Ed Gein was born in Wisconsin in 1906 to a fanatical Christian mother and an alcoholic father. Both were abusive in their own ways, but Ed still always kept a special place in his heart for his mother…even after she died. Ed turned from a seemingly kind young man to a killer so gruesome that he alone inspired cinematic monsters for decades.
Sources for this episode include:
- Murderous Minds: Ed Gein (Episode of Documentary Series)
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ed-Gein
- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/real-life-psycho-ed-gein-dies
- http://edwardtheodoreedgein.weebly.com/victims-suspects.html
August 27th, 1906, 11:38PM
La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA