Ed Gein Analysis

Beyond the pages and beyond the film; did you know that some of the most influential horror films and books were based on a real person? Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Silence of the Lambs; looking deep into the dark past of these films and books you will find one man. His name is Ed Gein. Edward Theodore Gein, became famous in the late 1950’s for killing middle aged women who resembled his mother, and also grave robbing for body parts. He would then use those body parts to create furniture, such as: bed posts made from human heads and even a full body suit (Jenkins, Clark, Duncan, Robinson, 2016). His actions were psychotic to say the least but is he more than just his actions? What were his motives behind it all? Did justice come to

After some time he became very lonely, and started visiting his mother’s grave. After a few visits he dug up her body and then on at least nine occasions he dug up other middle aged women. During these times other people were vanishing and it was later speculated that he had something to do with them. Mary Hogan, then disappeared from her tavern and left behind was bullet shell casing on the floor. A short time after that the mother of Deputy Frank Worden, Bernice Worden, disappeared from her store. However, there was blood on the floor and the last sale of the day was to Ed Gein, therefore the deputy and the sheriff followed where the investigation led them, and they searched his compound. There they found Bernice’s body along with all of the body parts he had used to make furniture and as mentioned earlier a full body suit (Jenkins, Clark, Duncan, Robinson, 2016). He later confessed to killing the two women, but he was deemed unfit for trial by reason of insanity and he was sent to a mental hospital for the next 10 years. After those 10 years he was tried for only one murder:Bernice. He was found guilty of her murder but was deemed insane at the time of the crime (Jenkins 2018). He was then admitted into the Central State Hospital’s mental ward. He stayed there until the time of his