Ed Gein
Actor
- Born
- August 27, 1906 · La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
- Died
- July 26, 1984 (age 77)
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.
Known for
Acting7
- 2021Ed Gein: The Real Psycho as Self (archive footage)
- 2013Ed Gein The Real Leatherface Serial Killer
- 2012Serious Serial Killers
- 2004Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield as Self (archive)
- 2001Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' as Self (archive)
- 1993Ed Gein: American Maniac as Himself
- 1992Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 3: The Ghouls as Self (archive footage)