The Disturbing Life and Crimes of Ed Gein

TLDR Ed Gein, a notorious killer, had a troubled childhood and a life of isolation and psychological distress. He was responsible for multiple murders and used human body parts to make horrifying creations.

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00:00 Ed Gein is a notorious killer who has inspired many deranged characters in movies and books, such as Norman Bates, Leatherface, and Hannibal Lecter.
04:51 Ed Gein's story begins with a troubled childhood, characterized by an abusive father, a mentally ill and overbearing mother, and a move to a small town that offered no relief from their hardships.
09:43 Ed Gein had a troubled childhood, characterized by physical deformities, bullying, and an overbearing and mentally ill mother, which led to a life of isolation and psychological distress.
14:36 After his mother's death, Ed Gein boarded up her rooms to establish a shrine, neglected the rest of the house, and began engaging in unusual activities such as reading anatomy books, pornography, horror novels, and Nazi books, while also making strange comments and laughing at his own jokes, all of which raised red flags in the town but were dismissed due to his harmless reputation, until it was later discovered that he had murdered Mary Hogan.
19:27 Ed Gein murdered Bernice Warden by shooting her in the head and then cutting her throat before dragging her body away from the hardware store.
24:22 Ed Gein was caught in the act of field dressing Bernice Warden, but it was later discovered that he had been robbing graves and using human body parts to make horrifying creations.
29:26 Errol Morris and Werner Herzog planned to dig up Ed Gein's mother's grave, but only Herzog showed up, and there is no verification that Gein actually took his mother's head, although there is evidence that he was trying to recreate her by robbing graves of women who resembled her.
34:28 Ed Gein's lawyer pleaded Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, and although Gein was found guilty of one murder, there is speculation that he may have been responsible for other disappearances and murders in the area.
39:11 Ed Gein's car and cauldron were auctioned off, with the car being used in sideshows and the cauldron eventually being displayed in a haunted museum in Las Vegas.
44:13 Ed Gein was a model prisoner and died in 1984, and his headstone was stolen in 2000 but later found and placed between the headstones of his family members.
48:53 The hosts share a story about witnessing a bike theft and realizing how unobservant they are, and discuss the possibility of doing a show in Memphis.
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