Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Psycho, and The Silence of the Lambs were all famous movies about serial killers. However, the mass-murdering psychopaths portrayed in these movies were all dreamed up because their creators were inspired by one man. Ed Gein was the man that inspired the birth of these murderers, and he is all too real. Edward Theodore Gein was born on August 27, 1906, in Plainfield, Wisconsin. His mother, Augusta Grafter, and his father, George P. Gein, were not exactly very good parents. George was an alcoholic, and even his wife hated him. Ed’s mother, Augusta, was constantly verbally abusive towards her sons (they had another son named Henry). However, the two boys took very different approaches in their views of her. While Henry …show more content…
His brother, Henry, died of a mysterious forest fire in 1944. Edward eventually reported that Henry went missing, but many think that Ed murdered Henry himself. When the police arrive at the farm, Edward could lead the officers directly to the burnt corpse. Also, when the body was found, it was found with bruises all over its head. The case, despite the suspicious findings, was legally ruled as an accident. Gein eventually got the police’s attention in 1957, when a local hardware store owner, 58-year-old Bernice Worden, disappeared while working at her store. The police eventually tracked him down later that evening, and another officer entered his house and found a gruesome scene. When the officer arrived, he found Bernice’s decapitated, eviscerated, and mutilated body strung up by its heels. When searching the gory house of horrors, the police found these articles: human skulls mounted on his bed human skin fashioned into a lampshade human skin used to upholster chair seats a human heart the head of Mary Hogan (a local tavern owner that went missing in 1954) a ceiling light pull made of human lips a vest crafted from the skin of a woman’s torso (which he wore and pretended to be his …show more content…
The “Triad of Symptoms” includes three possible warning signs of a serial killer. These signs are: being cruel to animals, fire-setting, and enuresis (bed-wetting). It is possible that Edward has at least one of these symptoms; many people think that he murdered his brother in the forest fire incident in 1944, but it is not confirmed. The death of Edward’s mother in 1945 can be used to mark his quick descent into madness. Ed idolized Augusta, and losing her could possibly have led him to depression. It’s possible that he wanted her back in any way possible, and he eventually became desperate. This may explain the female skin torso that he wore, which he did so in order to pretend to be his deceased mother. This can possibly be a sign of Dissociative Identity Disorder, considering he was not acting like himself during these
He then turned to murder, killing at least two women in 1957. Gein inspired film characters Norman Bates (Psycho), Jame Gumb (The Silence of the Lambs), Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and Ed Gein (The Butcher of Plainfield). Gein was born on August 27, 1906 in LaCrose, Wisconsin but the family soon
After being released Edmund had not killed again till 3 years later, but in 1972 his spree started. He murdered 8 women, these were unlawful and premeditated killings. His first two victims were Mary Ann Pesce and Anita Luchessa, both 18, they were hitchhiking and Ed had offered to give them a ride to lure them into his car. He tied Luchessa in the trunk while stabbing and strangling Pesce, than after did the same to Luchessa. He had sex with the corpses than dismembered and disposed of the parts.
She was babysitting her two-year-old nephew David and her son Jason. A neighbor named Dan Meredith was also in the house. With the same gun from the other murders, he shot Dan in the head. Then he murdered the two children as well. After killing Evelyn, he sodomized the corpse and drank blood from the neck.
"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.
Edward Theodore Gein, a serial killer known for his impact on American films in our recent history, was born on August 27, 1906 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. After moving to Plainfield, Wisconsin in 1915, Ed and his family ran their farm together. Early in his life, it was seen that Augusta Gein (his mother) was crazily religious, as she would preach to Gein about sins relating to sex, lust, and libidinous desire from his youth. It was believed that Augusta moved her family to the farm in Plainfield to prevent outside influences on Ed and his brother, Henry. Ed was seen as a target for the mistreatment of others, as students would make fun of his odd behaviors in the classroom.
Gein picked the women that resembled his mother and was confused about his sexuality confessing that he wanted a sex change after his mother’s death. His confusion of his sexuality led him to try and make a women suit. “By most accounts he created a “women suit” to be his mother and instead of having sex change.” The reason he committed such gruesome crimes was to become his mother that’s why his victims resembled his mother. Being secluded from everyone and everything could be a reason why he exhumed bodies because he was antisocial and didn’t know how to lure his victims.
Ed Gein’s childhood and events of his trial reflect upon his recognition of being one of the most known notorious serial killer of America. Ed Gein was known for many horrendous crimes, however he was mentally ill when committing these crimes. In La Crosse, Wisconsin, on August 27, 1906, a psycho serial killer entered the world with the name of Edward Theodore Gein. He was better known as Ed Gein.
One of the reasons that Ed Gein is fascinating is because he inspired the creation of several film characters like Norman Bates from Psycho, Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs and Leatherface from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Another reason that is fascinating about Ed Gein - During the January 6th hearing, when Gein was accused of murders, remained calm and composed, chewing gum and when he was asked whether he ate any human remains he replied “No! No! In any case, they smelled too bad. “ After his mother’s death, Gein had decided he wanted to be a woman, so he began to create a “woman suit” with the crude parts he stole from the local
Real Life Monsters Between stories and real life, both worlds are the same, Evil seems to be a big factor on stories, but they usually have a happy ending. Well the only difference about our world itself, not everyone is so lucky. Grendel, a monster who is as cold as ice who terrorized the town by killing and destroying everything in his path . Gary Ridgway a serial killer would lure his victims in by getting there trust and making it seem like he cared in which he didn’t.
Edward Miner Gallaudet (1837-1917) Edward Miner Gallaudet was born on February, 5, 1837 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was the youngest of eight children to Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Sophia Fowler. Edward and his family are known for their efforts in the education for the deaf in the United States. In some cases their efforts were seen as actions of lunatics because popular belief was that all deaf people could never be as smart as hearing people.
The serial killer I am researching is Ed Gein. He was born on August 27, 1906 and died on July 26, 1984. He was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He lived with his dad, his mom, and his older brother named Henry.
He was quiet and shy. His familial situation was a big contributor to his psychosis. In 1946 he began stalking and abducting victims in Plainfield. The first believed to be Victor Travis, the only man known to be killed by Ed Gein. Next was Evelyn Hartley, 15, her body was never found.
For example, “cops searching his house found noses, human bones, bowls made from human skulls, human skin used as chair seats, human heads in paper bags and burlaps sacks, a lampshade fashioned from the skin of a human face”. In January 1958, Gein was declared unfit for trial. He was sent to the Central State Hospital. By 168 he was determined finally fit for trial.
Within Edward Scissorhands, when other characters meet Edward, they identify him as a freak of nature, as someone who might hurt them. When Kim was coming back home, she encountered Edward for the very first time. Numerous shot-reverse-shots were used to revealed the terror in her eyes. As she screamed at the very top of her lungs, she had woken up the entire house. Peg had to calm her down to tell her that Edward was someone not to fear, despite his gargantuan scissors for hands.
Movies like Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, Texas Chainsaw Massacre where all based off the same person who will later be introduced to you. American horror story also has featured several serial killers stories. Body I.