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Stuff You Should Know

Ed Gein: The Serial Killer's Serial Killer

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.582.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Any movie featuring a deranged killer who’s perversely devoted to his mother and makes things out of human skin has a real-life person named Ed Gein to thank for inspiration. He was Buffalo Bill, Norman Bates, and Leatherface all rolled into one.

Transcript

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There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

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It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

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to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

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0:17.7

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0:23.6

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0:30.9

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0:33.6

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0:39.6

means the time to buy tickets is running out and FYI, our shows tend to sell out.

0:45.9

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0:52.7

go now.

0:53.7

We'll see you in October and if you want to come see me, do my end of the world live show,

0:59.5

I'll be in Chicago on September 12th and in Austin, Texas on October 2nd.

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1:09.7

or Chicago and your friendly search engine will help you out.

1:13.2

See you in Orlando, New Orleans, Chicago and Austin.

1:17.7

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.

1:24.7

Hey and welcome to the horror show.

1:29.3

I'm Josh, there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant, there's Jerry over there and we are about to

1:38.1

pass out from nausea.

1:39.9

Yeah I think we need to issue a strong see-away.

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