victim, Mason Verger, was the son of a wealthy and influential family who controlled a meat-packing empire. Verger went through psychiatric counseling with Lecter after being convicted of child molestation. Lecter drugged Verger and suggested he try cutting off his face. Verger agreed and, again at Lecter's suggestion, ate his own nose, feeding the rest of his face to two dogs. Lecter then broke Verger's neck and left him to die. Verger survived, but was forever confined to a life support. -
Liver for Dinner?
Benjamin Raspail was Lecter's ninth and final known victim before his incarceration. Raspail was a not-so-talented musician with the Baltimore Philharmonic Orchestra, and Lecter killed Raspail because his musicianship spoiled his enjoyment of the orchestra's concerts. Raspail's body was discovered sitting in a church pew with his thymus and pancreas missing, and his heart pierced. It is believed Lecter served these organs at a dinner party he held for the orchestra's board. -
Finally Captured
Lecter was finally captured by a FBI special agent Will Graham. Graham was investigating the murders in the Baltimore area, and had turned to Lecter for professional (and personal) advice. When Graham questioned Lecter at his psychiatric practice, he noticed some antique medical books in his office. Upon seeing these, Graham suspected Lecter was the killer as the sixth victim had been killed in his workshop and laced to a pegboard in a manner reminiscent of the Wound Man – an illustration used -
Model
Lecter was spared prison and sent to the Baltimore State Forensic Hospital, in the hospital he was a model patient. Upon complaining of chest pains, he was taken to the infirmary where his restraints were removed. He attacked a nurse who was then placing leads for an electrocardiogram (EKG) onto his chest, tearing out her eye, dislocating her jaw and eating her tongue. His pulse never went above 85 beats per minute. -
In custody still killing
Graham came out of retirement to help solve the "tooth fairy" case. He went to Lecter for help and not helping him, Lecter sent the killer coded messages to kill Graham and his family.
