"The notorious killer Ed Gein, nicknamed the "Butcher of Plainfield," is the inspiration for the latest season of the anthology series Monster, created by TV juggernaut Ryan Murphy. In 1957, Ed Gein gained notoriety when his grisly crimes committed in his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, were made public. He committed at least two confirmed murdersMary Hogan in 1954 and Bernice Worden in 1957and remains a suspect in several more, including those of eight-year-old Georgia Weckler and 14-year-old Evelyn Grace Hartley,"
"Perhaps more notorious was what Ed Gein did with his victims: fashioning household knickknacks, keepsakes, and even clothing using their remains. Gein was a self-taught taxidermist who used those skills for his macabre crafts. From tights made out of women's legs to jackets and corsets made from torsosit would be impressive if it weren't also so terrible. Gein died in 1984 from lung cancer while a patient at Mendota Mental Health Institute in Wisconsin."
Ed Gein became notorious in 1957 when grisly crimes in Plainfield, Wisconsin, were revealed. He committed at least two confirmed murders, Mary Hogan in 1954 and Bernice Worden in 1957, and remained a suspect in several other disappearances. Gein fashioned household knickknacks, keepsakes, and clothing from human remains, applying self-taught taxidermy skills to macabre crafts, including tights from women's legs and jackets and corsets from torsos. Gein died in 1984 of lung cancer while institutionalized at Mendota Mental Health Institute. Gein's crimes produced an outsized cultural legacy, inspiring numerous books, documentaries, movies, and television adaptations.
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