Ed Gein Research Papers

Sharp 1

Hunter Sharp

Mrs.Briscoe

English III

10 May 2018

Serial Killer Research Paper

On the 27th of August in 1906, one of the most notorious murders, Ed Gein, was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Ed Gein was the son of Augusta and George Gein. George is described as a “timid alcoholic” and Augusta was said to have control over the household. Augusta was a very important part of this killer’s life. Augusta Gein was a “fanatically religious mother”, teaching her sons “about the sins of lust and carnal desire”. Ed looked up at his mother as if she was the most valuable thing anyone could ever have in their life. He was “obsessively devoted” to his dear mother, which would soon lead to the landslide his future would bring.

Augusta had passed away

She’d been gutted and of course that led to further investigation. During questioning, Ed Gein admitted to killing two women, one of those being Mary Hogan and obviously Worden. As you can see Ed was not very stable. He even confessed to digging up womens’ bodies that were freshly buried and “practicing necrophilia” on them. He made suits of their skin and used body parts in various disgusting ways. 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. He was found guilty and insane at the time of the murder of Bernice Worden. He was then again recommitted to the hospital he was once in. Ed Gein died of respiratory complications and cancer on July 26, 1984 in Madison, Wisconsin.

Nurture had an impact on Ed Gein. As a child he was cornered into isolation in his own home, his father was an alcoholic, and his mother was overly controlling. If Ed was more cared for, he probably would’ve turned out different. Instead of being so close to his mother, he would’ve had friends or even a girlfriend. Without that shift from the thing he had most of his life to nothing. Unfortunately, not everyone can have the comfort