Is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre real?

Question

I would like to know if the man 'Leatherface' actully killed people in Texas.

Answer 1

I don't think there was a "leatherface" that killed people in Texas....

I think the Texas Chainsaw Massacre was loosely based on Eddie Gein

"All of this bizarre handicraft made Eddie into a celebrity. Author Robert Bloch was inspired to write a story about Norman Bates, a character based on Eddie, which became the central theme of the Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Psycho.

In 1974, the classic thriller by Tobe Hooper, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, has many Geinian touches, although there is no character that is an exact Eddie Gein model. This movie helped put "Ghastly Gein" back in the spotlight in the mid-1970's.

Years later, Eddie provided inspiration for the character of another serial killer, Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs. Like Eddie, Buffalo Bill treasured women's skin and wore it like clothing in some insane transvestite ritual."


http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/notorious/gein/bill_1.html

Answer 2

This was based on an actual case that happen years ago, I'm sure some of it was phonied up to make good screen play.
Most movies, books are based on actual events.

Answer 3

Wasn't it a combination of a few cases?

And yay someone else knows of crimelibrary!!

Answer 4

It started from a guy in Wisconsin

Answer 5

some of the aspects is true but some isn't