It was unusual that Bernice Warden was not behind the cash register as customers took turns entering the general store. Then they remembered it was the first day of deer hunting season, so maybe she was out in the field trying her luck.

However, when Deputy Frank Warden showed up to say hello to his mother, Bernice, he noticed something the others had not. The cash register was missing. A rifle was not in it's place on the shelf. There was blood on the floor. A receipt showed the previous day's last sale - a purchase of antifreeze. It told the Deputy who he needed to talk to for answers. but it could never have told him what he'd find when that conversation came to fruition.

As officers made their way to the outbuilding, they were met with twilight. Armed with flashlights and apprehension, they found Bernice. She was hanging nude, beheaded, from the rafters on Ed Gein's property. She had been slaughtered as one would slaughter an animal. Unfortunately for the officers, they were unaware that they would only find worse things as they made their way through the house.

This bizarre and terrifying saga is one that starts with isolation, abuse, and fanatical prudence - but ends with grave robbing, murder, and the need for one man to not only idolize his mother, but BECOME her.

Join Andrea Up Late and Brian Sanders as they explore the complexities of a man who had reality twisted in such a way, the hair on your neck will stand up.

The entertainment industry has used this real life horror show as inspiration for movies such as Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and much more.

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