Edward Theodore "Ed" Gein was an American serial killer and grave robber. Ed Gein, known as The Butcher of Plainfield, gained notoriety in the 1950s for murdering at least two women and for committing grisly, fetishistic acts on corpses stolen from graves. He was sent to Waupan State Hospital because he seemed insane. He died of cancer in 1984.
At his trial, Ed Gein was found mentally unfit and committed to a state mental hospital. Gein's mother was a religious fanatic and was incredibly strick and harsh. Gein's father was not much better. Gein had one brother and they lived on the same plot of land for many years. His family members died off one by one until he eventually lived in the old farm house by himself. The solitude probably didn't help an already sick mind.
Yes, he also made masks, clothes, suits, bowls, furniture, and tools out of the skin and bones. His total body count is actually very low because he didn't actually kill that many people. He stole corpses from the cemetery. He inspired the movies "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Psycho", but they were only loosely based on his life.
He lived in an 160-Acre Farm Seven Miles Outside Plainfield, Wisconsin. Most of the bodies found in the farm were robed corpses from the graveyard. When he started killing, his first victim was Mary Hogan which he shot her in the head with his 32-caliber revolver at Hogan's Tavern and took her home.
Then came Bernice Worden which he killed in her hardware store on Plainfield's Main Street. He took her home after that. The other corpses found at the kill farm were bodies stolen from the graveyard over a ten year period before started killing.
See the related question: Was the movie the Texas Chainsaw Massacre based on true events?
because he is crazy.
Ed Gein's birth name is Edward Theodore Gein.
Ed Gein was born on August 27, 1906.
Ed Gein was born on August 27, 1906.
The Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein stood at 5' 7".
He was 48 when he killed Mary Hogan, owner of a local tavern. That was his first kill.
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Ed Gein, born August 27, 1906, died July 26,1984, was from Plainfield, Wisconsin.
Ed Gein went by The Plainfield Butcher, Grandfather of Gore, The Plainfield Ghoul, and The Ghoul of Plainfield.
Plainfield, Wisconsin
The closest match for Ed Gien is Ed Gein, whose full name was Edward Theodore Gein. Gein was a murderer and grave robber who was apprehended on November 16, 1957. He was eventually sentenced to life in prison which he served in a mental hospital.
ed gein was born in lacrosse wisconsin. his mother didnt approve of the city so they moved to plainfield which is about 4 hours east of lacrosse