Heath Ledger’s NYC apartment was dedicated to the Joker…

Heath Ledger‘s well-documented obsession with his psychopathic role as the Joker in the Batman movie “The Dark Knight” has a new twist: He turned his Manhattan apartment into a shrine dedicated to the iconic supervillain, The Post has learned.

Ledger had immersed himself in the reading material that extended back to the very beginnings of Batman, the Joker and clown performers, the source noted.

“He was trying to make his role different from the roles of the other actors. He was even studying how to make his voice different from theirs,” the source added.

Detectives also noticed that the loft at 421 Broome St. was “immaculately clean,” with all of Ledger’s research on the Joker neatly stacked, the source said.

“He was a perfectionist who clearly had a lot of respect for the character. All of that stuff was very tidy. He cared a lot about it,” the source recalled.

Ledger’s official cause of death was “acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine,” according to a report by the New York City medical examiner’s office.

“We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications,” including painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs, the report said.

Ledger’s nude body was discovered on his bed by a masseuse who had arrived at his loft for a scheduled appointment. He was 28 at the time of his death on Jan. 22, 2008.

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