Is the Texas chainsaw massacre story true?

Answer 1

Ed Gein
From Charles Montaldo,
Your Guide to Crime / Punishment.

Texas Chainsaw was loosely based on Ed Gein. Read his history below.

Summary: When police went to Ed Gein's Plainfield, Wisconsin farm home to investigation the disappearnace of a local woman, they had no idea they were about to discover some of the most grotesque crimes ever committed.

Personal Information:

# Born - August 27, 1906
# Birthplace - La Crosse, WI
# Gender - Male
# Religion - Unknown
# Ethnicity - White
# Died - July 26, 1984
# Location of Death - Mendota Medical Health Institute
# Cause of Death - Cancer
The Gein Family: Ed Gein, his older brother Henry, his father George and mother Augusta, lived together on their 160-acre farm a few miles outside Plainfield, Wisconsin. George was a alcoholic and Augusta was a demanding, over-bearing woman who had full control over her boys. From as far back as Ed could remember, Augusta was either delegating farm work for the boys to perform, or quoting the Gospil. She tried hard to teach Ed and Henry about sin, especially about the evils of sex and women.
Living Alone: In 1940 George died as a result of his alcoholism. Four years later Henry died while fighting a fire. Ed was now fully responsible for the welfare of his domineering mother. For two years he tended to her demands until her death in 1945. Ed, now alone, sealed off all but one room and the kitchen of the large farmhouse. He no longer worked the farm after the government began paying him as part of a soil conservation program. Doing local handyman jobs subsidize his income.

Fantasy of Sex and Dismemberment: Gein stayed to himself. No one knew that he spent hours obsessed with sexual fantasy and reading about the female anatomy. The human experiments performed in Nazi camps also fascinated him. His mind filled with images of sex and dismemberment and as the mental images merged into one, Ed would reach gratification. Gus, another loner, was a longtime friend Gein's. Gein told Gus of experiments he wanted to perform but he needed bodies. Together the two began robbing graves for the needed bodies.
Transformations: This same scenario went on for more than 10 years. This included removing Gein's mother from her grave. The experiments with the corpses became more gruesome and bizarre over time and included necrophilia and cannibalism. Gein's obsessive fantasies centralize on his over-powering desire to turn himself into a woman. He would construct items out of the skin of the body that he could then drape on himself such as a female mask and breasts. He even made a complete body-sized female-like jumpsuit.
Mary Hogan: Gein's needs escallated into believing to perfect his desired sex change he would need fresher bodies. On December 8, 1954, Gein, now age 48, killed Mary Hogan, owner of a local tavern. The police were unable to solve the strange disappearance of Mary Hogan, but with the blood found at the tavern, they knew she was most likely a victim of foul play. Gus was not involved in the murder. He was institutionalized before the killing began. Only Gein knew for sure how many he women he killed.
Bernice Worden: On November 16, 1957, Gein entered the hardware store owned by Bernice Worden. Gein had been to this same store hundreds of times and Bernice had no reason to fear him. She likely thought nothing when Gein removed a .22 rifle from the display rack although her instincts probably sharpened if she saw him insert his own bullet into the rifle. Gein shot the rifle and killed Bernice, placed her body into the store's truck, returned to get the cash register, then drove the strore truck to his home.
The Worden Investigation Begins: An investigation to the whereabouts of Bernice Worden began after her son Frank, a deputy sheriff, returned late in the afternoon from an early morning hunting trip and discovered his mother was missing and blood was on the floor of the store. A review of the store receipts included the purchase of a half of gallon of antifreeze.
Gein Becomes A Suspect: Worden thought about any suspcious activity that he could recall, and one thing came to mind. He remembered that Gein had been in and out of the store the previous week and also at closing time the night before. He remembered Gein saying he'd be back in the morning for antifreeze and that Gein questioned Worden about going hunting the next day. Although Gein had never been involved in any known criminal activity, the sheriff felt it was time to pay the odd loner a visit.
Unfathomable Crimes Uncovered: Gein was located by police at a store near his home. Police then went to Gein's farmhouse in hopes of finding Bernice Worden. The shed was the first area searched. Working in the dark of the night, officer Schley lit a torch and slowly swung it around the shed. Inside was a woman's naked corpse hanging upside down, the body disembowelled, and the throat and head missing. It was the body of Bernice Worden.

Next came the search of Gein's house. The police officers waded through piles of garbage and an unfathomable amound of junk with only oil lamps to guide them. As the officers eyes adjusted, the junk began to take a recognizable form, one that was more horrific than anyone could have ever imagined. Everywhere they looked they saw various body parts, some used as household items such as skulls made into bowls, jewelry made from human skin, lips hanging, chair seats with human skin upholstery, facial skin that was well preserved and resembled masks, a box of vulva's among which was his mothers, painted silver.

It was later determined that the body parts came from 15 differen women although some parts could never be identified. One of the most shocking items found was that of fellow officer Worden's mother's heart - found in a pan on the stove. The lives of the police officers who walked through the house of horrors on that Februray night undoubtly changed forever.

Gein was committed to the Waupan State Hospital for the duration of his life. It was reveled that his reasons for killing older women stemed from his love-hate feelings for his mother. He never admitted to his canabilistic or netrophilliac activities. At the age of 78, Gein died of cancer and his remains were buried in his family plot in Plainfield

Answer 2

opposite to primary thought, this action picture isn't a real tale. It became into filmed from 15 July 1973 - 14 August 1973, together as the hollow narrative claims that the authentic events got here approximately on 18 August 1973, so it may be impossible for the action picture to be in line with particularly events which had not surpassed off on the time of filming. some city legends say that the the "authentic" Texas Chainsaw bloodbath got here approximately close to Poth, (a small city approximately 50 miles south of San Antonio. that's fake. The action picture is fictional and based loosely on the existence of Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein (as is the classic Psycho (1960)).

Answer 3

What do the movies "Psycho", "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Silence of the Lambs" have in common? They are all loosely, or partially based on the life of Ed Gein. So, in a sense, yes, a small portion of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", was true.

Answer 4

I heard it was. I remeber the first time I saw this movie, we had moved to texas(military) and the lady at the video store reccomended the movie to us.
After, watching it I was scard for two nights(could not sleep) I saw the original version of this movie made back in the 70's.
Can you imagine if this movie really is true? those people died a horrific death from that bi-polar family.

thats all I have to say on the matter.....Thanks

Answer 5

Yes. The movie with Jessica Biel even had real footage taken when the police went to look at the crime scene.