Papers On Ed Gein

Kennedy Palmer

Ms.Stubenrauch

Psychology, period 3

December 7, 201

Ed Gein

Ed Gein -a serial killer known for exhuming corpses and his gruesome murders- was lead to a dark and violent lifestyle. The key factors that lead to his violent lifestyle were having an abusive, alcoholic father, being forced to believe all women were prostitutes (meaning sex was bad unless it was to have children), and being isolated from everything starting at a young age. From a young age, he developed a close bond with his mother. However, his bond soon became an obsession. Everything he did was connected to his mother in some way.

On August 27, 1906, Augusta Gein and George Gein had their second son Edward Theodore Gein. Ed Gein and his older brother Henry

Gein’s close bond with his mother is a form of his social and personal attachment that was developed as a child. “Social and Personality Development: Attachment-- emotional bond between infant and caregiver.” Gein being the unsub showed aggression and sympathy in his murders. His first victim Bernice Worden died a quick death after being shot. Her early death was a sign of sympathy because he saved her from the aggressive mutilations he did to her corpse. He showed sympathy to avoid the pain just like when he was a child he avoided his father for being abusive. The aggression showed in Bernice’s murder could be a form of anger relating to his father. His mother’s wrongful beliefs about sex and secluding her sons are other causes to why he committed his gruesome crimes. From a young age Gein believed all women including his mother were prostitutes and sex was shamed upon. His mother was the only person he bonded with because he did not have a close relationship with his father and after his father’s death he developed hate towards his brother for having disagreements and a attitude towards their mother. Gein picked the women that resembled his mother and was confused about his sexuality confessing that he wanted a sex change after his mother’s death.His confusion of his sexuality led him to try and make a women suit. “By most accounts he created a “women suit” to be his mother and instead of having sex change.” The reason he committed such gruesome crimes was to become his mother that’s why his victims resembled his mother. Being secluded from everyone and everything could be a reason why he exhumed bodies because he was antisocial and didn’t know how to lure his victims. When Gein was caught he seemed like he had no clue of to why he was being arrested and this could be from his schizophrenia or if he was