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Based on a true story?

In a July 2014 interview, Samantha Eggar claims that John Fowles based The Collector on an actual incident in England in which a bank clerk who had won big in the football pools abducted a local shop girl and kept her prisoner. Can anyone corroborate? The News Hound 04:55, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Should the Criminal Minds episodes be included?

There are two sections that deal with adaptations and real criminals, should there be an "In popular culture" entry about the two Criminal Minds epis odes that heavily involve this book and its plot? The episodes are Season 1, Episode 22, and Season 2, Episode 1.

Paulvoltairewiki (talk) 21:57, 21 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]