Edward Theodore Gein Research Paper

“It must have been someone cold-blooded” said Ed Gein as he was in jail, speaking about the murders he was being convicted of. Thanks to this quote, Alfred Hitchcock took interest in Ed’s life story and the murders he committed.. The deranged Edward Theodore Gein paved a path for the scariest horror film in 1960 to make history in the film industry and become the most memorable film in Cinema history. Edward Theodore Gein was born on August 27, 1906, in La Crosse Wisconsin. He was the son of an alcoholic father and an overly religious mother. He grew up with his brother ,Henry, ruled by his mother’s puritanical preaching of lust and desire. Ed. as they called him, never left his home or dated a woman until after his mother’s death in 1945 because of his obsession with his mother. After his mother passed away, he became deranged, searching cemeteries to unearth women that had recently been buried. He would take limbs and body parts from the women and place the bodies back as if nothing had happened to them over the night. After his search for the perfect body parts to fix his mother, he turned to murdering. The police eventually caught him in the murders of two women

Producers use “based on true story” sometimes to give the impression that this could could happen to anyone at anytime. research shows that because of this, films will make almost double the profit predicted. Also, television producers have noticed the statistics and have made a spin off of the film, Bates Motel. Bates motel is the story of Norman Bates and his mom portraying Edward gein and his mother,and the infamous murders that they have committed. Although “Psycho” shows only one or two murders, Bates Motel airs in a new, extended scene of murders committed by Norman every week it