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Buffalo Bill's 'The Silence of the Lambs' home is for sale at $250,000

The home from 'The Silence of the Lambs' is for sale. The famous Victorian style home includes a pool and an old caboose as a pool house.
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The allure of a horror movie house with the possibility of a fabled pit in the basement was not enough to garner $300,000 for this listing south of Pittsburgh. After dropping three times, the asking price is now $249,900.

Just put on the lotion and come see this home, the listing invites.

Buffalo Bill's "Silence of the Lambs" house is for sale
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Buffalo Bill's "Silence of the Lambs" house is for sale
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That’s the only way you’ll know for sure whether there’s a pit in the basement of the unassuming Victorian where Jame “Buffalo Bill” Gumb softened and skinned his victims in the 1991 thriller “The Silence of the Lambs.”

Buffalo Bill's "Silence of the Lambs" house is for sale
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Buffalo Bill's "Silence of the Lambs" house is for sale
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Buffalo Bill's "Silence of the Lambs" house is for sale
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Your visit will start with walking through the same door upon which Jodie Foster, as Agent Clarice Starling, knocked when she confronted Gumb. Like her, you’ll proceed to the dining room where he fumbled with cards while she pulled her gun.

Buffalo Bill's "Silence of the Lambs" house is for sale
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Buffalo Bill's "Silence of the Lambs" house is for sale
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The owners, who are asking $300,000 for the four-bedroom, one-bath home outside Pittsburgh, still have a copy of the book on which the movie was based, signed by Foster and director Jonathan Demme.

Buffalo Bill's "Silence of the Lambs" house is for sale
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"Silence of the Lambs" book signed by Jodie Foster and director Jonathan Demme
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“Thank you all so much for letting us use your beautiful home in our scarey [sic] movie,” Demme wrote. “Such a great location for us! Hope you enjoy the picture as much as we did your house.”

Buffalo Bill's "Silence of the Lambs" house is for sale
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Buffalo Bill's "Silence of the Lambs" house is for sale
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Buffalo Bill's "Silence of the Lambs" house is for sale
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The home includes a pool, an old caboose used as a pool house and a wrap-around porch.

Buffalo Bill's "Silence of the Lambs" house is for sale
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Buffalo Bill's "Silence of the Lambs" house is for sale
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There’s also a full basement — but that’s all listing agent Dianne Wilk, of the Preferred Realty/Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, will reveal.

Buffalo Bill's "Silence of the Lambs" house is for sale
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“Is there really a dungeon in the basement, or was it movie magic? You have to come see the house to find out,” Wilk said.

Buffalo Bill's "Silence of the Lambs" house is for sale
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