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  2. Aug 28, 2019 · Was 1960's Psycho based on a true story? Here's the unsettling story that inspired the author and Alfred Hitchcock when developing Norman Bates.

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    The character Norman Bates in Psycho was loosely based on two people. First was the real-life murderer Ed Gein, about whom Bloch later wrote a fictionalized account, [30] "The Shambles of Ed Gein", in 1962. (The story can be found in Crimes and Punishments: The Lost Bloch, Volume 3).

  4. Apr 25, 2023 · ‘ Psycho ‘ is based on a 1959 novel of the same name, written by Robert Bloch. But this unsettling story written by Bloch itself was inspired by a real-life serial killer. ” Psycho follows Marion Crane, a run secretary who encounters Norman Bates after staying at his family’s motel.

  5. Sep 12, 2021 · Psycho was based on Robert Bloch's book and according to Chameleontruecrimestories.com, Bloch wrote the book thinking about a killer named Ed Gein. Bloch lived in Wisconsin and Gein was arrested only 50 miles from where he lived, so he took an interest.

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  6. Bianca delves into the true story of Ed Gein that inspired a number of Halloween boogey-men, including Norman Bates in Hitchcock's classic Psycho.

  7. Psycho is a 1959 horror novel by American writer Robert Bloch. The novel tells the story of Norman Bates, a caretaker at an isolated motel who struggles under his domineering mother and becomes embroiled in a series of murders.

  8. Feb 7, 2021 · A nthony Perkins perfectly embodied the creepy motel owner in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. The polite and handsome, yet sinister character struck a chord among the public.

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