He first appears in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as a cannibalistic and mentally unstable mass murderer who alongside his family kidnaps kills and cooks unsuspecting travellers who venture near their ranch in an unidentified part of Texas. The characters name comes from his masks of human skin.

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Edward Theodore Gein (/ɡiːn/; August 27 1906 – July 26 1984) also known as the Butcher of Plainfield or the Plainfield Ghoul was an American murderer and ...

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