A recent true crime series created by the writer of Netflix’s Jeffrey Dahmer documentary has evoked shock and confusion among its audience.
The latest production by renowned filmmaker Ryan Murphy delves into the chilling narrative of Ed Gein, notorious for becoming one of the most heinous murderers in American history, following a spree of killings and body desecrations in 1950s Wisconsin.
Part of Murphy’s ‘Monster’ anthology, the new series explores the psyche of the infamous criminal for the first time, yet many enigmas remain unresolved.
Dubbed The Butcher of Plainfield, Gein’s gruesome deeds inspired fictional villains like Hitchcock’s Psycho and The Silence of the Lambs’ Buffalo Bill.
Living reclusively in a remote Plainfield residence once shared with his family, Gein eluded detection for years until the disappearance of a local woman in 1957 drew attention, leading to the uncovering of his macabre secrets.
Authorities found chilling artifacts inside his home, including bowls crafted from skulls, masks made from human skin, and the skull and “face mask” of one victim, identified as local tavern owner Mary Hogan.
Gein was apprehended for Hogan’s murder and that of another woman, Bernice Worden. Confessing to both killings, Gein was linked to Worden’s decapitated and disemboweled head found on his property, with victims bearing similarities to his mother.
While Gein’s atrocities against women are well-documented, intrigue surrounds the death of his brother, leaving Netflix viewers yearning for answers.
In the series’ premiere, Gein is depicted viciously assaulting his elder brother Henry, but the circumstances of Henry’s demise remain shrouded in mystery, as Gein was never convicted for it.
Born on August 27, 1906, to George and Augusta Gein, Ed and Henry took charge of the family farm after their father’s passing, with Henry expressing concerns about Ed’s unhealthy attachment to their mother.
Henry’s relationship with a divorced mother and plans to move in with her ended tragically when he was found dead after a fire incident, officially attributed to smoke inhalation.
Speculation arose that Ed was involved in Henry’s demise, a claim he consistently refuted. Gein, pleading insanity, was deemed unfit for trial and spent his final days in psychiatric institutions, maintaining his innocence in his brother’s death until his passing from lung cancer in 1984.
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