Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes, listener discretion is advised.

This episode includes dramatizations and discussions of murder and assault that some people

may find offensive.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13. Norman Bates and Psycho.

And Psycho.

Leather face in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

This is the movie. Leatherface in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

This is the movie that is just as real as being there.

Hannibal Lecter and Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs.

A census taker once tried to test me.

I ate his liver with some father beans and a nice kianty.

They're all legendary movie villains who are best known for their haunting murderous acts on screen.

Believe it or not, all took inspiration from one man who committed similar heinous crimes in real life.

His name was Edward Gien, who was known as the Butcher of Plainfield for his perverse actions on women's bodies, both dead and alive.

He killed two women in Plainfield, Wisconsin, and robbed the graves of at least eight women in the town.

On the surface, the area knew him as Ed Gien, the local handyman.

No one knew about Gien's secret proclivities until 1957 when he became the prime suspect in the disappearance of hardware store owner Bernice Warden.

Her son Frank found a puddle of blood on the floor of her shop.

He immediately suspected Gien.

My mother said he'd been hanging around and behaving oddly recently, Frank told the police.

He insisted to police that they should question recently, Frank, told the police.

He insisted to police that they should question Gien and investigate his farm, located

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