Edward Theodore Gein (/ ɡ iː n / GEEN; August 27, 1906 [1] – July 26, 1984), also known as "the Butcher of Plainfield" or "the Plainfield Ghoul", was an American murderer, suspected serial killer and body snatcher.

2022年2月7日 · In 1957, officers in Plainfield, Wisconsin ventured into serial killer Ed Gein's house and uncovered a chamber of horrors that would inspire "Psycho."

2025年3月13日 · Ed Gein, American serial killer whose gruesome crimes gained worldwide notoriety and inspired popular books and films, notably three of the most influential horror/thriller movies ever made: Psycho (1960), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

2024年8月20日 · The crimes of Wisconsin body snatcher and serial killer Ed Gein shocked 1950s America and inspired movies like "Psycho" and "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre." Ed Gein's grisly crimes became the inspiration behind infamous horror characters like Buffalo Bill, Norman Bates, and Leatherface.

2022年6月2日 · Since his arrest in the late 1950s, Ed Gein has not only become known as the inspiration for some of the movie world's darkest characters — most notably Psycho's Norman Bates — but he's ended up in a class all his own. The man known as The Butcher of Plainfield has become synonymous with murder, cannibalism, and necrophilia — an unholy ...

Edward Theodore "Ed" Gein (August 27, 1906 – July 26, 1984) was an American serial killer. Gein was found guilty of only 1 murder. He confessed to a 2nd but the confession was thrown out as the sheriff beat it out of him. Gein is considered by many to be even more well known because of several movies that were based in

Ever wonder where influences of horror-films such as Psycho, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, came from? They were inspired from the infamous case of Edward “Ed” Theodore Gein. Ed was responsible for multiple crimes, including the deaths of Mary Hogan in 1954, and Bernice Worden in 1957.