A recent installment in a popular Netflix series has raised interesting questions about an infamous serial killer's supposed influence on the work of Alfred Hitchcock, including his critically acclaimed hit, Psycho . The idea of there being a connection between the two was addressed directly in Netflix's crime anthology series, Monster: The Ed Gein Story .

In the second episode of Monster's Ed Gein saga , the show tells a story where " The Master of Suspense " speaks to the future villain actor of Pyscho - Anthony Perkins - about Ed Gein, and essentially uses the serial killer as a blueprint for the character of Norman Bates.

This obviously links Ed Gein to a key part of popular culture, but the link isn't quite as significant when it comes to real life, even if the simil

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