Ed Gein: Last News

the real life Ed Gein) was first introduced in 1974’s “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” The hulking murderer has gone on to appear in nine films in the franchise – including the 1990 film “Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw III,” that starred Viggo Mortensen before he was famous, and 1995’s “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation,” which starred a pre-fame Matthew McConaughey. Leatherface disgustingly wears a mask made up of the skin of his victims over nine movies, he’s been played by a variety of stunt men and actors, including Bill Johnson, Robert Jacks and Dan Yeager.

Ed Gein offers fresh insight into the mind of “The Mad Butcher” — told, in parts, by Gein himself in never-before-heard audiotapes.“Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein,” premiering Sept. 17 on MGM+, uses the tapes, unearthed in 2019, to delve into the mind of Gein, who was arrested in November 1957 in desolate Plainfield, WI.

BreAnna Bell MGM+ has picked up the four-episode true-crime docuseries, “Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein.” Directed and executive produced by James Buddy Day (Blumhouse’s “Compendium of Horror,” “Fall River”), the original documentary follows grave robber and serial killer Ed Gein, otherwise known as “The Plainfield Ghoul” and “The Mad Butcher,” whose crimes inspired such iconic films as “Psycho,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” and “The Silence of the Lambs.” “For years, filmmakers, journalists, and scholars have tried to unravel the mind of this notorious killer, and with new reveals and never-before-heard recordings, viewers will be transported to late-1950s Middle America and submerged in Gein’s perverse mind. The series explores Gein’s upbringing and twisted relationship with his mother, his early grave robbing, the murders leading up to his arrest, and the police’s discovery of his terrifying house of horrors—all accompanied by the brand-new revelations revealed in the recordings,” reads the description, per MGM+.

Streaming platform MGM+ has picked up a four-part true crime docuseries on a serial killer so heinous he inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs.

murderer took his love of keepsakes to a whole new macabre level.Ed Gein's crimes shocked the world when he was eventually caught in the 1950s and locked up in an asylum for life.He was dubbed the real-life 'Leatherface' after his love of wearing the faces of his victims as a mask inspired the character in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies.READ MORE: Life of Ian Huntley before he turned killer - from school bullying to grooming teensBut the true horror of what Gein had done only came to light when police went inside his house for the first time - which was so shocking it left even experienced coppers disgusted.As well as murdering people, Gein had also dug up women from the local cemetery and turned their body parts into decorations, furniture and crockery for his home.Police found women's genitalia and noses stashed around the house, faces turned into lampshades and a belt made fashioned from women's nipples.There were also human skulls used as decorative bedposts and lips as a curtain drawstring.It was also thought that Gein had sex with the corpses of women he'd dug up from graves but he denied this - saying he wasn't into necrophilia because "it was too smelly".Gein's crimes were so shocking they helped to inspire several movies, including Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs.When Gein was arrested in 1957 for the murder of store owner Bernice Worden in Wisconsin, USA, police went to his house to search it and were unprepared for the horrors that lay behind the doors.Inside among the items they found were:A corset made from a female torso skinned from shoulders to waistA pair of lips on a window shade drawstringFour nosesA belt made from female nipplesTwo vulvas from teenage girlsNine

William Earl Netflix’s upcoming “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” the direct sequel to 1974’s “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” is paying service to fans of the original by bringing back John Larroquette to narrate the opening of the film. Larroquette’s legendary news brief at the start of the the 1974 film was meant to scare audiences by grounding the film in true crime.

convicted murderer dubbed the "skin suit killer" would make 'trophies' such as nipple belts and skull bowls from the remains of corpses he dug up.

The only thing more terrifying than a horror movie is real life, so what happens when the onscreen scares are inspired by true events?