Landscape Suicide

198795 minPG-13documentary

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A chilling look at two murderers and the dark undercurrents of America.

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James Benning

James Benningdirector

James Benning

James Benningwriter

Rhonda Bellcast

Elion Suchercast

Eve E. Elliscast

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Benning continues his examination of Americana in this film through the stories of two murderers. Ed Gein was a Wisconsin farmer and multiple murderer who taxidermied his victims in the 1950s. Bernadette Protti was a California teenager who stabbed a friend to death over an insult in 1984.

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