Ed Gein- The Real Psycho (Discovery) - Well, Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Bates Motel, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, are few movies and serials based on this guy -Ed Gein along with a lot more. This particular series is mixed with some paranormal investigation, but it gives a glimpse of what a monster this man was! Gein was caught as he was the POI in a local hardware dealer's murder, as he was the last person seen with her. When police visited his farm, they found her body. She had been fatally shot and decapitated. Searches of his home and property showed that he had systematically robbed graves and collected body parts, which he used to make household items, clothing, and masks. If you watch this, keep an open mind as a lot of paranormal stuff reveals the exact motivation behind his killings. I, personally, could not find it in me to believe the paranormal stuff. Watch it and let me know
The Grim Sleeper (Discovery) - Did not kill for 14 years and started again - hence the "Sleeper". But I am not sure if this is true. Lonnie Franklin Jr, is the guy. A car mechanic, killed officially more than 25 women over 20 years and dumped them in the alleys and bylanes. That's the official number. Unofficially it could be more. The surprising thing is that this guy evaded arrest for a such a long time. And even after knowing an easily identifiable car he drove (An Orange Ford Pinto with racing stripes) he was never caught the "usual" way. There was one survivor too. His friends saw things but never suspected. But its the 80's and the overworked law enforcement couldn't catch him. It took one novel DNA procedure to catch him finally. What bugs me is that he never said anything about the killings - the whens, whys, hows. He's dead now, but the magnitude of his killings and the number and most importantly the reason will never been known.
The Green River Killer (Discovery) - Damn these killers! 71 confessed, 49 confirmed. Gary Ridgway agreed to cooperate with the cops if he was spared the death penalty. Throughout the investigation, he is so courteous and cordial with the investigators, always saying, please, thankyou, good mornings, how are yous etc. And the matter-of-fact way he describes, takes police to the spots, kills women in the bed he sleeps - is just chilling. He was ill. Mentally. He fantasized about killing his mother, started by stabbing a kid with a knife, and killed the women by strangling them with his bare hands. He admits that he wanted to become America's most famous(infamous) serial killer and just wanted to up the numbers. He lived in a decent neighbourhood and killed women in his bedroom. He married and made love to his wife in the same bed. Wow! Repentant and religious now, he showed shades of emotion during his trial and that begs the question, did his childhood abuse play an important role in making him the second most prolific killers of America?
