Ed Gein: The Serial Killer Who Inspired Hollywood – Made Shocking Trophies From His Victims

A new true crime series is set to reveal the gruesome details of the infamous serial killer who made a “leather suit” out of his victims and inspired dozens of recent horror films.

The four-episode series titled “Psycho: The Lost Tapes Of Ed Gein” will delve into the sadistic actions of notorious murderer and mortal Ed Gein, who was sent to a mental institution after his sadistic crimes.

A resident of Plainfield, Wisconsin, in the late 1950s, Gein was nicknamed The Plainfield Ghoul and The Mad Butcher for his heinous deeds, which are said to have inspired a slew of films — including Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence. of lambs.

Ed Gein’s Life

Ed Gein and his older brother Henry grow up in a troubled atmosphere with their parents – George and Augusta – who argue constantly but refuse to divorce because of their religious beliefs.

A devout Lutheran, Augusta spent time each evening reading Bible passages to her children, usually choosing scriptures dealing with death and divine punishment.

A mother of two made sure to keep them away from outside influences, allowing them to leave the house only to go to school and scolding them if they became friends. But despite her strict measures, Ed was especially anxious to please his mother.

His father died of a heart attack in 1940, and just four years later his brother was killed in a fire, and some investigators have questioned whether Ed was involved in the fire.

Their deaths meant that Ed was left alone with Augusta until her death in 1945 after a series of strokes.

He is said to have sealed off all the rooms his mother used after her death to leave them untouched, limiting him to just one room.

The young man stated at the time that he “lost his only friend and his only true love. And he was completely alone in the world.”

His pathological obsession with corpses

But left alone, Gene developed a pathological fascination with corpses and began grave robbing and corpse-snapping.

After exhuming the bodies from local cemeteries, he began making gruesome souvenirs out of skin and bones.

And the extent of his twisted crimes began to unravel when he was named as the prime suspect in the 1957 disappearance of hardware store owner Bernice Worden.

Her son told police that Jane had gone to the store the day before and returned the next morning to buy antifreeze – the last receipt Worden wrote.

Authorities soon raided his home and the killer, then 51, soon confessed to killing Worden and another woman, bar owner Mary Hogan, in 1954.

The results are bone-chilling

But nothing could prepare the officers for what they would find on Jane’s dilapidated farm, which was a mess and rotting rubbish.

Police found Worden’s headless body hanging upside down in his cabin, her body disembowelled.

Her and Hogan’s head was inside his house.

Unfortunately, the grisly discoveries didn’t stop there, as authorities have also reportedly found bowls made from human skulls, human skin covering the seats of chairs, a belt made from female nipples, and a lamp shade made from the skin of a human face – to name a few. Few. That’s it.

Jin was arrested immediately and, during interrogation, revealed that he had made as many as 40 trips to the three local cemeteries to retrieve the newly buried bodies.

He was also suspected of killing four other victims, but this was never proven.

What happened to Jane after his arrest?

Gene is tried and sentenced to life in prison, but after being found “legally insane”, he spends the rest of his life in a mental institution.

The “House of Terror” burned down in 1958 while he was in custody, while the same year the car he used to transport the bodies of his victims home was sold at auction.

It received 15 performances before it was purchased for $760 (equivalent to about $8,000 today) by theme park operator Bunny Gibbons of Rockford, Illinois, who later charged visitors 25 cents to see it.

Gene died in 1984 of respiratory and heart failure caused by cancer.

He was buried next to his mother, before vandals later desecrated the murderer’s grave.

The serial killer who inspired Hollywood

The gruesome details of Jane’s crimes inspired a whole series of villains who found themselves at the center of Hollywood blockbusters – notably Norman Bates in Psycho, Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs (The Silence of the Lambs). .

Now Psycho: The Lost Tapes Of Ed Gein will use “first-hear recordings” to explore “the killer’s upbringing, his twisted relationship with his mother, the first grave robberies, and the murders that lead to the arrest and murder.” Police discovery of the terrifying horror house.

The docuseries will air on MGM+ in September.