“Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein” MGM+ Release Date; When Does It Start?

What Is Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein About?

Follows grave robber and serial killer Ed Gein, better known as "The Ghoul of Plainfield" and "The Mad Butcher", from whose crimes such iconic films as "Psycho", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "The Silence of the Lambs" have emerged.

For years, filmmakers, journalists, and scholars have tried to unravel the mind of this notorious killer, and with new reveals and never-before-heard recordings, viewers will be transported to late-1950s Middle America and submerged in Gein’s perverse mind. The series explores Gein’s upbringing and twisted relationship with his mother (which famously inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho), his early grave robbing, the murders leading up to his arrest, and the police’s discovery of his terrifying house of horrors – all accompanied by the brand-new revelations revealed in the recordings.

Jill Latiano Howerton and Josh Kunau also serve as executive producers for Roots Productions. Amazon & MGM Studios Distribution will distribute the series internationally.

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