Preacher Gary Heidnik kidnapped six women and held them captive in his basement, where he raped and tortured them for months in one of Philadelphia’s most horrifying crimes.

After kidnapping six women, Gary Heidnik’s ultimate goal was to impregnate them all in a twisted “birthing harem.” By that point, however, Heidnik already had multiple children.

Gary Heidnik, who kidnapped women and tortured them inside his Philadelphia basement, committed crimes so heinous he helped inspire a popular horror movie character.

Real life bleeds into reel life as the hellish torture chamber used by a notorious Philadelphia murderer inspired an iconic fictional character.