The Wisconsin countryside in autumn during the 1950s sounds idyllic. But it was the scene of a horrifying series of murders and body-snatching cases. Ed Gein, in “The Butcher of Plainfield,” was the loner who inspired movies like Psycho and Silence of the Lambs. So…what’s his story?

The Backstory: The Origin of the Most Famous Tongue in Rock and Roll
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The Backstory: The Real Life Painful Origin of Barney Fife
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The Backstory: The Tylenol Murders
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