In 1957, Ed Gein's gruesome crimes of murder, grave robbing, and corpse abuse shocked the the tiny town of Plainfield, Wisconsin as well as the rest of the world, giving rise to a cottage industry of horror franchises, and serving as a grim reminder of how deep isolation, illness, and an unshakable Oedipus complex can drive some to commit some of the most depraved acts. Take a whirl in the time machine to learn more about the world in which Gein lived and operated, and perhaps separate a little bit of the fact from the fiction his story continues to inspire more than 65 years later.

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"Infinite Peace" Kevin MacLeod (freePD.com)

Resource Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gein

https://allthatsinteresting.com/ed-gein-house

https://allthatsinteresting.com/augusta-wilhelmine-gein

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-real-texas-chainsaw-massacre-how-ed-gein-inspired-classic-horror-movies/

https://hannemanarchive.com/tag/augusta-gein/

https://www.amazon.com/Deviant-Shocking-Story-Original-Psycho/dp/0671025465

https://collider.com/errol-morris-werner-herzog-ed-gein-documentary/

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Main Theme Music -- Ken Dickson
Main Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson

In the 50th year since the kidnapping of heiress Patricia Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Army, and the resulting crime spree that shocked the nation, we can acknowledge the vintage pedigree of the case. But was she truly a villain? She was certainly portrayed that way throughout her saga in the mid-1970s, but two US Presidents would intervene on her behalf, and she would go on to become a centerpiece on discussions of accountability, brainwashing, and Stockholm Syndrome. Pertaining to the latter, you'll get plenty of discussion on what Stockholm Syndrome actually is (and isn't).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Hearst

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hearst/hearstdolaccount.html

https://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/hearst/profile.html

https://www.npr.org/2016/08/03/488373982/whose-side-was-she-on-american-heiress-revisits-patty-hearst-s-kidnapping

Credits:
Main Theme Music -- Ken Dickson
Main Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson

This week, Allison and her guest Jayson Blair unravel the dark saga of Patty Cannon, a mastermind behind the Reverse Underground Railroad, whereby free Blacks were kidnapped in the north and sold to southern plantations desperate for them in the wake of the ban on imported slaves in 1807. But not only did the Cannon-Johnson gang, as it would come to be known, thrive on making mayhem for an upwards of ten thousand stolen individuals, Cannon was also a noted serial killer, with some accounts stating she had dozens of bodies of men, women, and children of varying ages buried on her property at the time of her 1829 arrest.

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Additional Music: "Moonlight Sonata" by Ludwig van Beethoven

Credits:
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Main Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson