norman bates killed jasper in season 1.
norman bates killed jasper in season 1.
who does norman bates kill in season 1?
jasper
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norman bates, the main character in "psycho", was very loosely based on two people. first was the real-life serial killer ed gein, about whom bloch later wrote a fictionalized account, "the shambles of ed gein". (the story can be found in "crimes and punishments: the lost bloch, volume 3"). second, it has been indicated by several people, including noel carter (wife of lin carter) and chris steinbrunner, as well as allegedly by bloch himself, that norman bates was partly based on calvin beck, publisher of "castle of frankenstein". bloch's basing of the character of norman bates on ed gein is discussed in the documentary "ed gein: the ghoul of plainfield", which can be found on disc 2 of the dvd release of 2003's "the texas chainsaw massacre". bloch has also, however, commented that it was the situation itself - a mass murderer living undetected and unsuspected in a typical small town in middle america - rather than gein himself who sparked bloch's storyline. he writes: "thus the real-life murderer was not the role model for my character norman bates. ed gein didn't own or operate a motel. ed gein didn't kill anyone in the shower. ed gein wasn't into taxidermy. ed gein didn't stuff his mother, keep her body in the house, dress in a drag outfit, or adopt an alternative personality. these were the functions and characteristics of norman bates, and norman bates didn't exist until i made him up. out of my own imagination, i add, which is probably the reason so few offer to take showers with me."
robert bloch