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Ed Gein was an American murderer and body snatcher. He gained infamy after his arrest in 1957 when police discovered he had exhumed corpses from local graveyards and fashioned trophies and keepsakes from their bones and skin. He was also suspected of committing two murders, although he was only tried and convicted for the murder of one woman. Gein was found to be legally insane and was confined to a mental health facility until his death in 1984. He has been the inspiration for numerous works of fiction, including the films Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs.
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Edward Theodore Gein (The Butcher of Plainfield, The Grandfather of Gore, The Ghoul of Plainfield) |
Occupation |
miscellaneous |
Age |
78 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Virgo |
Born |
27 August, 1906 |
Birthday |
27 August |
Birthplace |
La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA |
Date of death |
26 July, 1984 |
Died Place |
Madison, Wisconsin, USA |
Nationality |
United States |
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Ed Gein Height, Weight & Measurements
At 78 years old, Ed Gein height is 5' 7" (1.7 m) .
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Ed Gein Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Ed Gein worth at the age of 78 years old? Ed Gein’s income source is mostly from being a successful Miscellaneous. He is from United States. We have estimated
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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His tombstone was stolen during the early 1990s and today a small wooden cross with his name and death date inscripted was put there by someone unknown.
Edward Theodore Gein passed away on July 26, 1984, one month away from what would have been his 78th birthday on August 27.
In 1978, he was moved to Mendota Mental Health Institute.
In November 1968, he was judged competent to stand trial. He was now diagnosed to have chronic schizophrenia, found "not guilty by reason of insanity" and returned to Waupun.
A short list of films inspired by his life and crimes: Psycho (1960), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Motel Hell (1980), Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile (1974), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Maniac (1980), Three on a Meathook (1972), Ed Gein (2000), Ed and His Dead Mother (1993) and House of 1000 Corpses (2003).
On January 16, 1958, he was sent to Central State Hospital at Waupun, WI.
His first murder was committed on December 8, 1954, the other occurred on November 16, 1957. He attacked his last victim in her store and dragged her body to a truck parked out back. Later that evening the victim's son stopped in at the store to check on his mother and found the doors locked, the cash register missing and a trail of blood leading out to the back door. He recalled that he had seen Ed at the store the day before. When the police went to his farm, they found her headless body in his shed, hanging by it's heels from the rafters. Gein was arrested and eventually confessed to his crimes.
It has been theorized that Gein might have killed two men who hired him as their hunting guide in 1952 and were never seen again. There were also two other unidentified women's body parts were found at his farm. In that his murder & grave robbing victims were all of middle or elderly age, these two women's remains were decisively young, in their teenage years. This was never conclusively investigated.
During the period of 1950-55, he visited three local cemeteries at night and dug up at least ten graves. He removed bits and pieces from each body, returning some to their graves. He used skullcaps for bowls, and stitched chair seats and lampshades out of human skin. On special occasions, he would dance outside in the moonlight wearing numerous stitched skin coverings, including the face masks of some of his victims.
When she died of a stroke in 1945, Ed was left all alone at the "tender" age of 39. He sealed her bedroom and the rest of his house off, living in just the kitchen and one other room.
Ed Gein and his elder brother Henry lived on a rural farm near Plainfield, WI. George Gein, his father, was a tanner and carpenter and was drunk most of the time. Augusta, Ed's domineering mother, was the real power of the house. She was a religious fanatic who constantly warned her sons about the sins of premarital sex and railed against "evil" women. Ed's father died in 1940, and brother Henry died four years later fighting a marsh fire (although it was later suspected that Ed might have killed him). Ed stayed at the family farm with his mother and never strayed out of the surrounding few counties.