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The Story of Ed Gein. By: Matthew Dammen. Background Information. Birth place: Lacrosse, Wisconsin Birth date: August 26, 1906 Family: Father- George Philip; Mother- Augusta Wilhelmine; Brother- Henry George Death Date: July 26, 1984 (77) Death Place: Madison, Wisconsin
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The Story of Ed Gein By: Matthew Dammen
Background Information Birth place: Lacrosse, Wisconsin Birth date: August 26, 1906 Family: Father- George Philip; Mother- Augusta Wilhelmine; Brother- Henry George Death Date: July 26, 1984 (77) Death Place: Madison, Wisconsin Cause of Death: Respiratory and Heart Failure (Cancer)
The Crime Only know he killed two women- Mary Hogan and Bernice Worden Mary Hogan (December 8, 1954) Bernice Worden (November 16, 1957) Robbed graves He robbed graves for roughly 10 years before the killings Robbed graves for "medical experiments" Robbed graves with his friend Gus
What was found at his house? • 4 noses • Whole human bones and fragments • 9 masks of human skin • Bowls made of human skulls • Chairs covered in Human skins • 10 female heads with the tops sawed off • Mary Hogan's head in a paper bag • Bernice Warden's head in a burlap sac • Nine vulva (external genital organs of the female)in a shoe box • A belt made of human female nipples • Skulls on his bedposts • A pair of lips on a string on a window-shade • A lamp shade made from the skin of a human face
Trial On November 21, 1957, Ed Gein was only on trial for one account of first degree murder He agreed to a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, and was found not fit to stand trial He was sent to a mental health facility that had maximum security. In 1968, his doctors found him fit to stand trial. He was found guilty of first degree murder but since he was legally insane he spent the rest of his life in a mental health facility.
Diagnosed "Psychiatrists found Gein had arrested development and perceived people as objects. He was diagnosed as conflicted; consciously he loved his mother and hated women; unconsciously he hated her and loved others. By destroying her, he was killing the cause of his frustration. By dissecting women who reminded him of her, he could always keep her with him. Psychiatrists diagnosed Gein as schizophrenic, clinically insane, and mentally unfit for trial. " -http://karisable.com/skazgein.htm
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