On October 30, 2015 1:20:41 PM Michael Best <themikebest@gmail.com> wrote:

I asked one of the writers about this awhile back after another episode seemed to mirror a "case" I was involved in. The off the record answer was that instance was a total coincidence but the research assistants for the writing team use a lot of real life stuff as inspiration, but rarely delve more than skin deep. They borrow headlines, but that's it. It's like Oliver Stone's JFK - a mirror of reality, but nothing is quite right.

Could be true; there was an alleged murder plot involving DPR and Silk Road, which may have been more of an influence than AP simply by being more current. One can never be sure. Wendigo is an old legend, but more recently was very prominent on Hannibal. My guess would be the latter was where they borrowed from. Nothing is new under the sun...

TL;DR: Probably a trick, but James Spader's voice will make me forget that.

Ohhh, hell yeah. :) -S