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Is “Psycho” Based on Ed Gein? All About Alfred Hitchcock’s Real Inspiration for Norman Bates’ Sinister Character

'Monster: The Ed Gein Story' makes a direct connection between Norman Bates and 'The Butcher of Plainfield' Psycho was the horror movie that forever changed Hollywood, and its storyline resembles ...
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Is 'Psycho' Based on the Life of Ed Gein? Inside the 'Monster' Connection

Is one of the most chilling characters in horror movie history based on a real person? Before there was Norman Bates, the knife-wielding murderer obsessed with his late mother in the seminal 1960 ...