Summary
Thetrue crime genre was intriguing and terrifying uslong before its popularity boom in the 2010s.
In some way, all fiction draws from our individual and collective experiences.
Even thoughThe Fallis fictional,a specific true crime case inspired it on several prominent fronts.
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The only thing they share is their common complexity.
What Inspired Jamie Dornans The Fall?
From 1974 to 1991, Rader murdered at least 10 individuals in the Wichita, Kansas area.
A seemingly cold but very passionate policewoman goes head to head with a seemingly passionate father who is in fact a cold serial killer in this procedural out of Belfast. The only thing they share is their common complexity.
The jury sentenced Rader to 10 consecutive life sentences without the chance of parole.
Written by Wichita Eagle journalistsRoy Wenzl,Tim Potter,L.
What Is The Fall About?
Cubitt then developedThe Fall, a crime drama predicated uponreversing the classic whodunit.
How Is Jamie Dornans The Fall Inspired by a True Story?
Like Rader, Paul Spector stalks, binds, tortures, and strangles women.
[…] The father you know is not capable of any of this."
The theory concerns the deaths of 40 men across multiple states.
Paul Spector is the serial killer next door.
Like many criminals, Rader chased fame; his boastful letters to law enforcement led to his 2004 arrest.
Paul Spector is no charismatic genius to secretly admire.
Ultimately, it doesn’t matter that his childhood experiences inform him.
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He understands the cruel depravity of his actions and chooses to kill anyway.
He doesn’t care, and that’s the point.
In his mind, everything revolves around his desires and his anger.
The Fallis available to stream on BritBox.
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