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Killer and grave robber Ed Gein inspired movie characters in 'Psycho' and 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.' Read about his victims, hometown.

Follows grave robber and serial killer Ed Gein, better known as "The Ghoul of Plainfield" and "The Mad Butcher," from whose crimes such iconic films as.

Edward Theodore Gein also known as the Butcher of Plainfield or the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer, suspected serial killer and body snatcher.

From the author of “top-drawer true crime” (Booklist) books comes the definitive account of Ed Gein—the man whose shocking crimes inspired Psycho, The Texas.

Ed Gein, American serial killer whose gruesome crimes gained worldwide notoriety and inspired popular books and films, notably three of the.

Edward Theodore Gein also known as the Butcher of Plainfield or the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer, suspected serial killer and body snatcher.!

New Ed Gein documentary series Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein promises to tell the story of the Mad Butcher of Plainfield with “new reveals” through never-before-heard recordings of Gein himself.

Update: Watch The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein now on Amazon »

Ed Gein places to visit:

Ed Gein’s House

Ed Gein’s Grave

Ed Gein Museum

Murderer and grave robber Ed Gein was arrested in 1957 after the body of missing hardware store owner Bernice Worden was discovered in his dilapidated farmhouse just outside of Plainfield, Wisconsin.

Also inside his home were the remains of bar owner Mary Hogan, who vanished years earlier, and many unidentifiable pieces of bodies he exhumed from freshly buried graves in local cemeteries.

Related:Mass grave of Ed Gein victims found

Gein spent years using human remains to make furniture and other craft projects inspired by pulp magazine stories of Amazon headhunters, as well as a full female skin suit.

His crimes were hor