In this chilling episode of WiscoWeird, Nate travels to the quiet town of Plainfield, Wisconsin — the unlikely setting for one of the most disturbing true crime stories in American history.
This is the real-life account of Ed Gein — the man whose crimes inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs. But behind the Hollywood myths lies a deeply unsettling and uniquely Wisconsin story about rural isolation, obsession, and madness.
From grave robbing and morbid artifacts to a murder that shocked the nation, this episode dives deep into how a soft-spoken handyman became known as the Plainfield Ghoul — and how a tiny town’s darkest chapter echoed through pop culture for decades.
Listener discretion is advised — but the facts are all true. And they’re far stranger than fiction.
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