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Psycho

Robert Bloch

Robert Bloch's Psycho captivated a nation when it appeared in 1959. The story was all too real-indeed this classic was inspired by the real-life story of Ed Gein, a psychotic murderer who led a dual life. Alfred Hitchcock too was captivated, and turned the book into one of the most-loved classic fil...

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It was mentioned as the first book that was adapted into a movie based on Ed Gein's crimes and served as an inspiration for many other horror movies.

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It was a Norman Bates and Hitchcock's Psycho, and Hitchcock had made this movie based on a book that had come out, I think the year before, by an author named Robert Bloch, also called Psycho.

— Episode: Ed Gein: The Serial Killer's Serial Kill...

Episode: Ed Gein: The Serial Killer's Serial Killer

It was mentioned as the first book that was adapted into a movie based on Ed Gein's crimes and served as an inspiration for many other horror movies.

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It was a Norman Bates and Hitchcock's Psycho, and Hitchcock had made this movie based on a book that had come out, I think the year before, by an author named Robert Bloch, also called Psycho.

Episode: Ed Gein: The Serial Killer's Serial Killer

It was mentioned as the first book to be adapted into a movie based on Ed Gein's crimes and was written by a fellow Wisconsinite.

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It was a Norman Bates and Hitchcock's Psycho and Hitchcock had made this movie based on a book that had come out, I think, the year before by an author named Robert Bloch, also called Psycho.

Episode: Ed Gein: The Serial Killer's Serial Killer

It was mentioned as a book that inspired the movie 'Psycho', and was written by a Wisconsin author who was influenced by Ed Gein's crimes.

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It was a Norman Bates and Hitchcock 'Psycho', and Hitchcock had made this movie based on a book that had come out I think the year before by an author named Robert Bloch, also called 'Psycho'.

So Supernatural

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So Supernatural

They explained that Robert Bloch wrote the novel Psycho in 1958 while living near Ed Gein, and noted that the book later became the basis for Hitchcock's film.

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But before we talk about the movie, let's talk about the book, Robert Block. So it turns out Block was writing the novel Psycho in 1958, 35 miles away from where Gein lived. And this is when all of th...

— Episode: Introducing: CRIMES OF…

Episode: Introducing: CRIMES OF…

They explained that Robert Bloch wrote the novel Psycho in 1958 while living near Ed Gein, and noted that the book later became the basis for Hitchcock's film.

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But before we talk about the movie, let's talk about the book, Robert Block. So it turns out Block was writing the novel Psycho in 1958, 35 miles away from where Gein lived. And this is when all of these crimes are happening. But Block has no idea the full extent of Gein's history and the murders until after the book was already published.

He was writing this book just miles from where Ed Gein was committing these atrocious acts, but had no clue.

So then this book was then adapted into a film by Alfred Hitchcock, King of Horror, in 1960.

Fresh Air

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Fresh Air

The film was noted as being based on Bloch's novel, which was described as being only a couple of pages long in the part of the interview discussing the source material.

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It was based on a book by Robert Block.

— Episode: A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

Episode: A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

The film was noted as being based on Bloch's novel, which was described as being only a couple of pages long in the part of the interview discussing the source material.

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It was based on a book by Robert Block.

Well, actually, in the novel, it's only two pages.

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