In the 1950s, an American murderer and grave robber murdered two women and scattered body parts all over his home.
The murderer was ultimately laid to rest in Wisconsin’s Plainfield Cemetery next to his family.
Who was Ed Gein?
Ed Gein, commonly referred to as the Butcher of Plainfield or the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer and grave robber who was born Edward Theodore Gein.
On August 27, 1906, Gein was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
His mother supposedly educated Gein about immorality and that every woman other than herself was evil, which had a big impact on his worldview.
Since a boy, Gein was exposed to a lot of sorrow as both his brother and father inexplicably perished in fires in 1944 and 1940, respectively.
He was 39 years old when his mother, the last surviving member of the family, likewise passed away on December 29, 1945, as a result of medical issues.
Gein developed an interest in reading death-cult periodicals and stories when he was living alone on the farm, according to Murderpedia.
In Plainfield, Wisconsin, where he was raised, he committed a number of crimes.
Gein had several bodies exhumed before being admitted to a mental hospital.
How did Ed Gein die?
Gein was first taken to the Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane after being deemed unfit for trial owing to his insanity, and then he was taken to the Mendota State Hospital in Madison.
At the age of 77, Gein passed away on July 26, 1984, at the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Wisconsin, following cancer-related respiratory and heart failure.
He was interred in the frequently vandalised Plainfield cemetery, according to History.
Who were Ed Gein’s victims?
Following the 1957 discovery of body parts in Gein’s home by the police, Gein eventually admitted that he had murdered two women.
In 1954, Gein killed Mary Hogan, and in 1957, Bernice Worden, the proprietor of a hardware business in Plainfield, was slain.
Before being killed by Gein, 51-year-old Hogan was employed at a bar in Pine Grove, Wisconsin.
On December 8, 1954, Gein shot her after waiting for all customers to leave the business.
After three years of investigation, the police were able to identify her after he took her body to his farm.
When three years of inquiry, the police were able to identify her after he brought her remains to his farm.
Bernice Worden, his second victim, was 58 years old when she passed away.
Later, ropes around Worden’s wrist and her decapitated body were discovered.
Along with being shot with a gun, the former proprietor of the hardware store had his body hanging upside down.