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Mad or Bad, Part 1

Ed Gein
Considered to be a mild-mannered bachelor whose emotional development had been stunted by his domineering mother, he shocked the world when police found his vest of human skin and a cache of body parts. Gein is the model for The Silence of the Lambs' Buffalo Bill and Psycho's Norman Bates.


Richard Trenton Chase
Known as the Vampire of Sacramento, he killed puppies and people, took their blood and brains home to his blender. He believed his blood was turning to powder and that he needed the blood of other creatures to replenish it.


The Unabomber
Ted Kaczynski, a genius who believed that maiming and murdering scientists and educators would stop the development of new technology and hurl us back into the days before the Industrial Revolution.


The Insanity Defense
Detective Mark Gado examines the evolution of the insanity defense and how it has changed over the years with very high profile cases.



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