Date: 8/23/2003 2:31:00 AM
From Authorid: 49689
Yes the TCM was based on the serial killer Ed Gein  |
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Date: 8/23/2003 2:35:00 AM
From Authorid: 49689
However the story of the TCM wasn't true..Ed Gein was only used as an inspiration |
Date: 8/23/2003 5:12:00 AM
From Authorid: 18527
It's Ed Gein, very loosely based LOL but you are right!  |
Date: 8/23/2003 9:43:00 AM
From Authorid: 31765
Yup, TCM, Psycho, Hannibal Lechtor, all (loosely) based on Eddie. Sick sick puppy was he.  |
Date: 8/23/2003 9:47:00 AM
From Authorid: 55967
Yes, the above is right, the TCM is based very LOOSELY on Ed Gein. So is Hannibal Lecter. BTW, the movie didn't mess with you because it is based loosely on a true story if you didn't KNOW it was. It messed with you because of how it was presented. Ah, the art of cinemetography.  |
Date: 8/23/2003 1:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 15070
actually, yes, but very loosely, as the others pointed out. Ed Gein was a very, very sick person.  |
Date: 8/23/2003 4:32:00 PM
From Authorid: 43948
This Ed Gein fella sounds fun  |
Date: 8/23/2003 6:47:00 PM
From Authorid: 17204
I have not seen the movie for years now. However I do recall that in the begening or end - Im not sure which, it says that it is loosly based on a true story. To find out for sure, go and rent it. I am POSITIVE its at the begening or end. But also keep in mind, that even though it says its true, that doeasnt mean it actually is... The movie could put it on there to mess with us, cause debates like this, and scare us even more!  |
Date: 8/23/2003 7:55:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 34814
It has been years since I saw it on video also, but I never catch it at the beginning or end on TV LOL From what I was able to find it is based slightly on Ed Gein.  |
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Date: 8/23/2003 11:01:00 PM
From Authorid: 15070
I saw the version (2001?) of Ed Gein with Steve Railsback. That scared the snot out of me. Human monsters are scarier than anything in the cemetery. That is my opinion only.... |
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Date: 8/23/2003 11:34:00 PM
From Authorid: 43948
I totally agree with LSG. Ed Gein was really in need of a hug. |
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Date: 8/24/2003 7:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 55967
^^^Maybe, but if you tried to hug him, you probably would no longer have any arms, because he would have eaten them. |
Date: 8/25/2003 7:46:00 AM
From Authorid: 22080
i heard it was true but i dunno  |
Date: 8/25/2003 12:11:00 PM
From Authorid: 1065
Ed Gein,...i read about him at www.crimelibrary.com and its all true...you should look him up at that site...its http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/notorious/gein/bill_1.html Very interesting Story!!  |
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Date: 8/25/2003 4:44:00 PM
From Authorid: 55967
^^^And Buffalso Bill in "Silence of the Lambs." |
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Date: 8/25/2003 4:44:00 PM
From Authorid: 55967
^^^Very interesting read; thanks for the url! If one reads it, one can see how much the different movies based their characters on Ed, the one most like the real-life Ed being "Psycho." |
Date: 8/26/2003 6:00:00 AM
From Authorid: 60162
Texas Chainsaw Massacre is LOOSLY based on Ed Gein. The face mask is really all that its based on, nothing else. So was Silence Of The Lambs (the cannibalism and the nature of Hannibal) and Psycho (Geins weird attachment to his mother - like in Psycho) So no, TCM isnt true...its loosly based on a true story of Gein. The actual events didnt really happen like they did in the film.  |
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Date: 8/26/2003 4:26:00 PM
From Authorid: 55967
I didn't know Eddie wore a face mask. That's interesting! |
Date: 8/29/2003 2:30:00 AM
From Authorid: 62100
Yep..they all falled you in already, I didn't know either until I read the story on the crimelibrary site..that place is full of interesting reading..lots of background on cases that we thought we knew it all about..  |
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Date: 8/29/2003 2:55:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 34814
Yeah I love crime library |
Date: 10/18/2003 10:26:00 PM
From Authorid: 16845
I knew it was based on a true story....I didn't realize it was Ed Gein though  |
Date: 10/18/2003 10:46:00 PM
From Authorid: 19871
O.o; 150687 views  |
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Date: 10/18/2003 10:58:00 PM ( Admin )
I bet the book is a real thriller, usually better than the movies. |
Date: 10/18/2003 11:00:00 PM
From Authorid: 50193
Wow, the views...  |
Date: 10/18/2003 11:01:00 PM
From Authorid: 53054
lolz...i jsut wanted to reply to this post lolz! hehe! oooo look at all the views lolz! *hugz*  |
Date: 10/18/2003 11:43:00 PM
From Authorid: 3125
My brother has a book which tells of many of these terrible true crimes and how the police solved them. This one is listed among them as a true story and has many gory details.  |
Date: 10/19/2003 12:28:00 AM
From Authorid: 12581
I find this interesting due to the fact I've been researching serial killers for my book. I am finding that sometimes, truth can be stranger than fiction. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if the story was based on some sort of truth. I just had to respond after seeing how many hits you've gotten. Amazing, you might have just broken the record! LOL Take Care!  |
Date: 10/19/2003 1:05:00 AM
From Authorid: 59418
how come theres a picture?? i didn;t know you could do that! lol  |
Date: 10/19/2003 3:14:00 AM
From Authorid: 28946
I'm with Suzy, I didn't know you were doing pics on USM now. Can we?  |
Date: 10/19/2003 4:07:00 AM
From Authorid: 40530
1) I've never seen any of those movies because horror films freak me out 2) That Ed Gein guy sounds pretty interesting 3) HOLY HELL look how many views 4) How'd you get the pic on? 5) LOL at Gypsy Hawk and 6) I think I'm going to research Ed Gein because he sounds really interesting. Thanks for posting!!!  |
Date: 10/19/2003 6:43:00 AM
From Authorid: 14780
whoa...look at the views..I just counted as another!!! *giggles*  |
Date: 10/19/2003 7:05:00 AM
From Authorid: 11341
I honestly dont know, from what Ive heard its based on a true story (thats the scary part). Wow, thats only the 3rd pic Ive seen on this site, the first being an alien head fossile or something like that lol.  |
Date: 10/19/2003 7:37:00 AM
From Authorid: 15157
Its deplorable that this really happened in Texas....but that goes to show you what a Huge Place we live in and Mysterious too.  |
Date: 10/19/2003 7:44:00 AM
From Authorid: 59858
but not a lotof replies :(  |
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Date: 10/19/2003 7:44:00 AM
From Authorid: 59858
Ive noticed there are a lot of views on this |
Date: 10/19/2003 8:34:00 AM
From Authorid: 5349
Ed Gein inspired many movies and the song "Nothing to Gein" by MuDvAyNe  |
Date: 10/19/2003 8:58:00 AM
From Authorid: 36766
wow, lots of views for this post...  |
Date: 10/19/2003 9:12:00 AM
From Authorid: 47618
Yes, the film is INSPIRED by Ed Gein but not based on him. The whole "true story" was a marketing ploy to make it more horrifying (one of the original writers of the film is a professor at the university I attend so we know all about it). Also, taking into consideration that the original film was released exactly 1 year after the events, (like someone said online) the crew would have been there filming the actual murders...doesn't sound plausible...  |
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Date: 10/19/2003 10:06:00 AM
From Authorid: 15157
Is this a record?..It beats my World trade center post! |
Date: 10/19/2003 10:10:00 AM
From Authorid: 20750
Wowser!  |
Date: 10/19/2003 12:16:00 PM
From Authorid: 22275
i like the song "ed gein" by macabre!  |
Date: 10/19/2003 12:55:00 PM
From Authorid: 43807
I remember hearing about that guy. Aprently, one of my teachers went to a college in wisconsin and was student teaching near the town were all this happened. interesting.  |
Date: 10/19/2003 1:27:00 PM
From Authorid: 37449
Wow, Thats a lotta views!! Ya, your question has already been answered (1&2nd replys). How did you get the picture on?  |
Date: 10/19/2003 1:31:00 PM
From Authorid: 40979
Who knows ?? But I never knew they were all based on REAL stories....YICKS!  |
Date: 10/19/2003 4:16:00 PM
From Authorid: 25756
Wow, how'd that picture get there? Anyway, I have no idea about the Texas Chainsaw Massacre or anything...I have to see that movie though! :-D  |
Date: 10/19/2003 4:40:00 PM
From Authorid: 51587
so many reviews on here...*shakes head* *huggs*  |
Date: 10/19/2003 5:50:00 PM
From Authorid: 17014
Makes me think twice about living here in WI!!lol.. we get the creeps..Dahmer included..lol  |
Date: 10/19/2003 6:00:00 PM
From Authorid: 8024
28 smiles please people read another post ... check out some poetry or something ... horror flix give me nightmares ...just me cc  |
Date: 10/19/2003 6:44:00 PM
From Authorid: 24319
LMAO "Ed Gein was really in need of a hug." Now that was funny.  |
Date: 10/19/2003 8:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 12773
I know that its based on a true story ... it's pretty gruesome ... fun though!  |
Date: 10/19/2003 8:41:00 PM
From Authorid: 20296
wow! can we do pics??? but...ohh!!! what will some post? scary! LOL. I read up on this guy. he was a sick puppy! scary  |
Date: 10/19/2003 8:48:00 PM
From Authorid: 16164
that is so freaky to think it was a real story.the way the guy made furniture and stuff is really out there.the movie is scary as it is.and howd the picture get on the post?I want to put pics on mine too LOL  |
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Date: 10/19/2003 8:50:00 PM
From Authorid: 16164
and I cant believe how many times this post has been looked at....hooooooooooooooly cow!absolutely amazing |
Date: 10/19/2003 9:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 10344
Ive heard what Pyriel has heard....in fact i know i read it somewhere.
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Date: 10/20/2003 10:43:00 AM
From Authorid: 62222
Court TV has a crime library that you can all read up on Eddie Gein. And it was the Buffalo Bill Killer in Silence of the Lambs that was based on Gein's killings, cause he wore the skin of the bodies he dug up. It is inspired by his killings but not BASED off of him...LeatherFace is a character, Eddie Gein and people like him are a REALITY. Although Leatherface is scary, he is an obvious psycho, creepier are the psychos you don't know about yet. If you want to know more I would suggest court TV's site, look up their crime library part.<RegretfulHalo>  |
Date: 10/20/2003 1:56:00 PM
From Authorid: 52155
^^^ A psycho in her own right..... :P  |
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Date: 10/20/2003 3:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 52155
^^^That wasn't meant for rh........ |
Date: 10/20/2003 3:48:00 PM
From Authorid: 24924
OMG! OMG! Pullllleeeeeze get this thing deleted!
188362 views! Bye y'all!  |
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Date: 10/20/2003 3:56:00 PM
From Authorid: 55967
I've recently realized that crimelibrary.com is NOT a reliable source for the truth. I have studied Billy the Kid for many years, and the scene they write out about his death is totally false. Totally made up. Thought I'd let you all know. |
Date: 10/20/2003 5:09:00 PM
From Authorid: 53052
oy wow!!  |
Date: 10/20/2003 5:51:00 PM
From Authorid: 61989
This is impressive...LOTS of views, I like it...hope it doesn't bring in any crazys to this site, we have enough :) GREAT DEBATE!! I am reading more and more about this guy...fun fun fun >FarinaGrl80<  |
Date: 10/20/2003 6:07:00 PM
From Authorid: 29262
Yes... Even in the commercial for it it says ITS A TRUE STORY! I wanna see it :p  |
Date: 10/20/2003 11:26:00 PM
From Authorid: 51744
wow almost 190,000. I have heard so many differnt storys on this I am not too sure what to belive.  |
Date: 10/21/2003 3:33:00 AM
From Authorid: 21867
...ET Phone Home...meh, who knows, maybe an alien is one of the near on 200,000 viewers of this thread...worth a try...  |
Date: 10/21/2003 8:16:00 AM
From Authorid: 51635
Well there aren't nearly as many replies as there are views, because you have to register to reply and now you have to pay to register...imagine how many new members there would be if it was still free! ... I totally respect the registration fee...anyway, I wouldn't think that the promoters would be allowed to lie about the film to the extent of saying that it's based on a true story if it isn't...seems like that would be faulse advertising...  |
Date: 10/21/2003 8:41:00 AM
From Authorid: 14754
wow..this has been viewed 191651 times..way to go love ktten  |
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Date: 10/21/2003 10:40:00 AM
From Authorid: 62222
Then who was it meant for Eddo? You saying I am NOT a psycho!!!!!! That would be comforting news to my mother to say the least....<RH> |
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Date: 10/21/2003 12:02:00 PM
From Authorid: 52155
LOL @ RH! That comment was meant for Carrie, but her comment was deleted.... |
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Date: 10/21/2003 4:35:00 PM
From Authorid: 62006
196765 times!! like woah...and this is very interesting too...i dont know that much about it though....Time2Decide |
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Date: 10/21/2003 6:58:00 PM
From Authorid: 55967
198,385 times now. Let's go for 200,000. |
Date: 10/21/2003 7:43:00 PM
From Authorid: 56840
This is crazy... I'm wondering why in the world... I guess I'm just computer illiterate or something.. Anyway.. And no, I wasn't talking about the content of the post, simply the number of views.. Wow.. Well, the pic seems to have disappeared! Ok..  |
Date: 10/22/2003 1:02:00 AM
From Authorid: 28125
I've never heard anything about this story I don't think...very creepy...Wow...so many people have viewed this post...interesting...Love and Hugs...GBU...ICL~*~  |
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Date: 11/1/2003 1:00:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 34814
I just got back in touch with my computer and this site. I got messages about I got more hits then any other site? Is this true HAHA If so rock on. I wanna see the new one. Everyone is to baby to go with me ERR XOXOX |
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Date: 11/1/2003 1:02:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 34814
I don't see a picture? |
Date: 1/23/2004 6:20:00 PM
From Authorid: 59940
A lot of movies, like Silence of The Lambs and Chainsaw Massacre were inspired by the horrible things Ed Gein did during his criminal, psychopathic life. I think they say that he did those things because his mom abused him as a child, but one can never be too sure, no?Hope this helps!~FE~  |
Date: 1/23/2004 8:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 12133
viewed 300,484 times...WOW!  |
Date: 4/23/2004 1:06:00 AM
From Authorid: 4887
325,419 views now! Wow... people must be really interested on tcm. freaks :p  |
Date: 4/10/2005 9:17:00 PM
From Authorid: 7574
368836 views..It just keeps goinga and going..lol  |
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Date: 9/5/2005 5:36:00 PM
From Authorid: 7574
375405 views. I just like to keep a watch on this. |
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Date: 9/6/2005 9:06:00 PM
From Authorid: 7574
375346 |
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Date: 10/3/2005 11:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 7574
376098 |
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Date: 11/10/2005 10:01:00 PM
From Authorid: 7574
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Date: 11/10/2005 10:03:00 PM
From Authorid: 7574
You got an award for the most viewed post on USM..That rocks. |
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Date: 11/19/2005 2:04:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 34814
Thx Hun. Yeah it does rock! |
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Date: 4/4/2006 9:08:00 PM
From Authorid: 7574
381896. |
Date: 8/25/2006 9:51:00 AM
From Authorid: 25828
Ed gein is true, and he was all that you said. A lot of horror movies were based on him, but not Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I've read alot on it, and really can't find much, but supposedly there is a story very similar to the movie that actually happened, meaning, they found a house full of crap like in the texas chainsaw massacre and people had been disappearing around that time. but that's one that isn't based on ed gein. i've got a good book on gein, lots of photos and interviews with folks that knew him.  |
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Date: 8/25/2006 10:06:00 AM
From Authorid: 25828
i bet the reason it has so many page views are people doing a general search on the net for ed gein...LOTS of folks interested in serial killers, especially the cannibalistic kind. so, i bet if someone could look, most of these views come in from outside usm, (non-usmers) |
Date: 8/25/2006 10:45:00 AM
From Authorid: 22308
i honestly believe that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is because my dad lived 15 minutes away from Childress, Texas where it happened and he lived in Amarillo  |
Date: 8/25/2006 10:57:00 AM
From Authorid: 4614
Yep...Ed Gein is from here in Wisconsin...YOu are right about him...But I'm not sure if any of those movies are based directly on him, maybe the idea of him...  |
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Date: 8/25/2006 11:26:00 AM
From Authorid: 25828
yeah sundance, the idea of him..cannibalistic skin wearing mother loving, skin lamp shade stuff..they took parts of his story, like making a skin suit - for silence of the lambs, mother thingy going on for psycho...etc. they actually have a movie called 'ed gein'..i have it, and that is the closest thing to factual on him. |
Date: 8/25/2006 11:51:00 AM
From Authorid: 63871
It's based on ed gein. Ed didn't kill that many people though, he payed someone who worked in a cemetary to get him bodies.  |
Date: 8/25/2006 11:55:00 AM
From Authorid: 63047
Yes, it was loosely based on Ed Gein. IMO, Texas Chainsaw Massacre is scary because it could happen in real life. You know those neighbors that keep to themselves and act suspicious... they could be like the TCM family! THAT is why I think it is scary. Good post :) *ANGUS*  |
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Date: 8/25/2006 11:56:00 AM
From Authorid: 63047
PS: I love it too... there is something about the final scene with Leatherface throwing a "Chainsaw Fit" that sends shivers down your spine... it's an awesome movie (although sadly it set the path for those 500 movies with a group of partying teens getting killed off 1 by 1... this started it, and it was the BEST of those types of movies) *ANGUS* |
Date: 8/25/2006 11:58:00 AM
From Authorid: 63047
*holy* cow lol
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Date: 8/25/2006 11:58:00 AM
From Authorid: 63047
how cow! Were there REALLY that many views? dang... *ANGUS* |
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Date: 8/25/2006 12:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 8024
and I am sure alot more r on the way come holloween ...:d..c |
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Date: 8/25/2006 12:30:00 PM
From Authorid: 47618
*sigh* Loosely based on Ed Gein, but not based on a true story. I love how everyone from TX has a cousin or uncle or something who knows someone who was there when it happened or shared a jail cell with Leatherface. I find it hillarious. But yeah, it's not based on something that happened in TX. The screenwriter who came up with the story used to teach where I went to school and to make matters worst, the "events" would have had to be happening when the film was shot considering it takes place the summer before the movie was released. ;-) |
Date: 8/25/2006 1:35:00 PM
From Authorid: 10722
I remember hearing about someone getting in trouble trying to eBay Gein's house.  |
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Date: 8/25/2006 1:37:00 PM
From Authorid: 10722
I mean just the land..since the house is no longer there. |
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Date: 8/25/2006 1:38:00 PM
From Authorid: 7574
I meant to check on this story again..lol |
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Date: 8/25/2006 1:39:00 PM
From Authorid: 25828
LOL@ everybody and his brother in texas knowing someone that knew them 8-P |
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Date: 8/25/2006 2:07:00 PM ( Admin )
A new movie is due to be out about this again. Some kind of horror movie not factual. Seems like every few years a new horror movie about the same thing. |
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Date: 8/25/2006 2:09:00 PM
From Authorid: 10722
Yep, the prequel to TCM. |
Date: 8/25/2006 3:31:00 PM
From Authorid: 28190
I remember this post. :) I have heard it's loosely based on the traits of Ed Gein, but not a factual story. It did make and continues to make for good horror entertainment though! :) This is one of those movies that I don't like to watch alone though.. rofl.. Awesome that this has gotten so many views.. *waves to outsiders* *tacklehugs*  |
Date: 8/25/2006 5:00:00 PM
From Authorid: 62624
I agree with Spirit Child...human monsters are scarier than anything imaginable!  |
Date: 8/25/2006 7:08:00 PM
From Authorid: 18516
TCM was not a true story, however they based some of leatherface's charcter off of Ed Gein. (His traits have been used in other horror movies) Ed Gein was always around his mother, she was frantically religious and would read the bible to him about the evils of the world. According to what I've read and watched (documentaries) his mother died of cancer or a series of strokes. (Not sure which) Ed being isolated & all alone somehow got this notion in his head that he could bring his mother back, that's when he started exhuming womens bodies and taking parts from them, he wore the skin, he used the bones and made furniture out of them ect ect. Basically the man was clinically insane.  |
Date: 8/25/2006 8:24:00 PM
From Authorid: 27161
it was based around him but its not a true story and based entirly on him  |
Date: 8/25/2006 8:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 27161
for the REAL story of Ed gein check out the movie GEIN warning this one depicts his story very well with very much detail
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Date: 8/25/2006 8:55:00 PM
From Authorid: 16671
Hey wondered where ya was. I dont know if it was true or not, heard that some was, but I didnt watch it and didnt because I heard it was gory and it tisses me off when I see people die for no reason, lol, but I finally watched it. It was scary and horrible at the same time.  |
Date: 8/26/2006 9:23:00 AM
From Authorid: 63265
I've heard it was a true story based out of Texas. They're coming out with TCM the beginning. Maybe that will help clear some things up.  |
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Date: 8/26/2006 1:57:00 PM
From Authorid: 55967
There was only one Edd Gein, and the TCM is LOOSELY based on him, as are the other movies you mentioned. What you read about that is correct. There was no other killer like that but him that they are all based upon. |
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Date: 8/26/2006 1:59:00 PM
From Authorid: 55967
Holy CRAP! Is your counter right?! Has this post been visited almost 385,000 times in less that 24 hours??!! This HAS to be a record here! Kitten, talk to Radman or Ginger, or somebody. Seriously. This is a record. Has to be. |
Date: 8/28/2006 10:30:00 AM
From Authorid: 3321
As far as I know, his atrocities have inspired many awful horror movies.  |
Date: 9/2/2006 11:33:00 PM
From Authorid: 62146
Well you will find that alot of hollywood movies will change the true story a little bit everytime. it's pretty hard to say it's a true story once hollywood get to the story.  |
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Date: 10/19/2006 3:53:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 34814
Well being that I am going to see it The NEW Beginning tonight *Grin* I thought I would stop into to see if this post was getting hit up like crazy again. I guess it is :) E just did a True Hollywood Story on TCM. They will be playing re-runs on it. So look out for it. Was Good....Did it really get hit up that much in 24 hours Gypsy? I haven't been around much at all. Hope all of you are doing well. Kitt |
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Date: 10/20/2006 12:05:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 34814
Well I went to see the new one. I didn't think it was all that great. Compared to the 2003 one. But hey it was gross lol |
Date: 10/20/2006 11:22:00 AM
From Authorid: 19586
Wow this was viewed 390349 times. Good post by the way!  |
Date: 10/20/2006 11:53:00 AM
From Authorid: 27403
I am from Texas and I always throught it was a true story. I believe it is based on a man in East Texas. Love and Light  |
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Date: 10/20/2006 12:01:00 PM
From Authorid: 27403
I read about Ed Gein years ago when I was studying serial killers! Absolutely terrifying to think these people walk among us. Love and Light |
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Date: 12/1/2006 12:06:00 PM ( Admin-AMS )
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Date: 2/16/2007 10:33:00 AM ( Admin-AMS )
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Date: 9/25/2008 6:08:00 AM
From Authorid: 51292
407129 =]  |
Date: 9/25/2008 6:22:00 AM
From Authorid: 64365
http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/chainsaw.asp This is what I found on Snopes  |
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Date: 9/25/2008 6:22:00 AM
From Authorid: 64365
Oh Geez! Not again~ SHOOT! |
