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Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield
Ed Gein was an American murderer and body snatcher who gained notoriety in the 1950s. Born in 1906 in Wisconsin, Gein’s crimes were discovered in 1957 when police investigated the disappearance of a local woman, Bernice Worden. They found Worden’s decapitated body hanging in Gein’s shed, alongside other gruesome evidence of his crimes. Gein’s acts…