Ed Gein Serial Killer

Ed Gein Serial Killer

This three-part true crime series examines Ed Gein, whose 1957 arrest in Plainfield, Wisconsin revealed unimaginable horrors. Investigators discovered a farmhouse filled with human remains fashioned into household objects: skulls as bowls, lampshades from skin, furniture upholstered with human tissue, and a "woman suit" Ed wore to transform himself into his deceased mother. Host Raven Thorne traces Ed's transformation from an abused child under his domineering mother Augusta's control, through decades of grave robbery and two admitted murders, to his trial and lifelong psychiatric confinement. The series explores how Ed Gein's crimes inspired Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs, forever changing American horror culture. Click here to browse handpicked Amazon finds inspired by this podcast series! https://amzn.to/42YoQGI

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October 8, 2025 35 secs
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Episode three examines Ed Gein's trial, confinement, and cultural impact. In January 1958, psychiatrists diagnosed Ed with schizophrenia and declared him incompetent to stand trial. After ten years in Central State Hospital, Ed finally stood trial in 1968, where Judge Gollmar found him not guilty by reason of insanity. Ed spent his remaining years as a model patient in psychiatric institutions until his death from cancer in 1984. H...
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Episode two details Ed Gein's murders and the shocking discoveries at his farmhouse. On November 16, 1957, Ed shot hardware store owner Bernice Worden, his second victim after tavern keeper Mary Hogan in 1954. When deputies entered Ed's farmhouse that night, they found Bernice's gutted body hanging in the summer kitchen. Further search revealed a horrific inventory: skulls fashioned into bowls, lampshades made from human skin, furn...
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Ed Gein: Episode 1 Summary - The Making of a Monster Episode one explores Ed Gein's transformation from abused child to grave robber. Born in 1906, Ed grew up under the absolute control of his fanatically religious mother Augusta, who preached that all women except herself were corrupt. Isolated on a remote Wisconsin farm, subjected to relentless psychological abuse, Ed developed a twisted worldview. After his father's death in 194...
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