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From: devine@asgb.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Psycho (and Texas Chain Saw Massacre!)
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Date: Thu, 6-Sep-84 17:22:58 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  6 17:22:58 1984
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  Ahh yes.  Ed Gien has inspired all sorts of interesting tales
and movies.  I was born and raised in Wisconsin and most recently
lived in Madison.  He was at the Mendota State Hospital (or some
such similarly named thing) where he was placed instead of a jail
because (if you can believe this) he was found mentally incompetent.

  His grisly crimes occurred in the 1950's.  He was a bachelor
farmer that killed and literally butchered people.  The evidence
the police found in his house was not (ahem) appetizing.  A coupla
books have been written about him if you "hunger" for more details.

  Not only was Psycho loosely based on his deeds but so was
Texas Chain Saw Massacre and probably many other stories.

  Discount lamp shades anyone....?

Bob Devine
Burroughs Advanced Systems Group in Boulder
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