Ed Gein: The Killer That Inspired Many Horror Films | World’s Most Evil Killers

A profile of Ed Gein, the killer and body-snatcher who came to be known as the 'Butcher of Plainfield', and whose story is thought to have inspired Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. From "World’s Most Evil Killers"

43 min - True Crime - Real Crime

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