Ed Gein's Childhood and Family Life. As is the case with many serial killers, Gein suffered a tough childhood. Born on Aug. 27, 1906 in La Crosse, Wisconsin as Edward Theodore Gein, his mother Augusta ...

Ed Gein, aka the Butcher of Plainfield, also crafted chairs from human bones, upholstered lampshades and wastebaskets with human skin and kept a boxful of preserved female genitalia ...

Ed Gein’s case is one that’s almost too horrible to be believed. In November of 1957 Bernice Worden, a hardware store owner in Plainfield, Wis., went missing.

A new docuseries about OG serial killer Ed Gein offers fresh insight into the mind of "The Mad Butcher" — told, in parts, by Gein himself in never-before-heard audiotapes.

The crime scene at Ed Gein's Wisconsin farmhouse was filled with gruesome items coming straight from the mind of a true ...

It's not the human liver and fava bean-eating Hannibal Lecter who's based on Ed Gein in 1991's The Silence of the Lambs, it's the serial killer Jame Gumb, aka Buffalo Bill.He targets female ...

Inside, police discovered an array of human remains including skulls, organs, and skin-made items such as lampshades, ... What to Know About Netflix's Monster Season 3 on Ed Gein.

‘Monster’ viewers got a glimpse of this ‘Butcher of Plainfield’ in Season 1, but he’s the focus of the Netflix anthology’s upcoming third season.