Biography

Edward Theodore Gein (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.

Known For

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 3: The Ghouls

Self (archive footage)

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Self (archive)

Ed Gein: The Real Psycho

Self (archive footage)

Serious Serial Killers

Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield

Self (archive)

Ed Gein: American Maniac

Himself

Ed Gein The Real Leatherface Serial Killer