Psycho 1960 Mythos Expansion

Prior to the infamous murder of Phoenix, Arizona Sun Trust Bank Teller Marion Crane and Private Detective Milton Arbogast Norman Bates committed the following murders and atrocities in his transformation into mother: Norma Bates.

Murder of Samuel Bates
Killed in impulsive self defence by Norma Bates after being struck yet again by her invalid husband this time in front of Norman in their Phoenix residence. She retaliates by striking him with with an iron and prepares the body to look like an accident to reep the benefits of accidental death health insurance for her & Norman, which helps them to start anew in Fairview, California and open the Bates Motel.

Murder of Keith Sommers
Original proprietor, rapist, murdered by Norma after sexually assaulting her in the kitchen of the Bates Motel after mocking his advances and connections. Norman assists disposing of the body in linen from Room 1 of the Motel and they soon are also assisted in their cover by Sheriff Alex Romero a former childhood friend of Keith Sommers.

Murder of Blair Watson
Norman Bates' first victim and first transformation into mother as following his loss of virginity to Bradley Martin and seduction by teacher Blair Watson, abandonment by mother Norma for Sheriff Romero whilst Emma Decody abandons him at the dance after being accosted by Bradley's ex he blacks out. He assumes his the role of his mother Norma disapproving of Blair's seduction and punishes Miss Watson slitting her throat.

Matricide of Sheriff Alex Romero & Mother Norma Bates of Fairview, California
Both poisoned at the Bates Mansion behind the motel in the dining room via strychnine. The death is staged by Norman to look like a murder-suicide the first in Fairview history as Norma had apparently discovered of Sheriff Romero's illicit affair and as a result poisoned him, stabbed him numerous times with a kitchen knife and then in guilt ingested the same poison and self sustained three stab wounds. Her body is kept in the fruit cellar of the mansion for a few days until their bodies are apparently discovered by Norman. Norma's body is later dug up and removed from Green Lake Cemetery to be returned to the Bates mansion so Norman can continue his relationship with mother.

Annika Johnson
Young escort who after entertaining for a dangerous curator and sustaining an injury in a fall acquires a ride with her luggage to the Bates Motel three months prior to Marion Crane's murder. Annika's car had broken down on the road up to the mansion of the curator Sir Charles Deveraux and had been unsettled by the night's events. She was booked for the night with her friend and Chicago Flatmate Sandra Dennis who is also reported missing following that night. Annika's driver a hapless friendly overweight trucker of White Pine provides her with a fairly faulty umbrella which becomes damaged upon her reaching the main office of the Bates Motel and checking in. She becomes instantly well acquainted with the friendly and welcoming Norman Bates. She has a particular, curious and bewildered interest in his taxidermy parlor and has her left leg injuries tended to by him. She is checked into Room 1 and briefly peeped in by him. She readies herself for venturing and finding Sandra and making a police report on the Deveraux party. Tired, still in shock and recovering from her injuries after a bath she takes a quick nap Room 1 and has nightmares of being descended upon by a maddened Charles Deveraux who also murders Sandra. She awakens and goes to find Norman but ends up entering the Bates Motel without him knowing discovering evidence linking to the murders of Keith Sommers, Alex Romero, Norma Bates and Blair Watson. Annika panicked by Norman's drawings and gruesome state of the dining room and kitchen sneaks back to the motel in hopes of using a working landline from the office or her room for help. There she encounters Norman. He offers ointment and conversation and he explains she begins to see that his nightgown is a woman's and hears him speak in an old woman's voice as he explains that the police called to inform her they found the body of her friend Sandra Dennis on an embankment, believed to be the victim of foul play and another call from Sir Charles Deveraux urging her not to talk to the police lest she end up laying in a similar position like Sandra,