Abbott stood trial in August 1867 and was committed to Taunton State Hospital, a lunatic asylum in Massachusetts. After that, little is known, and details surrounding the case remain mysterious.

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insane asylums, that’s ‘Silence of the Lambs’ stuff,” he said, according to NBC News. “Hannibal Lecter, anybody know Hannibal ...

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