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Edward Theodore Gein also known as "the Butcher of Plainfield" or "the Plainfield Ghoul", was an American murderer, suspected serial killer and body.
Ed Gein, American serial killer whose gruesome crimes gained worldwide notoriety and inspired popular books and films, notably three of the most influential.
Killer and grave robber Ed Gein inspired movie characters in 'Psycho' and 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.' Read about his victims, hometown.

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Ed Gein

American murderer and human trophy collector (1906–1984)

This article is about the American killer and body snatcher. For the band named after him, see Ed Gein (band).

Ed Gein
Gein, c. 1958
Born	Edward Theodore Gein (1906-08-27)August 27, 1906 La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	July 26, 1984(1984-07-26) (aged 77) Mendota Mental Health Institute, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting place	Plainfield Cemetery
Other names	Eddie The Mad Butcher The Plainfield Ghoul The Plainfield Butcher The Butcher of Plainfield
Occupation	Numerous unspecified jobs
Conviction(s)	First degree murder (later found legally insane)
Criminal penalty	Institutionalized in the Mendota Mental Health Institute
Victims	2 murders confirmed 7 others suspected 9 corpses mutilated (obtained from desecrated graves)
Span of crimes	1947–1957
Country	United States
State(s)	Wisconsin
Date apprehended	November 16, 1957

Edward Theodore Gein (GEEN; August 27, 1906^[1] – July 26, 1984), also k

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Infamous serial killer Ed Gein dies

On July 26, 1984, Ed Gein, a serial killer infamous for skinning human corpses, dies of complications from cancer at the Mendota Mental Health Institute at age 77. Gein served as the inspiration for writer Robert Bloch’s character Norman Bates in the 1959 novel “Psycho,” which in 1960 was turned into a film starring Anthony Perkins and directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Edward Theodore Gein was born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, on August 27, 1906, to an alcoholic father and domineering mother, who taught her son that women and sex were evil. Gein was raised, along with an older brother, on an isolated farm in Plainfield, Wisconsin. After Gein’s father died in 1940, the future killer’s brother died under mysterious circumstances during a fire in 1944 and his beloved mother passed away from health problems in 1945. Gein remained on the farm by himself.

History's Most Terrifying Serial Killers

In November 1957, police found the headless, gutted body of a missing store clerk, Bernice Worden, at Gein’s farmhouse. Upon further investigation, author

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Ed Gein

Edward Theodore "Ed" Gein (August 27, 1906 – July 26, 1984) was an Americanserial killer. Gein was found guilty of only 1 murder. He confessed to a 2nd but the confession was thrown out as the sheriff beat it out of him. Gein is considered by many to be even more well known because of several movies that were based in part on him. He was also known as The Butcher of Plainfield, The Plainfield Butcher, The Mad Butcher and The Plainfield Ghoul.

Early years

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Ed Gein and his brother Henry were raised by their mother on their 160-acrefarm near Plainfield, Wisconsin.^[1] She was a very religious woman and was very protective about her boys. She kept them away from women and busy with farm work.

His alcoholic father died in 1940. A few years later his brother Henry died on May 16, 1944, officially while fighting a grass fire (though there was evidence he was murdered by Ed). Soon after that, his mother had her first stroke. In 1945 she had her second stroke and died. Ed was left alone.

Gein then closed off the upstairs and the