Ed Gein, The Butcher of Plainfield or The Plainfield Ghoul

Solved, Unsolved or Spooky - A True Crime Podcast

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• This week Kim is covering an American convicted murderer and body snatcher.
• Ed received widespread attention in 1957 after Cops discovered he had exhumed corpses from local graveyards and made trophies and keepsakes from their bones and skin.
• Gein also confessed to killing two women:
• tavern owner Mary Hogan in 1954 and hardware store owner Bernice Worden in 1957.
• Gein was initially found unfit to stand trial and confined to a mental health facility. By 1968, he was judged competent to stand trial;
• he was found guilty of the murder of Worden,
• but he was found legally insane and was remanded to a psychiatric institution.
• He died at Mendota Mental Health Institute of respiratory failure, on July 26, 1984, aged 77.
• He is buried next to his family in the Plainfield Cemetery, in a now-unmarked grave.
• This guy had a difficult childhood and grew up to be totally depraved.
• Definitely Mummy issues and a whole lot more to go along with that.
• listen to all of the sordid things that he did and created if your stomach can take it.
• have a listen kick back and get ready to have your mind blown by the depravity of mankind.
• Please take care and stay safe, Love Steph and Kim xx
  

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gein https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/gein-edward.htm https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/real-life-psycho-ed-gein-dies https://allthatsinteresting.com/ed-gein-house
Photographs and additional reading.
trigger warning: the first 2 links have graphic crime scene photos, they have mutilated corpses etc
https://cvltnation.com/nsfw-the-ghoul-of-plainfield-ed-geins-crime-scene-photos/
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/ed-gein-and-his-nipple-belt-60adb2a57bc4
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-serial-killer-ed-gein-is-led-away-from-his-farm-by-detectives-plainfield-50017918.html
Resources:
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/Pages/contact-service.aspx#24-hour
https://www.beyondblue.org.au
https://www.betterhelp.com
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