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Ed Gein
Edward Theodore Gein, also known as the Butcher of Plainfield or Plainfield Ghoul, was a convicted killer and body thief in the United States. Gein's crimes, committed around his native Plainfield, Wisconsin, became famous in 1957 after authorities discovered he had exhumed corpses from local cemeteries and made feats and memorabilia from their bones and skin. Gein also confessed to killing two women: pub owner Mary Hogan in 1954 and metal shop owner Bernice Worden in 1957. Gein was initially declared unfit to attend court and was imprisoned in a facility. mental health care. In 1968, he was found fit to appear in court; he was found guilty of murdering Worden, but was legally insane and sent back to a psychiatric ward. He died at Mendota Mental Health Institute of respiratory failure on July 26, 1984, at the age of 77 years old. He was buried next to his family at Plainfield cemetery, in an unknown grave.
BornEdward Theodore Gein, August 27, 1906, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedJuly 26, 1984, Mendota Mental Health Institute, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Cause of deathRespiratory and heart failure due to lung cancer
Resting placePlainfield Cemetery
Other namesEddie, The Mad Butcher, The Plainfield Ghoul, The Plainfield Butcher, The Butcher of Plainfield
OccupationNumerous unspecified jobs
Criminal penaltyInstitutionalized in the Mendota Mental Health Institute

About Ed Gein

Criminal Ed Gein was born in Wisconsin, United States on August 27, 1906. He dies at the age of 77, on July 26, 1984.

Famous Wisconsin serial killer and necrophile who was sentenced to life in a mental institution for his unusual acts in 1968.

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Ed Gein before becoming famous

Ed Gein was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1906 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Horse (馬).

He was a devoted Christian with a deep aversion to his controlling mother.

Achievement of Ed Gein

He also committed tomb robbing and made a lady outfit out of stitched-together body parts in order to impersonate his mother.

Ed Gein's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Henry, his older brother, died in a fire, along with their father, and it is thought that Ed started it.

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He provided some inspiration for the killer Buffalo Bob in Director Jonathan Demme's 1991 film Silence of the Lambs.

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Latest information about Ed Gein updated on March 13 2023.