It was the year 1957 when the small town of Plainfield, Wisconsin was suddenly rocked by a shocking discovery.

What quickly followed was the uncovering of crimes that were so bizarre, & so grisly that they would go down in true crime history as being one of the most heinous cases of the century .

51 year old Ed Geins’ isolated farm house was searched after a local store owner went missing.

What was meant to be a routine check ultimately led to local law enforcement stumbling upon a treasure trove of macabre objects.

Some of which included vests & suits fashioned from human skin, furniture & even soup bowls the local loner had created from human body parts like skin & bones. Horrific, yes, but it doesn’t end there….

Despite the years that have passed & due to Ed’s terrifying activities within his house of horrors, the stomach churning crimes he committed means he remains one of the most talked about killers even to this day.

His sick story even helped to inspire characters from movies such as ‘The Silence Of The Lambs’ & ‘Psycho’.

Hence why even to this day he still remains known as one of the most infamous killers in history…

This is episode 87: Ed Gein ‘The Plainville Butcher’

Crime talk timestamp: 8:40

Sources: Wikipedia/ Murderpedia / biography.com/ all that’s interesting.com/ history.com

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