Monsters, Maniacs, and Mysteries Quiz

Answer: Ed Gein

Ed Gein was a grave robber. He usually stole the bodies of dead women and liked to experiment with their sexual organs because his mother would not let him have any contact with women. This is where we get the "Norman Bates" model. He also wore a mask made of human skin and his furniture and his dishes and other such stuff were made from human bones.

This is where we get "Leatherface". It was reported that Gein also made a woman suit from the skin of the dead women that he dug up. This is where we get the character "Buffalo Bill" from. According to the movie of his life ("Deranged"), he dug up his mother but she would not talk to him, so he figured she was unhappy and started to dig up her bridge club in an effort to lift up her spirits.

When he saw no one was playing cards he surmised that they needed fresh skin so he killed and skinned a waitress. Then he tried to put her skin on his mother's. It was the killing of the waitress that led authorities to him and his activities. He also killed his best friend's fiance and tried the same thing.

Answer: Massachusetts

Though Lizzie Borden was tried for these murders, she was acquitted of them. The murders took place in Fall River, Massachusetts on August 4th, 1892. It was actually Lizzie's stepmother and father. Lizzie's real mother died when Lizzie was two years old.

Answer: Bigfoot

Many scientists have tried to prove this film to be a fake but with no success! Many people claim that the fluid motion of the creature on the film proves that it was indeed a wild creature of nature and not a man in a suit.

Answer: The Goatsucker

El Chupacabra supposedly is a creature that wanders in South American countries and sucks the blood from small animals and kills them. A main portion of these animals have been goats on farms.

Answer: Werewolf

Many people were scared of wolves in these days due to many attacks on their farm animals and the sounds of the howling that the wolves made at night. Supposedly a few townspeople cornered a wolf and attacked it with spears. The wolf did not run away but stood up and turned into a man, Peter Stubbe, who was recognized by some of the people.

This was mankind's very first documented encounter with a werewolf. Peter Stubbe was tortured until admitting that he had killed 16 people.

Answer: 5

He murdered only prostitutes. From August to November of 1888 Jack the Ripper killed 5 women: Mary Anne Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly. Though there were many suspects, the identity of Jack the Ripper was never discovered!

Answer: Countess Bathori

Countess Bathori was arrested in 1610 for supposedly murdering over 650 girls in which she would bathe in their blood in order to keep herself looking young. She also reportedly would bite chunks off their necks and breasts. The character of Dracula really had no characteristics of Vladimir Dracula, but Bram Stoker first had the name Count Wampyre picked for the character, then upon seeing Vladimir Dracul's name in a book and reading about some of the things that Vlad the Impaler did in his life, changed the name to Count Dracula.

Answer: Charles Manson

Charles Manson did not go along with the others when they went to Sharon Tate's house. There was also another girl named, Linda Kasabian, who supposedly never entered the house and was just sent because she had a driver's license and so she could be a lookout for the others. Besides Sharon Tate, 4 others were murdered, Wojciech Frykowski, Steve Parent, Jay Sebring and Abigail Folger.

Answer: Devil's Sea

The Devil's Sea is located off the east coast of Japan and is also known for its mysterious disappearances. Most compasses are calibrated in order to make up for not pointing at true north, and so when true north and magnetic north are actual aligned, this throws off navigation by several degrees and can set a ship or plane off course by many miles.

Answer: Mokele-Mbembe

Nessie is the monster supposedly in Loch Ness, Champ is the monster that is supposedly in Lake Champlain, Vermont, and Storsie is the monster in Lake Storsjon in Sweden. Mokele-Mbembe is a monster that has been supposedly sighted in the swampy jungles of Africa that resembles a brontosaurus, but is seen on land not in water.