Ed Gein
Born: 1906-08-27 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
Died: 1984-07-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
Edward Theodore Gein (August 27, 1906 – July 26, 1984), also known as the Butcher of Plainfield and the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety in 1957 after authorities discovered that he stole corpses from local graveyards and fashioned keepsakes from their bones and skin. He also confessed to killing two women: tavern owner Mary Hogan in 1954 and hardware store owner Bernice Worden in 1957.
Filmography
2023
- Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein as Self- Archive
2021
- Ed Gein: The Real Psycho as Self (archive footage)
2004
- Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield as Self (archive)
2001
- Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' as Self (archive)
1996
- E! True Hollywood Story as Self (archive footage)
1993
- Ed Gein: American Maniac as Himself
1992
- Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 3: The Ghouls as Self (archive footage)