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Ed Gein - Man that served as an inspiration for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre film. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

And Norman Bates. And Jame Gumb.

[–] decadentrebel@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Deranged came out a little earlier than TCM and was a lot closer to Gein than Leatherface or Bates.

Buffalo Bill is another character loosely based on Ed.

[–] Deftdrummer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks I'm gonna check this out.

[–] Ab_intra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yup.. A fucked up guy.