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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
Edward Theodore Gein (August 27, 1906 – July 26, 1984), was an American serial killer. Though only two murders on his part were proved, he gained great infamy due to necrophiliac behavior (which involved the skinning of his murder victims and exhumed corpses, the decoration of his home with parts of corpses, and the creation of articles of clothing and furniture from the skin of corpses).
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The story of Ed Gein has had a lasting impact on popular culture as evidenced by its many appearances in fomùs, music and literature. Gein also influenced the nature of characters such as film killers Leatherface (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs), and Norman Bates (Psycho).

Ed Gein is also mentioned in the movie American Psycho by the character Patrick Bateman

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