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Introducing Norman Bates

Throughout the 1950s, reports of sex crime and pathological murder rattled America. ‘Psycho’ both exploits and ‘explains’ one such murder, but the movie’s real legacy is that Hitchcock makes us care so much about a deranged killer. From Studio 360.

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Throughout the 1950s, reports of sex crime and pathological murder rattled America. “Psycho” both exploits and “explains” one such murder, with a rather heavy-handed psychiatrist. But beyond the screeching violins and the risque shower scene, the movie’s real legacy is that Hitchcock makes us care so much about a deranged killer. Produced by WNYC’s Sarah Montague.