We are all familiar with the term “Life imitating Art” but often Art imitates Life.
Edward Theodore Gein, also known as the “Butcher of Plainfield” or the “Ghoul of Plainfield”, was an American convicted murderer and body snatcher who has been cited as the inspiration behind Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal masterpiece, PSYCHO.
Mr. Gein is the subject of this episode of Murder Most Foul.