the crimes of wisconsin body snatcher and serial killer ed gein shocked 1950s america and inspired movies like psycho and the texas chain saw. just as ed gein isn't technically labeled a serial killer because of his concrete connection to only two actual murders, it's highly likely his other crimes have been exaggerated, too. Gein is often connected with necrophilia, which gets translated into a belief that he assaulted the dead. a photo dated november 19, 1957 shows ed gein, 51, as he arrived at the state crime laboratory in madison for a lie detector test. They were inspired from the infamous case of edward “ed”. spectators in wood county circuit court during sanity hearing of plainfield murderer and grave robber ed gein, who hid the body of bernice warden in his shed.
Gallery of Crime Scene Photos Ed Gein
