I feel bad that we’re already a week into October and I have yet to do anything Halloween related! I’ve read other peoples blogs and see things like this, this,this and even this so I decided I’d better get off my duff and throw some crap up. Uh I mean do some research and post a witty and insightful new entry for my adoring fans (all two of you)!
Since it’s the time to kick back on the couch with a frosty beverage and watch horror movies I thought I’d give you some insight into the people who actually inspired some of our favorite movies…well one of them anyway. No there’s no Mike Meyers, Jason Voorhees or Freddy Krueger but there was actually an inspiration for everyones favorite chainsaw wielding, cannibalistic redneck Leatherface. Don’t believe me? Then you’ve never heard of Ed Gein. Ed was not only the inspiration for Leatherface, he also inspired Norman Bates (Psycho) and Buffalo Bill (Silence of the Lambs). How’s that for scary? One guy, three villains! I posted the link to Wiki in his name but if your like me and are easily distracted by Wiki then allow me to give you a little background on Mr. Gein.
I know I’ve been posting a lot of videos in my blogs lately but honestly with Ed Gein there’s so much history it’d take me forever to type it all and this blog would be like 5 billion words long so I’m just gonna post this instead. That’s part one there, part’s 2 and 3 are here.
I’m not gonna do a lot of the more well know monsters because I’m sure you all know about Dahmer, Bundy and Gacy, no I’m gonna bring your attention to lesser known monsters like Albert Fish.
Mr. Fish was the inspiration for everyones other favorite cannibal, Hannibal Lecter. Don’t believe me? Watch this video and tell me you don’t see the resemblance.
Since we’ve started down the cannibal road let’s add one more to the list Andrei Chikatilo
His Biography is pretty lengthy so again I’ll post the other links. Part 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,& 8.
There are a lot of other “monsters” out there that I didn’t cover, if your feeling brave or adventurous you can always hit up YouTube, Wiki, or even Google for some truly scary reading/watching.
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I’ve senn all of these specials before. There is actually a movie out about Albert Fish that I’ve been wanting to get. You should also check out the bio on Richard Speck and the subsequent jail video where he became everybody’s “bitch”.
I’ll take fictionally scary for my horror thrills. Ick. And I’m a psych major, so these guys have all come up before.
DC I’ll have to check that one out!
And yeah I’m with you Galileo I’ll take a man in a hockey mask over these guys any day!
See, I’ll force an interest in the Jasons and the Freddies of the world but these real life monsters are the ones that I really have a fascination with.
Ever watch Most Evil? Was a show on Discovery with this FBI profiler that documented all these guys, with just the right amount of creepy recreations, interviews, etc. They had eps on just about everybody, Gein, Gacy, BTK, David Parker Rey…creepy as hell!
Squee you rock!!! I did see that special but couldn’t remember the name of it to save my life!! Yeah it was pretty creepy!
i’m proud of you for starting with ed gein. when it comes to serial killers, wisconsin knows how to REPRESENT!
ah, i’ll try not to get too excited and embarass myself for preferring real killers to the hollywood versions. i had a dahmer scrapbook once. it’s still somewhere around here. i could say more, but i dont want anyone to think i’m a freak.
Holy crap! Mr. Fish is now my nightmare. Great post.