Ed Gein
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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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Key facts
- 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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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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