Seth's List for 12/29/03

Haven't had an interesting list in a while just a bunch of jokes, so here's some trivia... Not that I want one, but the nipple belt cracks me up.. I am odd.. Oh and more proof no good comes from Cheese Land.

We all know that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was based upon the gruesome Ed gein case, which took place in Wisconsin in the mid 50's. And we all know that many of the facts were changed to make Texas Chainsaw Massacre a film that wasnt based completely on the Ed Gein story. But had they used Gein's name and story as the basis of the film, it might have been even more terrifying, judge for yourself....

Ed Gein was born in 1906 in Plainfield, Wisconsin to an uptight, domineering mother, who would often kneel and pray for the death of her husband in front of young Ed and his brother, Henry. She tried to instill in her sons the teachings of the scriptures, and a deep suspicion of women as schemers and whores. Mr. Gein eventually made his wife happy by dying, but then, so did she. Life's a bitch like that sometimes. So did Henry, sooner or later. Which leaves us Ed. He does what any lunatic would do, and seals up most of the house, especially his mothers room, which he kept locked up and just like she left it, her body included, like a shrine. To add to the list of "Why would he do that" information, Ed would often masterbate onto the corpse of his mother. Gein began reading books, particularly medical books detailing human anatomy as well as books dealing with Nazi concentration camp medical experiments. Then he summoned forth Gus, who was kinda like his own personal Igor, and they would head off to the graveyard to collect bodies. Ed later claimed he wanted to know how the human body worked. Eventually already dead people weren't good enough for Ed. Presumably Gus had nothing to do with any of the following events.

In December 1954, Ed Gein shot and killed fifty four year old Mary Hogan in her tavern, Hogans Tavern. Incidentally, Mary was said to have born more than a passing resemblance to the later Mrs. Gein. On November 16, 1957, Ed took his last victim, Bernie Worden, who was also in her fifties, as she worked in the store owned by her son. Ed's truck had been seen outside the store, so Plainfield police headed out to his homestead. This is what they found.....

• Bernice's headless body, hanging from a block and tackle in an outdoor lean-to, gutted like a deer.

• Human bodies hanging from hooks set in the basement walls.

• Four noses in a cup in the kitchen.

• A pair of lips hanging from a string.

• A human heart (Wordens) in a pan on the stove.

• A literal "armchair" - A chair covered in human skin.

• A lampshade covered in human skin.

• A skull topping each of the four posts of his bed.

• A belt made of nipples.

• The crown of a skull used as a bowl.

• A refrigerator full of human organs and body parts.

• Some decorative masks hanging on the wall, women's skinned faces.

• A hanging human head.

• Bracelets made of human skin.

• A table with shinbone legs.

• A shoebox containing nine salted vulvas.

• Ed also made himself a "woman suit," complete with a mask and breasts.

In addition to the two older women, there are other mysterious disappearances that might be attributed to Ed. Two girls, in particular. One, an eight year old, turned up missing in 1947. A fifteen year old disappeared on her way home from babysitting in 1953. Her bloodstained clothing were found, but no body. As a gruesome sidenote, neighbors remembered Ed as always being a strange man, but one who sometimes brought them packages of fresh venison when he came to babysit for them. Ed later stated that he had never shot a deer in his life. Ed was tried and found guilty but insane of the murders of Mary Hogan and Bernice Worden. He was a model prisoner and died in the psychiatric ward at Mendota.

And we all thought that Leatherface was one disturbed and sick character. Now you know where we got cinema's first all out slasher. We in no way praise what Ed Gein did; this page was merely created to inform fans of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series where this slasher series originated. The film is loosely based on the Ed Gein case but when you look at it, there are many similarities. Truth is stranger than fiction.