Crimes of Infamy: The True Stories Behind Horror Villains

Introduction to Crimes of

• 🎙️ The podcast "Crimes of" is a new weekly true crime anthology series hosted by Sabrina Deana-Roga and Corinne Vien of "Two Girls One Ghost."
• 🎯 Each season explores a new theme, with the first season focusing on "Crimes of Infamy."

Crimes of Infamy: Horror Villains

• 🎬 This season delves into the real-life true crime events that inspired iconic Hollywood horror villains.
• 🔪 It covers characters like Norman Bates, Buffalo Bill, Ghostface, and Jason Voorhees.

The Case of Ed Gein

• 💡 The episode highlights Ed Gein, a disturbed killer whose crimes inspired films like Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
• 🧠 Gein's actions, including making items from human remains, are presented as disturbingly real, not fiction.

Psycho and Ed Gein Parallels

• 🎬 The podcast draws parallels between Ed Gein and Norman Bates, the protagonist of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho."
• ✍️ Author Robert Bloch was writing the novel "Psycho" near where Gein lived, unaware of the extent of his crimes.
• 🎭 While not identical (Gein didn't run a hotel or kill in a shower), similarities include sexual repression, deep emotional dependence, and snapping after their mothers' deaths.

Exploring True Crime Fascination

• 🤔 The hosts pose the question of why real-life monsters like Ed Gein make for such fascinating onscreen characters.
• 🧠 They suggest a shared fascination with the darker aspects of human psychology.