The Story of a Sadistic Killer who Skinned the Bodies of His Victims was Appointed as a Movie

News24xx.com - Edward Theodore Gein, known as Ed Gein, a serial killer who is famous for skinning his body ended on July 26, 1984. He died in a jail in Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 77 years due to cancer complications.

Reporting from Male, Ed Gein inspired writer Robert Bloch in creating the character Norman Bates in his novel, Psycho, in 1959. A year later, the novel was filmed, with main stars Anthony Perkins and Alfred Hitchcock as directors.

According to the History page, the serial killer was born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, July 27, 1906 to a drunken father and dominant mother. Both instilled in Gein that women and sex are evil.

With his brother, Gein grew up on a remote farm in Plainfield, Wisconsin. The father died in 1940, while his brother was mysteriously killed in a fire incident in 1944.

Because of his poor health, Ed Gein's mother had to leave forever in 1945. However, Gein still chose to stay on the farm alone.

The first murder case of Gein was revealed in November 1957. At that time, the police found a headless corpse on the ranch he inhabited. After being identified, the lifeless figure turned out to be a shop employee named Bernice Worden who had been reported missing.

Further investigation is carried out. And shortly after, police dismantled the collection of human skulls with furniture and clothing, including a number of clothing made from human body parts and skin.
 
To the police, Gein admitted that he dug up a woman's grave that reminded him of the figure of the mother. Police also found the remains of 10 female bodies at Gein's residence. But at the end of the examination, he was only associated with two murder cases, namely Bernie Worden and Mary Hogan.

Gein was declared unfit mentally tried and taken to a public hospital in Wisconsin. Unusual discoveries at Gein's ranch have attracted the curiosity of many people, before the place finally caught fire in 1958.

Only in 1968, Gein could be tried. However, the judge found him guilty of a mental disorder. Gein spent his days behind bars until the end of his life.
 
Not only Psycho, a number of films such as Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs are also inspired by the life story of this heinous serial killer.

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