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4 unusual facts about Ed Gein


Bunny Gibbons

Gibbons' fair's most memorable attraction was the car of the infamous psychopathic murderer Ed Gein.

Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield

Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield is a 2007 U.S.-American direct-to-video horror film starring Kane Hodder, Adrienne Frantz, Michael Berryman, Priscilla Barnes and Shawn Hoffman.

The DVD was released on March 6, 2007 as Video Premiere and special features include audio commentary, still gallery, various audio and display options, Spanish subtitles, English closed captions and trailers for Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave, the After Dark Horrorfest, Silent Scream, Open Water 2: Adrift, Black Dahlia, and Saw III.

Nothing to Gein

Because the number nine is a lunar number, McDonough felt that the riff would fit the song's lyrics, which referred to serial killer and grave robber Ed Gein, whose actions McDonough associated with nighttime activity.


Barry Burman

In the 1980s, he created a number of images inspired by both real-life and fictional serial-killers, including Jack the Ripper, Ed Gein and Hannibal Lecter.

Jim Knipfel

He wrote of a failed attempt to steal the corpse of the notorious American killer and graverobber Ed Gein from the graveyard at the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison.

Mendota Mental Health Institute

The notorious "Butcher of Plainfield", Ed Gein, was housed in this hospital after his previous residence, the Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, was converted into a prison.


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