Yep, a production company out of Appleton called DaviesRussell is making a musical comedy out of Ed Gein’s life: Ed Gein: The Musical. Remember Ed Gein? Norman Bates from Psycho was based on his life because he robbed a bunch of graves, killed a bunch of people, ate them, and made household items out of selected body parts … to put it lightly. From the TheNorthwesterner.com out of Oshkosh:

• "This is a complete weird twist on Ed Gein. It's in the same vein as the movie 'Sweeney Todd' with a lot of comedic elements. It's fun with a lot of great music and is historically accurate on the life of Gein," said Dan Davies, co-owner of the production company, who also wrote the script and plays Gein the movie. (Read more – with production photos.)

The film was shot mostly in Omro, Wis., where Gein spent some of his younger years, as opposed to rural Plainfield (where all that killin’ a-happened) because, according to the filmmakers, the village of Plainfield is not "very receptive" to anything Gein-related. DaviesRussell is currently getting Ed Gein: The Musical tweaked up for a DVD release later in 2009. They hope it’ll get picked up by cable TV.

Watch the song-tastic trailer: