EDDIE GIEN By. Wes Gallagher

Quick Intro to Ed. He was OBSESSED with his Mama Never had friends outside his family Lived on a secluded farm in Wisconsin Weirdly intrigued by the female body Would take the skin of female body’s and wear it around the house. Among other horrific weird things

Serial Killer? Serial Killer- Someone who has killed( in a pattern or unique way) more than one person in which they had no emotional connection. YES- Ed Gein is a serial killer –He was only found guilty of killing 2 women –Both women were in their 50’s ( near the age of his mom when she died) –Killed both by shooting them with a 22. Cal. Rifle

Criminal Profiling If criminal profile was available, it would have shown how likely Ed. Gein was to be a serial killer. –No friends –Family died –Secluded on a farm –Made fun of as kid in school –No job

Hobbies –His number one hobby was his mother –Reading was Eddie second favorite thing He read adventure stories as a young boy As he grew he started reading death cult magazines and books about Nazis, South Sea headhunters, shipwrecks, and anatomy. –He also made many late night grave yard visits

Hobbies Reading the obituaries in the newspaper, looking for local women who have just died. –He would dig up the women and take their bodies in order to have their skin and body parts –With these body parts he would make/ do things such as...

Messed Up “ Preserved skins from ten human heads A rolled up skin from a woman's torso A belt made of excised nipples A chair covered in human skin Soup bowls made of the crowns from human skulls Lampshades made of stretched human skin A table with human leg bones as legs A refrigerator filled with human organs Bracelets made from human skin A shoebox filled with female genitalia The entire skin from a woman's torso, including the breasts ”

Evidence Not the smartest serial killer –The day Mrs.Worden went missing local residents had seen Edie in town which is a very unusual site. –Hearing that Eddie was in town the same day Mrs. Worden disappeared, he went and snooped around Eddie farm and found her beheaded hanging necked upside down from a meat hook with all of her organ removed. –She had been shot in the head with a 22. rifle

Connecting Evidence Both Bernice Worden & Mary Hogan were murdered with a 22 rifle. Small radius around from Ed.’s farm to the points of disappearance. Both were of similar ages and sex –Females mid-late 50s Near the age of his mother when she died.

SICK Bernice Worden’s body

Trial and Jail He was proven guilty of killing both Bernice Worden & Mary Hogan –He did not deny or hide anything Before his trail he was sent to mental constitution until found stable enough for trial. After trial he spent the rest of his sentence/ life in different mental constitutions

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