EdwardTheodoreGein, also known as the Butcher of Plainfield and the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer, serial killer, and body snatcher. EdwardTheodore "Ed" Gein ( -- ) was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin... EdGein’s Early Life With His Overbearing Mother — And His First Murder. Born EdwardTheodoreGein on , in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Ed came of age under the influence of his religious and domineering mother, Augusta . Legal Proceedings[. ] EdGein was declared mentally unfit to stand trial for the murders but was found guilty of the grave robbing charges. He spent the rest of his life in psychiatric institutions.EdwardTheodoreGein is born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. EdwardTheodoreGein.EdwardTheodoreGein (Ed) was born to Augusta and George Gein in La Crosse, Wisconsin. A growth on his left eyelid caused Ed to have a “lazy” eye. Ed was the younger of two sons. The first born, Henry, was 5 years older. Background: EdwardTheodoreGein was born on in La Crosse, Wisconsin.He would cut off body parts and keep them as trophies, returning the corpses seemingly undisturbed to their graves. In 1954, EdGein turned from grave robbing to murder. EdGein was a middle-of-the-road American virtually indistinct from any other. That is, until Green Lake County sheriffs laid eyes on the grisly trophies and skinned body of Gein’s latest victim. Gein's obsession to be a transsexual would lead him to wear the body parts and the skin that heEdwardTheodore "Ed" GeinAugust 27, 1906 – July 6, 1985EdGeins murders consisted of Mary Hogan 51 years old on .
