The Body Snatcher Who Inspired Three Famous Hollywood Thrillers
Ed Gein was the man behind Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Silence of the Lambs.
In a world full of serial killers with deeply intriguing stories and dozens of victim counts to their name, it is quite ironic that some of the biggest Hollywood thrillers happened to be inspired by the life of a man, who was only ever convicted of killing two people.
However, the story of Ed Gein is one that has inspired at least seven movies in varying degrees — three of which are quite popular thrillers — Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Silence of the Lambs.
The reason for this is that his story is much more than meets the eye at first glance. The gruesomeness of his crimes isn’t in the number of murders he committed — but in the “hall of horror” that was discovered during the investigation of his crimes.
His childhood, as it often is, was the start of it all
Edward Gein was born on August 27, 1906, in Plainfield, Wisconsin — owing to which he would later come to be known as The Butcher of Plainfield.
Growing up, Gein had a very difficult childhood with a father who was abusive and an alcoholic, while a mother who was of a very…
