Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho" by Harold SchechterMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I read the paperback in the 90s, shortly after it came out. I still think this a true crime classic and a picture of an exceptional individual. Exceptionally insane? Ghoulish? Devious? One thing that sticks out to me on this reading is how many of Gein's neighbors, etc. felt his insanity was a pose and that he succeeded in elevating his comfort level and stand of living by using his crimes to move out of a decrepit farmhouse where he dwelled alone to an engaging state institution.
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