Who Was Ed Gein On November 16, 1957, one of the most horrific cases where discovered in the town of Plainfield, WI. According to the Serif who discoverd this case, it was the most gruesome and ghoulish things he’s ever seen. Edward Theodore Gein was born on August 27th, 1906. A famous serial killer that went by The Plainfield Ghoul. Why exactly? The reason he’s called “the Plainfield ghoul” is due to the ghoulish acts he committed, He dug up nearly 45 bodies and dismembered them, and used their body parts for personal use around his house. Why Did He Do It? Truthfully, nobody knows, but most people think the main reason for it is because of his mother. In 1945 Ed’s mother passed away leaving him with nobody, his mother wasn’t really the best she was extremely mentally abusive. She planted in Ed’s head that every woman was bad except for her. His mother in his early life wasn't very supportive if he got a friend she would tell him to unfriend them. Nobody knows the punishment but what we do know is that it was severe. …show more content…
The answer to this is yes, he did murder 2 people. He was tied to 3 more murders but they were unconfirmed, one of those being his brother. Unlike Ed, his brother didn't grow up to follow the rules of their mother; Such as isolating himself and not dating. He encouraged Ed not to follow those rules and instead told him to get a wife and a family and started trash-talking their mother. Ed didn’t like that so he was said to have murdered him in an “accidental” forest