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Edward Gein (1906-1984) was arrested on November 16, 1957 when the disemboweled and decapitated body of a local hardware store owner who went missing that morning was found hanging upside down in his dilapidated farmhouse in Plainfield, Wisconsin.
Oct 8, 2023 · Gein was 51 years old when, in 1957, he was revealed to have murdered two women and robbed multiple graves. Most notoriously, he collected and lived amongst body parts.
Explore the life and legacy of Ed Gein, the Plainfield, WI murderer and grave robber whose house of horrors shook the world in 1957.
