Ed Gein - Serial Killer
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Ed Gein: Serial Killer
Zach Gil Ed Gein: Serial Killer
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Ed Gein was known as a farmer and a local handyman in his small town community of Plainfield, Wisconsin. The community was so small that most of the people that knew of Gein, just knew him as a bit of an odd character. While most of them thought that he was rather odd, they also thought that he was harmless. Little did they know that he would later come to be known as the “Butcher of Plainfield.” He would also become the inspiration for numerous horror films after the police searched and seized the experiments that Gein kept in his home.
Gein was born in 1906 to his mother Augusta and his father George. He also had a younger brother named Henry. The family lived and worked on a farm just outside Plainfield, Wisconsin. “Gein’s mother was a very dominant, overbearing woman who took control over the boys.” She would often let the boys know what their chores were on the farm, quote the bible, and lecture her two sons on the evils of the world. Her main focus seemed to be that of warning against sins such as sex and women. Not too much was known about Gein’s father George, except that he was an alcoholic.
“In 1940 Gein’s father George died of alcoholism.” Ed and his brother Henry were left with the task of supporting the family. During this time, Ed received government subsidy for being a farmer and did odd jobs around the town to supplement his income. A few years later Gein’s brother Henry would mysteriously die while he and Ed were fighting a forest fire. “In 1945 Gein’s mother suffered a fatal stroke and he was left all alone of the family’s ranch.” After Gein’s mother died he boarded up her room and its contents in order to ensure that the room would stay the same way that his mother had left it. Since Gein no longer had his mother to watch over what he did on a daily basis, he began to do things that he wanted to do. He read a lot about
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Gil
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Ed Gein: Serial Killer
Zach Gil Ed Gein: Serial Killer
Zach Gil 08
Fall
08
Fall
Ed Gein was known as a farmer and a local handyman in his small town community of Plainfield, Wisconsin. The community was so small that most of the people that knew of Gein, just knew him as a bit of an odd character. While most of them thought that he was rather odd, they also thought that he was harmless. Little did they know that he would later come to be known as the “Butcher of Plainfield.” He would also become the inspiration for numerous horror films after the police searched and seized the experiments that Gein kept in his home.
Gein was born in 1906 to his mother Augusta and his father George. He also had a younger brother named Henry. The family lived and worked on a farm just outside Plainfield, Wisconsin. “Gein’s mother was a very dominant, overbearing woman who took control over the boys.” She would often let the boys know what their chores were on the farm, quote the bible, and lecture her two sons on the evils of the world. Her main focus seemed to be that of warning against sins such as sex and women. Not too much was known about Gein’s father George, except that he was an alcoholic.
“In 1940 Gein’s father George died of alcoholism.” Ed and his brother Henry were left with the task of supporting the family. During this time, Ed received government subsidy for being a farmer and did odd jobs around the town to supplement his income. A few years later Gein’s brother Henry would mysteriously die while he and Ed were fighting a forest fire. “In 1945 Gein’s mother suffered a fatal stroke and he was left all alone of the family’s ranch.” After Gein’s mother died he boarded up her room and its contents in order to ensure that the room would stay the same way that his mother had left it. Since Gein no longer had his mother to watch over what he did on a daily basis, he began to do things that he wanted to do. He read a lot about
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