Where is the farm where the Texas Chain Saw Massacre took place?
There was never a documented chainsaw massacre that took place in Texas or any other state. But the original 1974 movie of the same name was based loosely on the murders committed during the 1950s in Wisconsin by serial killer Ed Gein, who died from cancer in a mental hospital 24 years ago but whose spirit has reportedly been spotted lately floating near his grave and even walking about the site of the Midwestern farmhouse where he once lived. With Halloween near, it’s time for me to pen the single column I dedicate each year solely to haunted properties and provide updates on the supposed hauntings that I’ve written about in years past. Though “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” is a fictional film, co-writer/director Tobe Hooper has said its scariest character, the horrifying “Leatherface,” is based on real-life killer Gein. The farmhouse where Gein apparently performed most of his unspeakable acts burned to the ground after he was arrested. Inspectors believed the blaze was the work of v
