Ed Gein: America's Strangest Killer | World's Most Evil Killers | Absolute Crime

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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[@deathnotestrueauthorknight6491]

Idk I don't think he was completely evil. More utterly insane. I mean he's the poster boy for psychosis amogest serial killers.

[@noneya1987]

The actor that plays Gein in the reenactment segments did brilliantly. Even without any lines he sells the insanity of the man. 👏

[@robertlawe7035]

I live about 15 miles from Plainfield and that place is still creepy as hell

[@perfischer1033]

He wasn't evil. He was mentally ill. There is a difference.

[@vacaalbahaca5485]

Ummm why should we expect 30-something men to not weep emotionally at their MUM’S funeral???

[@SprinkleMeKute]

Totally agree! I didn’t agree with that part!

[@sacredpath3232]

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

[@wellyaknow7698]

Right! That was his mom. Crazy or not he loved her and she was all he had.

[@briarblack7437]

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.

[@kollusion1]

Emotion is emotion. . . It's good to be alive 😜

[@blacktooth3336]

I love the old grainy footage of the resident from Plainfield being interviewed!!!

[@LovelyAbyssinianCat-ye6bd]

That is what made the show do it in the ol footage not that color shit

[@longfootbuddy]

im glad to hear that people dont do this sort of thing in a small town on a normal day

[@peggypeggy4137]

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.

[@daydreaming4874]

Thank you for sharing

[@user-fk2qv5rf6m]

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..

[@caseyharbour9501]

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.

[@LovelyAbyssinianCat-ye6bd]

Just gross abuse of a corpse I think it is just a mistermenor

[@user-tq9pv1zw6x]

They now think there were more victims.

[@spike16965]

True

[@shadypark78]

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.

[@noneya1987]

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.

[@sharonletchford9375]

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.

[@forgive9220]

Yeah Gein was sick. dahmer, bundy, Gacy were evil

[@michaeljustice124]

I think freak is a more suiting label for him than evil!

[@wellyaknow7698]

He did evil things....he was evil. You don't skin people and kill people for sport just because.

[@ritagraham279]

Absolutely agree

[@outdoorsforachange]

What's the deal with the Brit experts. Tell them to sift through their own garbage.

[@wes6244]

Isn't this a Brit show? I just assumed bc of the experts.

[@heikkijhautanen4576]

at least he inspired some damn good horror films!!! :)

[@gatsby66]

At least two classics!

[@mikejones6791]

Texas Chainsaw Massacre and what else?

[@michaeldaniel73]

@@mikejones6791 silence of the lambs

[@deicidedave]

@@mikejones6791 he is also based on the Norman Bates character from Psycho

[@zstarzzz7]

I'd prefer the absence of these horror icons if it meant Ed Gein wasn't such a creature.

[@KevinRichards-rk3gp]

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.

[@daydreaming4874]

Thank you for sharing

[@wellston2826]

Well, as we all know, "A boy's best friend is his mother."

[@tomsparks6099]

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.

[@adawil2002]

Harold Schecter's book 'Deviant' is exceptionally researched as are his other books.

[@gillgetter3004]

I don’t think he was a serial killer, a very sick man no doubt ?

[@bloodlustvid2503]

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

[@peggypeggy4137]

@@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 !!

[@ThrashTillDeth83]

He was getting there...

[@dieula9636]

It’s disgusting but what about people who hunt and preserve those deer heads?

[@bv6377]

would you like a documentary

[@jat6547]

RIGHT. I live in Northern Wisconsin and most people think that that's home decor !! Barbaric. !!

[@Venomous_471]

It was shocking in the 1950s especially in a small town like Plainfield. Serial killers come from abuse, always.

[@StanCat4]

Truth

[@jdolo4670]

Facts

[@MCB400100]

There must be cases where abuse wasnt the cause. Crazy statement imo

[@Venomous_471]

@@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.

[@MCB400100]

@@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

[@ashmacc7868]

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.

[@Farrah300]

The part about Psycho being inspired by Ed Gein was very interesting.

[@jerrypiper3936]

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

[@mfi-cf7sp]

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 💯💯💯

[@nickmoore9643]

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.

[@WQ59BInv]

Ed worked with his hands all the time- surely they were calloused.

[@michaeljustice124]

Made in America baby!

[@katherinecollins4685]

Interesting case

[@GrumpyGrndad]

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.

[@nbsoboleski]

Wisconsin has a real knack attracting for serial killers...

[@paulbahn4577]

How about WA in the 80s an 90s? Seattle, Tacoma. Green River Killer and Robert Lee Yates.

[@brentenglish268]

You know this guys is nuts.. I mean who eats apple pie with cheese on it… 😂

[@rogershaffer1]

I do. Love it😂

[@mrStraker888]

why not?

[@andrewsmith3257]

That monster 😅

[@msbigdog1460]

Hey, don't knock it till you've tried it!

[@joelkurtz1836]

Your mom eats nuts with cheese on them

[@All.Natural.]

Soup bowls made of skulls!🤦🏻‍♀️

[@KevinRichards-rk3gp]

He was a sicko 🤮

[@illa-noisemusic1081]

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. ;)

[@rexferalman4543]

This guy Schecter? I've seen him in several docs? Always speaks in the form of a question? 😂😂😂

[@sacredpath3232]

The head shakes get me

[@raymondlagasse7662]

@@sacredpath3232 He's a writer? Novels true crime and such? Hope he doesn't write in the form of a question?

[@sacredpath3232]

@@raymondlagasse7662 🤣

[@daymanc]

One of the many consequences of hyper-smugness.

[@nothertoyou7301]

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.

[@limbicbrain1]

The actor actually kind of resembles ed gein, unlike the majority of this series

[@TheTibbott]

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.

[@Stichting_NoFap]

this is just a reupload from your main channel real crime

[@patrickguidice3786]

Dad,Henry and Ed should have told Mom to shut the Hell up!Not complicated.

[@micheleerwin2848]

The day I finished reading the book "deviant", the story of Jeffrey Dahmer broke on the news.

[@kenrichards4838]

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!

[@JG31392]

SLAYER!!!!!!!!!

[@tnbackroads]

This one time...at band camp. Dude's speaking cadence sounds just like that.

[@WaterborneCamper]

Why is this same dude in every single documentary about Gein??

[@jsr20634]

Harold Schrecter- 'uptalk'

[@jacobbaranowski]

Psycho, Chainsaw Masicer, and Silence Of The Lams, were all based on Ed Gein's true crimes.

[@karlsmith2570]

He was also the inspiration for Slayer's song "Dead Skin Mask"

[@deniseshephard3347]

Ed gein shocks me to the core these innocent victims

[@williamdougie6213]

You'd love peewee gaskins then!!!

[@joeygarcia6783]

How cool

[@masdojo]

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?

[@robt8094]

Wonder if police ever researched the people Gein supposedly dug up? If they were indeed dead from the cemetery or missing persons.

[@chrisstephens5310]

I love you guys

[@OhioRiverFisherman]

What was Ed's favorite restaurant, 5 Guys!!!

[@Bobshouse]

Harold Schechter has a way with words. Sounds like he's trying to sing.

[@TruthAlways59]

Edward getting er done!

[@genevawilson4448]

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. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@scottymontgomery5519]

Dude irks the hell outa me..

[@bruggeman672]

@Geneva Wilson i believe you're referring to the author, so it's understandable as public speaking is not his chosen profession.

[@bruggeman672]

@@scottymontgomery5519 those who can do those who can't criticize.

[@daymanc]

Agreed

[@walkure48]

"Then one time? In band camp?"

[@michaelciccone2194]

Correction ! After LaCrosse it was Camp Douglas....after a few years than it was Plainfield WI

[@WQ59BInv]

Not Camp Douglas, but close to it.

[@returntonature8773]

The religious pounding his mother gave him will ruin any child and it needs to stop.

[@thekynologist155]

What is sickening is that Ben Stein wannabe expert’” and his up talking!!

[@Venomous_471]

Exactly I keep hearing him saying BULER! BULER!🤣🤣🤣

[@blondie7341]

Omg that guy's way of talking was driving me crazy sll the way through this documentary! Irritating!

[@LadyandtheScamp4Ever]

Appreciate our differences! 🙏🤩

[@chrissystepford2263]

Agreed. It’s absolutely distracting. Then you’ve got Drew Barrymore in a bad wig and a fake accent backing him up.

[@bruggeman672]

@THE KYNOLOGIST wow way to embrace your prejudice. Any more antisemitism to share?

[@danelathrop8175]

Is there a Timeline of geins last murder, and his day that he was caught?

[@AJ_Nightfall]

I think he only killed 2 ppl. He was a graverobber...

[@user-tq9pv1zw6x]

Gein was so creepy I don't see how anybody trusted him.

[@mikejones6791]

OG avant garde... an artist ahead of his time!

[@stevemartin6144]

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!

[@razony]

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!

[@jat6547]

Not in all cases

[@razony]

@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.

[@jat6547]

@@razony if you seek truth. All u need is Jesus. The Way,, The Truth , The Life. DON'T be deceived.

[@razony]

@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!!!

[@razony]

@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.

[@InguesMarduk]

Did he ever admit to killing his brother?

[@Centerpieceofmind]

Slipknot titled a song called "dead skin mask" after Gein.

[@scottlibman7870]

Slayer did it first.

[@bloodlustvid2503]

Slipknot never made a song called that, it was Slayer lol

[@scottlibman7870]

@@bloodlustvid2503 l know 😊

[@bloodlustvid2503]

@@scottlibman7870 I was replying to the guy avove lol

[@danelathrop8175]

Skinned by blind melon is about ed gein

[@santiagosegovia3544]

He wasn't evil, he was mentally ill, he lost touch with reality.

[@sallyhun3024]

Seems most evil serial killers have mental illness

[@blackcraft3465]

He has skin lamps you fuck of course he was evil why tf make excuses?

[@michaelpyatt831]

He was an evil scumbag in the same way that bundy was

[@jeffgreiner4007]

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!

[@painparty7937]

I can't begin to tell you how wrong you are....he is epitome of evil.

[@youwish2022]

Too many commercials/ads

[@arjanasimov5933]

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

[@Texasgodzillakun]

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.

[@justme98632]

These shows are nuts. These people are insane. Obviously. Not evil. Just insane.

[@JennRighter]

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.

[@michaelciccone2194]

These arm chair women narrators we're not even born in 1957 ! No input from the Mrs Gein's pastor ! WHY?

[@moniquejevne9320]

Like Ed kemper

[@tomfrench8191]

Happy Halloween ed

[@Hahaveryfunnyrachel]

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.

[@mollyjo17]

So he wasnt home when the officers got there and went thru the house?

[@ricardoblackwood628]

He was having dinner with his neighbor. Did u even watch the vid lol

[@mollyjo17]

@@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

[@earthstewardude]

So Ed Gein lacked social skills?

[@mikecota3883]

What is wrong with that ?

[@jonathannixon8652]

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 😕

[@Mike_S_68]

This guy commenting about it on camera; why does every sentence sound like he’s asking a question?

[@scottynails]

@1:06 is that one of his survivors?

[@bloodlustvid2503]

No, there wasn’t any survivors, he only killed 2 maybe 3, he might have killed his brother but an autopsy was never preformed so they don’t know former sure if he did or not, the rest he dug up bodies in graveyards

[@nervouswreck392]

DAT TRASH ‼️ YA☝️

[@sandvixen16]

This dude doesn't know anything! If he did he'd quit asking questions!!!😂😂😂🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@RobertRobinson-dy3rj]

He talked to his mothers severed head 😢

[@jparker59able]

Silly scene where the cops cover their mouths and run out of the building to throw up.

[@lennarthagen3638]

Poor Ee Gein. An emotional man, loved his mum. RIP.

[@ashmacc7868]

Ew.

[@bruggeman672]

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.

[@JustAThought155]

What is the deal with that area??? Dehmer did crazy crap like that as well. Wasn’t he in Wisconsin??? That guy wasn’t a “mamma’s boy,” he was a controlled oppressed robot.

[@scorchedearth8661]

Did the police have a search warrant?

[@LadyandtheScamp4Ever]

I don’t think so but of they have probable cause, they are allowed to make entry 🙏

[@sarahewson3607]

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.

[@johnharvey1356]

The mother was not a Christian. Christians don't behave like she did.

[@MrSmokincodz]

I grew up in la crosse. Ha

[@deadboysoldier]

Ed Gein wasn’t the strangest just most disgusting serial killer ever

[@hollyfern5]

Why is everything a question? Even when it's not a question? Isn't that annoying? Or Is it just me?

[@williambryant5946]

That Helen Morrison doctor lady looked like she had on a skin mask herself. She looks ghoulish. Scary looking lady.

[@LadyandtheScamp4Ever]

Gluten, dairy, sugar, processedfoods, artificial sweeteners, chemicals, pollution, stress & meat, etc is what ages & kills us all.

[@williambryant5946]

@@LadyandtheScamp4Ever So everything kills us and nothing is safe?

[@LadyandtheScamp4Ever]

@@williambryant5946 I eat rice, fresh fruit, veggies, nuts, vegan gluten free low glycemic chocolate, vegan strawberry smoothies w almond milk etc 🤩❤

[@bruggeman672]

@William Bryant what difference does her appearance make towards her qualifications? Kinda seems like you're just being shallow. Telling considering you offer no photos of yourself for others to critique.

[@mrStraker888]

look at her eyes.. her gaze. She looks deranged..

[@jeffbryan4019]

Gein most likely murdered 7 people .

[@moniquejevne9320]

I think he was mostly a graveyard and only killed a couple time’s when he ran out of bodyss

[@FHouseOM]

Gein is a legend!

[@pierre-marc-oliviergendron2812]

Motorsport Manager pc anyone?

[@richardrider1422]

“A real life Bogey Man”😂

[@msbigdog1460]

You mean Boogie? 😂😂😂

[@KevinRichards-rk3gp]

He was the real Leatherface.

[@barneyporter6138]

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

[@jenastumbo4305]

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