He was the real-life inspiration behind some of cinema's most terrifying villains, from Norman Bates in Psycho to Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Yet the true story of Ed Gein is stranger and more disturbing than any fiction. Following renewed interest in the case, many are asking the same question that has haunted crime historians for decades: how many people did the 'Butcher of Plainfield' actually kill?
