Ed Gein

Also known as Edward Theodore Gein, The Butcher of Plainfield, Leatherface, El asesino máscara de piel, 'Eddy'

Edward Theodore Gein, also known as the Butcher of Plainfield and the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety in 1957 after authorities discovered that he stole corpses from local graveyards and fashioned keepsakes from their bones and skin. He also confessed to killing two women: tavern owner Mary Hogan in 1954 and hardware store owner Bernice Worden in 1957.

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Edward Theodore Gein (August 27, 1906 – July 26, 1984), also known as the Butcher of Plainfield and the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety in 1957 after authorities discovered that he stole corpses from local graveyards and fashioned keepsakes from their bones and skin. He…

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Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein — Self- Archive2023
Ed Gein: The Real Psycho — Self (archive footage)2021
Ed Gein The Real Leatherface Serial Killer2013
Serious Serial Killers2012
Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield — Self (archive)2004
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' — Self (archive)2001
E! True Hollywood Story — Self (archive footage)1996
Ed Gein: American Maniac — Himself1993
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 3: The Ghouls — Self (archive footage)1992

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Born: Edward Theodore Gein , ( 1906-08-27 ) August 27, 1906, La Crosse County, Wisconsin , U.S.
Died: July 26, 1984 (1984-07-26) (aged 77), Madison, Wisconsin , U.S.
Resting place: Plainfield Cemetery
Other names: The Plainfield Ghoul The Plainfield Butcher The Butcher of Plainfield
Occupations: Handyman, farmer
Criminal status: Deceased
Conviction: 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: Wisconsin
Date apprehended: November 16, 1957

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Instance of: human
Given name: Theodore
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: La Crosse
Place of death: Madison
Occupation: artisan
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Lutheranism
Field of work: serial murder
Image: Ed-Gein.jpeg
Residence: Plainfield
Convicted of: grave robbery

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cause of death: respiratory failure
date of birth: 1906-08-27
date of death: 1984-07-26
manner of death: natural causes
Commons category: Ed Gein
name in native language: Ed Gein
birth name: Ed Gein
place of detention: Mendota Mental Health Institute
nickname: The Plainfield Ghoul

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Encyclopedic overview

Edward Theodore Gein (/ɡiːn/; August 27, 1906 – July 26, 1984), also known as the Butcher of Plainfield and the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety in 1957 after authorities discovered that he stole corpses from local graveyards and fashioned keepsakes from their bones and skin. He also confessed to killing two women: tavern owner Mary Hogan in 1954 and hardware store owner Bernice Worden in 1957.

Gein was initially found unfit to stand trial and confined to a mental health facility. By 1968 he was judged competent to stand trial. He was found guilty of the murder of Worden, but was found legally insane and thus was remanded to a psychiatric institution.

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