Edward Gein Research Paper

"When I see a pretty girl walking down the street, I think two things. One part wants to be real nice and sweet, the other part wonders what her head would look like on a stick." This was spoken by an infamous killer, who has movies and books written about him. Edward Theodore Gein was born August 27, 1906, and had one brother. His father was an alcoholic while his mother was very religious and controlling. Gein, along with his brother, grew up being preached about the sins of lust and sexual desires. He was bullied during school and lost his father from congestive heart failure, soon after his brother died from a bush fire that people was led to believe was Ed's fault. Eventually, his mother passed away and he was left alone. He began practicing

He would also practice necrophilia, which according to dictionary.com is the sexual intercourse with or attraction toward corpses. He would then skin the body parts using the skin as masks and suits, wearing them around his house. When authorities entered Gein's home they found skulls and body parts of victims and corpses he dug up. "Further investigation yielded more shocking discoveries, including organs in jars and skulls used as soup bowls." ("Ed Gein"). Police also found female genitalia along with one of the two women he killed hanging from his ceiling. He would keep bones, body parts, and skin as prize possessions using them around the house. This shows that his mental state was slowly

Worden's son, who was the deputy sheriff, was suspicious of Gein and sent authorities to his home. "The authorities sent to Gein's home that night were greeted by the gruesome sight of Worden's headless, gutted body hanging from the ceiling." ("Ed Gein"). Meanwhile, as police investigated Gein, they found the head of Mary Hogan who went missing three years previously. During the interrogation he admitted to killing both women, digging up numerous bodies, cutting their limbs off, practicing necrophilia, and creating the masks and suits from the skin he collected to wear around the house. He told police that the two women he murdered reminded him of his mother. "Eddie showed no signs of remorse or emotion during the many hours of interrogation. When he talked about the murders and of his grave robbing escapades he spoke very matter-of-factly, even cheerfully at times. He had no concept of the enormity of his crimes" (Maria). While being interrogated, Ed believed he wasn't a mass murder considering most of the body parts that was found in his house was not from people that was alive. He did not believe what he was doing was wrong in the sense that the people were already