Deviant
The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original Psycho
by Harold Schechter
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appears in Serial Killer, Mystery & Crime, and Fiction.
Murder Was the Least of His Crimes_x0085_The truth behind the twisted crimes that inspired the films Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs_x0085_ From Harold Schechter, _x0093_America's principle chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers_x0094_ (The Boston Book Review), comes the definitive account of Ed Gein, whose ghoulish crimes stunn...
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appears in Serial Killer, Mystery & Crime, and Fiction.
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