DID YOU KNOW? The hideous characters in the classic films, Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silence of the Lambs and the 1974 film, Deranged were all based on a real person, Edward Theodore "Ed" Gein (1906-1984). Ed was a murderer and grave robber who had developed a taste for slicing up people; creating masks, a body suit, and other objects from the tanned skins of the dead women's bodies. He murdered his victims, cut them up, and then used their bones to make furniture. When caught in 1957, his room featured lampshades and chair seats made of human skin. When caught in 1957, his room featured lampshades and chair seats made of human skin. He died on July 26 , 1984 of respiratory failure in the Mendota Mental Health Institute, Wisconsin.
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