Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original Psycho by Harold Schechter

Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original Psycho

Harold Schechter

242 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction biography true crime dark informative tense medium-paced

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Murder Was the Least of His Crimes…The truth behind the twisted crimes that inspired the films Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs… From Harold Schechter, “America's principle chronicler of its greatest psychopathic ...

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dark 100%
informative 80%
tense 52%
sad 33%
challenging 19%
mysterious 19%
emotional 14%
adventurous 4%
reflective 4%

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fast 15%

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