Deviant Deviant

Deviant

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Publisher Description

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

From “America’s principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers” (The Boston Book Review) comes the definitive account of Ed Gein, a mild-mannered Wisconsin farmhand who stunned an unsuspecting nation—and redefined the meaning of the word “psycho.” The year was 1957. The place was an ordinary farmhouse in America’s heartland, filled with extraordinary evidence of unthinkable depravity. The man behind the massacre was a slight, unassuming Midwesterner with a strange smile—and even stranger attachment to his domineering mother. After her death and a failed attempt to dig up his mother’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 story—recounted in fascinating and chilling detail by Harold Schechter, one of the most acclaimed true-crime storytellers of our time.

GENRE
Nonfiction
RELEASED
2010
May 11
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
256
Pages
PUBLISHER
Pocket Books
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
3.2
MB

Customer Reviews

Daisy Rose Munson ,

Deviant

Well written. Well researched. Describes the tiny ghoul thoroughly. All questions answered. No drama. No fluff. I couldn't put it down.

StarSharon ,

A Classic Amongst Serial Killer Books

I read a version with photos. The story behind Ed Gein is fascinating. If you are a fan of serial killer books this is a book you need to read. Gein was the big news story of his time and has been the basis for movie characters from Psycho to Silence of the Lambs.

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