This is the documented grave of a convicted criminal. Information below comes from public records.
Edward Theodore Gein
August 27, 1906 – July 26, 1984Convicted 1957
Buried at:
Plainfield Cemetery , Plainfield, Wisconsin · Family plot (headstone removed by cemetery after repeated theft/vandalism). Buried between his mother and brother.
Criminal History (Public Record)
Convicted of the murder of Bernice Worden (and previously Mary Hogan). He also admitted to robbing graves. Found not guilty by reason of insanity and spent the rest of his life in a mental institution.
Background
Ed Gein was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, discovered in 1957, involved grave robbing and the murder of two women. His case became the basis for several iconic horror characters (Norman Bates in Psycho, Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, etc.).
Court records and contemporary news reports (1957)
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