Ed Gein: America's Strangest Killer | World's Most Evil Killers | Absolute Crime
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- In this episode of World's Most Evil Killers, Ed Gein is profiled, the killer and body-snatcher who came to be known as the 'Butcher of Plainfield', and whose story is thought to have inspired Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Bates' Motel.
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Idk I don't think he was completely evil. More utterly insane. I mean he's the poster boy for psychosis amogest serial killers.
People cry for people who kill today oh they had a ruff childhood and not responsible these teens who kill know exactly what they are doing..
Ummm why should we expect 30-something men to not weep emotionally at their MUM’S funeral???
Totally agree! I didn’t agree with that part!
Because you are to act how they want you to act, think what they want you to think, feel what they want you to feel. Forbid you act as an individual and develope "deviant" fantasies and realities
Right! That was his mom. Crazy or not he loved her and she was all he had.
You're allowed to be angry. That doesn't make it okay to hurt people.
You're allowed to be scared. But running away is rarely the best or only solution.
You're allowed to be happy. But bragging about how great your life is comes off bad.
You're allowed to be sad but you don't have to cry.
Emotion is emotion. . . It's good to be alive 😜
I absolutely disagree with the final statement of this doc. He does not deserve to be recognized as one of the world's most evil killers. Think about the history of man, and tell me that this story holds any kind of candle to the thousands of other cases that have happened where people weren't insane and committed unspeakable atrocities against their fellow man. This guy was not evil in that sense at all. He was crazy, but not that evil if you compare him to the broad spectrum. Just my thoughts.
Well stated. I was discusted when they said it at the beginning.
They don't care whose name the defimate so long as their making money.
Yeah Gein was sick.
dahmer, bundy, Gacy were evil
I think freak is a more suiting label for him than evil!
He did evil things....he was evil. You don't skin people and kill people for sport just because.
Absolutely agree
at least he inspired some damn good horror films!!! :)
At least two classics!
Texas Chainsaw Massacre and what else?
@@mikejones6791 silence of the lambs
@@mikejones6791 he is also based on the Norman Bates character from Psycho
I'd prefer the absence of these horror icons if it meant Ed Gein wasn't such a creature.
I'm very leary towards Bible bouncers. Quoting Bible scripture at every chance. Scary Scary people they are. You know there's something off with those folks!
Not in all cases
@jat6547
There is some innocence in some in every faith. The innocence who seeks truth instead of what they need or ben told to believe or ELSE. So, yes you are correct. Why I knew I was wrong in choosing this faith/religion. It was the story I thought was true. I was looking for truth, not a story to believe in. Why it was so easy to leave. Truth always wins over a story every time.
@@razony if you seek truth. All u need is Jesus. The Way,, The Truth , The Life. DON'T be deceived.
@jat6547
That sounds nice, but I tried that. Speak of being deceived. That's what Christianity does, it deceives people with a nice, pretty story and that's all I/we EVER get. A story. To me, the real evil in humanity is in religions/Christianity. They talk the talk, but can't and don't walk the walk. We've (humanity) has been deceived!!!
@jat6547
Speaking of being deceived. One of many things I learned with Christianity. They love to talk pretty little things. 'Jesus loves you, Jesus will answer all your prayers, Jesus will never let you down...' I'm 65 and All Christians do is talk the talk, rarely do Christians ever walk the walk. Bible verses are so empty and lame because it's all Christians do. I don't regret asking Jesus into my life way back when, but it was/is the worst thing I ever done. Completely false hope. Thank... I found the truth of everything and Jesus/Christianity is NOT IT! Hope and pray you Christians wake up.
I live about 15 miles from Plainfield and that place is still creepy as hell
Yeah, "nondiscript" doesn't quite seem to describe it.
I don’t think he was a serial killer, a very sick man no doubt ?
He wasn’t, he only killed 2, they think he maybe could have killed his brother but an autopsy was never preformed so it’s only 2
@@bloodlustvid2503 Also a 15 year old girl went missing and Ed was in the vicinity. As well as 2 hunters that disappeared. I think that Ed confessed to the 2 killings of Mary Hogan and Bernice Worden because the evidence was in his kitchen. I do believe that he was a grave robber which would have explained the body parts but it is widely believed that he killed many more than he admitted to. (including his brother). It would be interesting to know what happened with today's technology. Many more of these questions would be answered. What a shock that must have been !!
He was getting there...
The mother was not a Christian. Christians don't behave like she did.
The actor that plays Gein in the reenactment segments did brilliantly. Even without any lines he sells the insanity of the man. 👏
Made in America baby!
What's the deal with the Brit experts. Tell them to sift through their own garbage.
Isn't this a Brit show? I just assumed bc of the experts.
@outdoorsforachange Prof. David Wilson from the UK is one of the best criminologists period.
since when is two murders considered serial killer? Grave robbing does not consist murder. you cant murder the dead. thats just grave robbing. two very different things.
Just gross abuse of a corpse I think it is just a mistermenor
They now think there were more victims.
True
According to wikipedia , Robert Bloch wrote most of his book Psycho before he heard of Ed Gein and what happened in Plainfield. The last chapter was written after he knew of him. Bloch thought it was an amazing coincidence, the similarities between his book and the crimes of Ed Gein.
Thank you for sharing
This is my favorite documentary. Sometimes i use it to fall asleep... don't judge me.
He definitely killed his brother. He led the "help" directly to his brother's body, which, for some reason he couldn't find a few moments earlier. Henry appeared to have been struck in the head by a hammer. Ed probably waited until he was dead and then started the fire as a ruse. It was mostly about their mother. Henry broke free, and Ed was indoctrinated.
He wouldnt need a pick axe to dig up a fresh grave. If he was following obituaries he's just churning up relatively loose soil. And if you span it out enough the hands will heal. However he being a farm hand/farmer with even relatively soft hands means he likely wore gloves.
It’s disgusting but what about people who hunt and preserve those deer heads?
would you like a documentary
RIGHT. I live in Northern Wisconsin and most people think that that's home decor !! Barbaric. !!
What is sickening is that Ben Stein wannabe expert’” and his up talking!!
Exactly I keep hearing him saying BULER! BULER!🤣🤣🤣
Omg that guy's way of talking was driving me crazy sll the way through this documentary! Irritating!
Appreciate our differences! 🙏🤩
Agreed. It’s absolutely distracting. Then you’ve got Drew Barrymore in a bad wig and a fake accent backing him up.
@THE KYNOLOGIST wow way to embrace your prejudice. Any more antisemitism to share?
The religious pounding his mother gave him will ruin any child and it needs to stop.
I love the old grainy footage of the resident from Plainfield being interviewed!!!
That is what made the show do it in the ol footage not that color shit
The guy with the glasses. I’ve never heard so much upspeak in my life. A girl from California does it less than he does. Harold stop
Oh man, I can't stand up-speak. Why make every sentence sound like a question?
Yep, nope, I can't finish it. It's like an older male Valley Girl. I can't deal.
You know this guys is nuts.. I mean who eats apple pie with cheese on it… 😂
I do. Love it😂
why not?
That monster 😅
Hey, don't knock it till you've tried it!
Your mom eats nuts with cheese on them
Well, as we all know, "A boy's best friend is his mother."
Harold Schecter's book 'Deviant' is exceptionally researched as are his other books.
im glad to hear that people dont do this sort of thing in a small town on a normal day
This guy Schecter?
I've seen him in several docs?
Always speaks in the form of a question?
😂😂😂
The head shakes get me
@@sacredpath3232 He's a writer?
Novels true crime and such?
Hope he doesn't write in the form of a question?
@@raymondlagasse7662 🤣
One of the many consequences of hyper-smugness.
I didn't care for him at all. His condescending snarkiness at rural Americans, compared to the always shining New York (sarcasm) was sickening. I'd put country folk up against a New Yorker any day. His smirks after each not-so-subtle putdown made me want to smack him. I finally just did my best to tune him out when he spoke.
Dad,Henry and Ed should have told Mom to shut the Hell up!Not complicated.
The day I finished reading the book "deviant", the story of Jeffrey Dahmer broke on the news.
The movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre was based on Ed Gein except Gein's crimes happened in Wisconsin instead of Texas & he didn't use a chainsaw. He was the real Leatherface.
Thank you for sharing
I enjoy these stories but there's one expert who ends nearly every sentence with an up inflection as if the statement was a question. It a little thing but really really really makes me cringe and eventually gives me a headache. 🤦🏼♀️
Dude irks the hell outa me..
@Geneva Wilson i believe you're referring to the author, so it's understandable as public speaking is not his chosen profession.
@@scottymontgomery5519 those who can do those who can't criticize.
Agreed
"Then one time? In band camp?"
The actor actually kind of resembles ed gein, unlike the majority of this series
this is just a reupload from your main channel real crime
He wasn't evil, he was mentally ill, he lost touch with reality.
Seems most evil serial killers have mental illness
He has skin lamps you fuck of course he was evil why tf make excuses?
He was an evil scumbag in the same way that bundy was
i was JUST about to write a rather scathing response to what you simply and eloquently wrote; i did a paper on Ed Gien and Andrei Chikatilo, attempting feebly to expalain how some of these guys are raised, not born, to horrible things....
i was much more sympathetic with Eddy...
again, thank you!
I can't begin to tell you how wrong you are....he is epitome of evil.
These arm chair women narrators we're not even born in 1957 ! No input from the Mrs Gein's pastor ! WHY?
Psycho, Chainsaw Masicer, and Silence Of The Lams, were all based on Ed Gein's true crimes.
He was also the inspiration for Slayer's song "Dead Skin Mask"
I think he only killed 2 ppl. He was a graverobber...
Harold Schecter's commentary is supreme, fascinating. We can only have compassion for Ed Gein who was insane but his mother was insane and he was a victim of her insanity. I don't think he was EVIL. Psychotic, yes, but he was not operating from a sane mind.
Gein was so creepy I don't see how anybody trusted him.
It was shocking in the 1950s especially in a small town like Plainfield. Serial killers come from abuse, always.
Truth
Facts
There must be cases where abuse wasnt the cause. Crazy statement imo
@@MCB400100 I challenge you to find it . I'm a forensic psychologist who interviews serial killers all day everyday for 35 years. I know they cases by heart. Abuse comes mentally and physically and emotionally.
@@Venomous_471 I believe that some people just dont care about other life. Maybe theyre selfish, their interest in dead corpses / anatomy / bones whatever goes first. Thirst is too big. There must be cases that they arent necesairly treaten wrong or abused. Normally raised people can also steal. Their life is normal, they are treaten normal, they are raised normal and you stop and think how the hell did this person turn bad. But I think it happens. People have all sorts of different minds and thoughts. Maybe a person is curious whether he can get away with it and starts killing people to find out. I mean, some people are just evil/weird. Maybe a bad take from my part, but its how I think about this
i wouldnt say he was evil .. dangerous yes .. evil? no .. because he was insane .. he thought trees were talking to him .. he didnt do what he did out of enjoyment you even point that out .. he wasnt a sexual deviant like every other serial killer seems to share .. (go on name me a serial killer that wasnt a sexual deviant as well and didnt take pleasure in what they did) but dude was clearly out of his mind and did things with human remains that we do with animals ... the headless body strung up like a deer .. furniture and clothing made from the hides and bones.. how many snowy area hotels and lodges have antler chandeliers ? what his mother did to him was make him thing they were more human than human (ahh get it cause Rob Zombie basically stole the Gein crime scene photos for House of 1000 Corpses but yes.. she and him were above human and all other humans were evil sinning animals..
his brain was broken aaaaand dont listen to that blonde haired woman with the bad haircut .. NO ONE IS BORN EVIL that is ridiculous and in fact the evidence that James Fallen of University of California has discovered that just because you are born a sociopath, that is you have the brain architecture of a sociopathic brain that doesnt mean you will become a psychopath .. and no there is no difference in the brains of sociopaths and psychopaths .. the only difference is in their actions .. sociopaths are nonviolent .. psychopaths are violent up to and including the point of killing a living being .. whether its a small animal or a human ..
Wisconsin has a real knack attracting for serial killers...
How about WA in the 80s an 90s? Seattle, Tacoma. Green River Killer and Robert Lee Yates.
Yah Wisconsin sure has a great amount 😅 spooky stuff!
I’m from Madison wi 🎉 cheers!
I like to watch ed gain still shocking
The dad beat them and was an alcoholic but the mom is to blame for everything because the dad was her poor victim.
Give me a break.
DAT TRASH ‼️ YA☝️
Ed Gein was my great grandpa...................no wait, that was the grandpa from TexasChainsawMassacre nm.
Homo homini Lupus, Man is a wolf 🐺 to other humans, in attitude, character and actions on the one hand man can exceed angels and on the other hand man can also exceed demons
In the depths of a mind insane!
Fantasy and reality are the same!
Dance with the dead in my dreams, listen to their hallowed screams, the dead have taken my soul, temptation lost all control!
SLAYER!!!!!!!!!
Did he ever admit to killing his brother?
Holy shit I just realized they said La Crosse you know what that tracks I can really only think of his behavior as meth induced anyways cause what the actual fuck.
Why does the narrator have to make Ed sound so evil? He was just mentally ill. Yes he killed people. However he wasn’t an animal as today’s serial killers.
Ed gein shocks me to the core these innocent victims
You'd love peewee gaskins then!!!
This is a good documentary, but man....The guy they interviewed, Harold Schechter, why is it that he sounds like he is answering with questions? Or talking like a robot?
I absolutely adore Elizabeth Yardley and her all knowing aspects ❤❤❤ she knows so much about these odd ones and why they do what they do 💯💯💯
Why is this same dude in every single documentary about Gein??
What was Ed's favorite restaurant, 5 Guys!!!
14:45 this women's true calling was to be wife of Klaus Schwab.
Albert fish was even worse
True
This dude doesn't know anything! If he did he'd quit asking questions!!!😂😂😂🤷♀️🤦♀️
Harold Schrecter- 'uptalk'
The guy who is on these videos alot with the glasses really frustrates me with his style of talk. He talks in a way where he sounds like he is asking a question but he's not asking a question it's very odd 😕
I don’t think he’s one of the worst serial killers ever, didn’t he kill one or two people? He was a grave robber and he had mental issues for sure. But I will always believe this is a mental issue, not an “evil killer” one. I’m glad he spent his life in an institution, where the structure did him good.
Gotta say seems like the true crime community attracts some incredibly shallow and opinionated people, many of whom appear to be nitpicking over the smallest of things for things about which they can bitch, from the speaking peculiarities to the appearances of those featured in the documentary. Not at all a shining testament to the keen intellects or sharp investigation skills of those individuals, that's certain.
Gein's presiding judge wrote a book on this case and the judge felt that all the digging up of the buried would of meant that Gein would of had calloses on his hands Gein at his arrest had no calloses on his hands so the judge wondered who helped Gein? Gein never said anyone helped him nor was anyone ever arrested but Gein had to have had help.
Ed worked with his hands all the time- surely they were calloused.
Wonder if police ever researched the people Gein supposedly dug up? If they were indeed dead from the cemetery or missing persons.
I think he was mostly a graveyard and only killed a couple time’s when he ran out of bodyss
Many people don't realize how hard is to bring children up to become a valuable citizens in the community ! If you are not there and allow the state and other people to bring them up, you are in a danger for the local ''gangs'' to bring them up as ''belonging'' is one of the basic needs in the human ''hierarchy needs'' ....The other extreme is, if you nurture your child so much that your child become completely dependent on you that they can not function without you ( Norman Bates) or in this case Ed Gein.....This world needs to be enlighten as be careful who you are having a kids with and why you are having them and are you sure you can take care of them! We believe we are educated, smart and we know we are making a right decisions - on the contrary as the ''animal instinct'' within human beings is still operating more strong than any ever, AKA fighting for an abortion rights instead of preventing it and having a children in pointless relationships and giving them up....This is a complex case, so I would need a Seminar to decipher what I am talking about ...lol
This one time...at band camp. Dude's speaking cadence sounds just like that.
He talked to his mothers severed head 😢
Ed was never evil he was sick.
XD He wasn't evil, He was just very very mentally sick. British people for creating majority of the English language sure like to only use the word evil"
So Ed Gein lacked social skills?
Soup bowls made of skulls!🤦🏻♀️
He was a sicko 🤮
The man wasn’t evil he was just totally insane! Charles Manson was more evil!!
If his mother was a Christian, i would hate to see if she was a sinner! I mean really! Smh! So sorry for Ed Gein turning out the way he did. Again smh!
Max Harington, RIP, was not only a resident, but the Mayor of Plainfield, Educator and all around good guy. What him and RHsr did for Plainfield back then makes them silent heroes. The "friends house" Was the Hills. That house still stands and is still in the Hill family. They got Ed but never got David Buckholt.. Did you think he dug them graves by himself? David was the brother in law to the "friends house". You should have asked Max who burnt the house down. ;)
Thank God for Dr. Stuart Hamilton, the Forensic Pathologist. A true expert in his field of work as a Coroner, he explains that you need a shovel and pickaxe to dig up a grave. Had he not explained what "Pop Culture" was, we'd be lost!
i cannot stand harold the goofball talking in UPSPEAK its extremely unprofessional,annoying and it means un certainty......THIS ONE TIME AT BAND CAMP
The part about Psycho being inspired by Ed Gein was very interesting.
I applaud the person who titled this video! I absolutely hate it when people refer to Gein as an serial killer just for views / clickbating. And most of the time people then think he was one. Have my like sir/ma'am/other.
Correction ! After LaCrosse it was Camp Douglas....after a few years than it was Plainfield WI
Not Camp Douglas, but close to it.
Like Ed kemper
Slipknot titled a song called "dead skin mask" after Gein.
Slayer did it first.
Slipknot never made a song called that, it was Slayer lol
@@bloodlustvid2503 l know 😊
@@scottlibman7870 I was replying to the guy avove lol
Skinned by blind melon is about ed gein
I don't understand how "evil" he is claimed to be because I didn't experience it in this so-called "documentary". It just barely touched on what he actually did.
So he wasnt home when the officers got there and went thru the house?
He was having dinner with his neighbor. Did u even watch the vid lol
@@ricardoblackwood628 missed that part. But I also watched another doc that said he was at the store in town when they picked him up. So who really knows. The MGM doc with the lost tapes comes out this month. That'll be interesting. It's the first time anyone will hear his voice
Happy Halloween ed
Spookie
unpopular opinion but i believe that you can be both mentally ill and evil. i dont know why people get so sensitive about the topic of mental illness and morality. they aren't exclusive.
Edward getting er done!
Harold Schechter has a way with words. Sounds like he's trying to sing.
Is there a Timeline of geins last murder, and his day that he was caught?
Aw come on the man was a economizer he was just trying to save on groceries and furniture and he didn't even have to get a facelift he just made a new face and he saved on Halloween mask
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The way she says he wailed at the funeral of his mother who he adored,
So didn't have the emotional control of a 30 something year old man makes me mad.. we ee not all totally brainwashed or act like every other controlled puppet under the goverment s control, obviously she us. I find her annoying. Maybe because she s like an English copper? . So with this silly comment was just the icing on the cake.
I found it funny when the other blonde haired lady says their were things belonfing ro people. Saying about the fashioned body parts, its was breathtaking!! I thought that ment beautiful.
Ed GIEN WAS A KNOWN RECYCLER HE DISLIKED ANY WASTE.
Reminds me of mansions family
What is wrong with that ?
Why is everything a question? Even when it's not a question? Isn't that annoying? Or Is it just me?
Interesting case
Silly scene where the cops cover their mouths and run out of the building to throw up.
Ed Gein wasn’t the strangest just most disgusting serial killer ever