A Trip Down Memory Lane

A few BLOGS ago I made reference to Southeastern Wisconsin legend Ed Gein. It caused me to do some reflecting on this strange, demented, colorful character. As a child, my parents and I were driving to a family member's funeral and as we were entering a small town I saw a bill board that said "Welcome To Plainfield, Home Of Ed Gein." Of course, I asked my parents "Who is Ed Gein?" And they told me. Ed Gein was the person who the characters Norman Bates in the movie "Psycho" and Hannibal Lecter in the movie "Silence Of The Lambs" were based upon. Ed Gein however was a little bit weirder. If you are interested in the details, you can log on to the assorted "Ed Gein" web sites and read of his killings, cannibalizations, and wearing of and doing home decorating with assorted body parts of his victims. He died in 1984, but his memory will live on. Ewwwwwwwww.