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In the mind of a Serial Killer

In the mind of a Serial Killer. By: Chris Veal. What Makes a Serial K iller. Someone who has murdered at least 3 people Require “cooling off” period between each murder Main cause is psychological pleasure Many believe that they are not doing anything wrong; rather helping the world

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In the mind of a Serial Killer

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  1. In the mind of a Serial Killer By: Chris Veal

  2. What Makes a Serial Killer • Someone who has murdered at least 3 people • Require “cooling off” period between each murder • Main cause is psychological pleasure • Many believe that they are not doing anything wrong; rather helping the world • Many serial killers were abused as children or had abnormal childhoods • Most have above average IQ

  3. Evil • The intention of effect of causing harm or destruction • Murdered two women and exhumed nine female bodies from their graves • Dismembered them and created their dismemberments into clothing, jewelry, other paraphernalia • Worn skin of other women around his house and spoke like his mother • He said that the reasons he killed older women was because of his love-hate feelings toward his mother • Determined that Gein had necrophilia and cannibalistic acts with some of the bodies • Although never admitted to cannibalistic or necrophilia activities

  4. Abnormalities • Was not allowed to have any friends • Father was a drunk, could not hold a job • Mother poured scalding water on him for masturbating • Ed never had a full time job • After mothers death lived on subsidies and worked odd jobs

  5. Early Life: • Born August 27, 1906 in La Crosse, Wisconsin • Smart student best subject was reading • Most time spent doing chores • Mother made sure he did not have any friends • Bullied as a child

  6. Mother • Augusta • Born 1878 – Died 1945 age 67 • Believed sex was for procreation only • Caught Ed masturbating, poured scalding water on him as punishment • Did not allow Ed to have any friends • Favored Eddie over his brother

  7. Father and Brother • Father (George) • Died in 1940 of heart attack • Alcoholic • Violent • Couldn’t keep a job • Brother (Henry) • Normal older brother • Died in 1944 age 43 of suspicious brush fire • Blunt force trauma to the head • Asphyxiation • Did not like his mother

  8. Media Attention • Modern movies based on him • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre • The Silence of the Lambs (also a novel) • Psycho (also a novel) • Music • Ed Gein (band) • Ed Gein: The Musical

  9. Actions of Gein • Trophies • Head found in cardboard box • Heart in plastic bag • Purse, bracelet, and knife sheath made of human skin • Rug, chair upholstered, lampshade, wastebasket, belts made all of skin • Belt buckles of human nipples • Box of noses • Necklace of lips • Bowls made from skull crowns • Shinbone table legs • Refrigerator of female genitalia and internal organs • Masks from faces of the dead

  10. Actions Continued • Trophies Cont. • Vests made of human breasts • Coat made of vaginas and breasts • Skin leggings • Dug up female bodies from there graves • Reburied the bodies around his house • Dress and behave as a woman and talk like his deceased mother

  11. Arrest • Arrested after police found the body of Bernice Worden beheaded and hanging in his house • He admitted to killing Worden and Hogan • Dug the rest of the bodies from graves and reburied them in his house • During interrogation period officer slammed Gein’s head into a desk making his confession inadmissible • Diagnosed as schizophrenic, clinically insane and mentally unfit for trial • Sent to mental hospital where after 10 years was diagnosed as competent to stand trial

  12. Trial • Found guilty of first degree murder of Bernice Worden • But clinically insane at the time of murder • Committed to Central State Hospital for criminally insane in Wisconsin • Good patient • Transferred to Mendota Mental Health Institute • Died here of Cancer on July 26, 1984

  13. After Effects • Body buried next to his mother • Gravestone stolen in 2000 recovered in Seattle and placed in a museum in June 2001 • Many movies and novels written after Gein • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre • Psycho • The Silence of the Lambs • Deviant • Red Dragon

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