Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original

Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original Psycho

The truth behind the twisted crimes that inspired the films Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs...

From â€œAmericaâ€™s principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killersâ€ (The Boston Book Review) comes the definitive account of Ed Gein, a mild-mannered Wisconsin farmhand who stunned an unsuspecting nationâ€”and redefined the meaning of the word â€œpsycho.â€ The year was 1957. The place was an ordinary farmhouse in Americaâ€™s heartland, filled with extraordinary evidence of unthinkable depravity. The man behind the massacre was a slight, unassuming Midwesterner with a strange smileâ€”and even stranger attachment to his domineering mother. After her death and a failed attempt to dig up his motherâ€™s body from the local cemetery, Gein turned to other grave robberies and, ultimately, multiple murders. Driven to commit gruesome and bizarre acts beyond all imagining, Ed Gein remains one of the most deranged minds in the annals of American homicide. This is his storyâ€”recounted in fascinating and chilling detail by Harold Schechter, one of the most acclaimed true-crime storytellers of our time.
Country USA
Brand Gallery Books
Manufacturer Gallery Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber illustrations
ReleaseDate 1998-10-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780671025465

Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original Psycho