Deviant – Schechter Harold (2025)

The true story of twisted crimes that inspired the films Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs.

The seventh book in the orange true crime edition reveals the life and crimes of one of the most infamous serial killers in American history – "the butcher of Plainfield" Ed Gein. A reclusive and unassuming man with a crooked smile from a backwoods corner of Wisconsin hid secrets that shocked all of America. When police entered his lonely, neglected farm in 1957, they were met with a sight straight out of a nightmare – human skulls turned into bowls, lamps covered in human skin, costumes made from mutilated bodies, and a grim silence louder than screams.

From Gein's childhood in a strictly religious household to the destructive influence of his domineering mother, and the events that led to his horrific and bizarre acts – the book Deviant is not only a raw document of shocking murders but also a deep psychological dive into the darkness of the human soul, where a mother's love turned into obsession and loneliness bred madness. Step by step, we follow Gein's journey from an invisible man to a monster whose name became synonymous with brutality and depravity.

This true story will…