Celebrity Real Estate: Buffalo Bill’s Torture Home is For Sale but No One Wants to Buy It

A couple in Pennsylvania is hoping to sell a house that was used as the home of Buffalo Bill, a psychotic killer in the 1991 movie "The Silence of the Lambs." The house was listed last summer by Scott and Barbara Lloyd with an asking price of $300,000, but now it can be yours for $250,000.

The three-story house was the second most-clicked home last year on Realtor.com, and has attracted curiosity seekers, but no one has expressed interest to buy.

Lloyd said, "We're finally starting to see a little bit of motion."

The location of the home in a small village is a one hour drive southeast of Pittsburgh.

The four-bedroom, one-bath house had its foyer and dining room depicted in the 1991 film, but there's no dungeon pit in the basement where the killer Buffalo Bill, played by Ted Levine, kept his victims before skinning and killing them, as reported by the New York Post news.

The house where the Lloyds raised their son is up for sale as they're going to downsize into a ranch-style home that they will build a few miles away.

After buying the home, the couple was married on Feb. 13, 1977, in the foyer where Buffalo Bill first met the FBI agent in the movie, played by Jodie Foster.

In this film, Foster won an Oscar and Anthony Hopkins also won an Academy Award for playing Dr. Hannibal Lector, a cannibalistic psychiatrist who helped rookie Agent Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) track down and kill Buffalo Bill in his home.

"The fact that a home gets a ton of publicity doesn't necessarily add up to a quick sale," said Gunther.

According to the Daily Mail report, a 1910 Queen Anne house in Layton, Pennsylvania is the location of the scene where the award-winning movie was filmed about a serial killer. It was used as the home of Buffalo Bill, a psychotic killer in the 90s film "The Silence of the Lambs."

The house features a gorgeous gazebo - where the psychotic killer entertained his victims, before skinning and killing them.

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