Ed Gein arrest Footage

serial killer Ed Gein being led away by police after his arrest in 1957

[@connorferrand527]

I wish there was some audio or scripted interviews with this guy.

[@connorferrand527]

+Polly Pocketknive I'll have to check that out! Thanks!

[@stepmothercity]

Errol Morris did recorded interviews with him, and I'm really mad because the whole project was scrapped. At least let us Geinophiles hear a snippet of him speaking! :(

[@Oi325]

Seaweed Witch where?

[@cathyhorsting8834]

@@Oi325 I did see a brief statement by him to reporters when he was old. They were all crowded around him and one of them said How are you feeling, Ed and he answered I better not say. It was so brief I had to keep going back over it again and again. He had a high voice and a missing front tooth which added to his speech impediment. I am trying to find that documentary but for now cannot locate it again.

[@Oi325]

@@cathyhorsting8834 Damn it'd very interesting to hear. Same with HH Holmes

[@skinny9283]

I don't idolize the guy, but just really fkn interesting. This is the first actual footage I've ever seen of him, thanks for the post.

[@12missafew99100]

Welcome it's from the end of the Ed gein movie which is really good and interesting I'd check it out if u can :-)

[@skinny9283]

+Matt Costello What's the title please, and if you haven't read 'Deviant', read it!

[@enydnightshade]

+Matt Costello what's the title of the movie? i wanna see it too. thanks! :)

[@12missafew99100]

+enydnightshade ed gein in the light of the moon

[@Oi325]

skinny9283 can you upload any interview footage of him?

[@eddsonshetunyenga9761]

I find people like Ed Gein really really interesting. They should have been studied thoroughly just to discover exactly what triggers them to commit such heinous crimes.

[@Black1968Sabbath]

It's simple, his mother made the real Psycho.

[@phillipsmejkal1]

What happened with him can be done to everyone and there are far more people like him out there than we believe!

[@lovathon6365]

he couldn't really be studied because he had the brain of a child, he could never comprehend what he did, so it was like talking to a 7 year old child basically

[@emodante1084]

​@@lovathon6365 To what extent was he childlike? How would someone with a mind like that be able to to commit these crimes and make furniture out of his victims?

[@lovathon6365]

@@emodante1084 children are by far the most "creative" in that regard. children don't often think before they do things. children need nurturing care and love to grow properly, but in his case he was never allowed to do so, so in turn he never mentally grew. hopefully this can help you understand better. but you're also more than welcome to watch any documentary from a psych stand point about him that will clear it up even MORE for you :)

[@draco2xx]

interviewing serial killers are a must, its ludicrous how theres literally no interviews of him, wasted opportunity

[@gibbons9599]

Cop cars sure were classy back then.

[@flowrepins6663]

Everything was

[@DemonKingFinnBalor1916]

Those ain't cops those are FBI everything he did were felonies under federal law from robbery to kidnapping to murder.

[@SomeoneCommenting]

Compared to how cops treat people these days for just a traffic infraction, he was picked from home like royalty...

[@nathanpeoples2319]

Well, there was one investigator that punched Ed Gein because of how frightened he was of Ed Gein's "decorations" that forced a few confessions which were later found unusable in court. That same investigator suffered a heart attack shortly after

[@patrickhowell6774]

@@nathanpeoples2319 Good hands on him though.

[@Black1968Sabbath]

@@nathanpeoples2319 He didn't punch him, he aggressively grabbed him pushed him against the wall, and the other cops had to separate them

[@hunters6940]

They did that shit a lot more back then, you just didn’t hear about it on the news

[@devonjones5200]

Such a shame this is like the only video footage of gein, theres no interviews of him recorded

[@karimfakiri8963]

in the 1950s serial killers were not interviewed

[@PhantosTheHedgehog]

Your prayers have been answered!!

[@devonjones5200]

@@PhantosTheHedgehog yes I had no idea he did have interviews recorded but just didn't get released till this year I've already seen one episode

[@Black1968Sabbath]

There is more footage of him from the 1960's when he went to his trial, and there is audio of his interrogation, that has never been released to the public.

[@bonnieparkertheoutlaw7353]

@@Black1968Sabbath where can I watch that????

[@WKZworks]

I like the old Dodge squad car. Shame it's probably been scrapped by now.

[@thatryansorrows]

I don't think this was him getting arrested because the press hadn't caught wind of what had happened yet. This was probably one of the visits back to his farm when he wanted to "Show em something."

[@lilsippy5721]

??? Wym

[@Black1968Sabbath]

Yea this was when Ed went back to the farm to show the investigators around the property, and showed where he put the blood that he drained from Bernice Worden

[@peekaboots01]

Interesting how they didn't cuff him. They cuff everybody now.

[@dm3150006]

simplelines harshbrowns

[@ROCdevelopments]

I think they should only be allowed to cuff someone who has not been sentenced yet if there is a clear and real danger of not having the person in cuffs but now they do it to everyone as a standard procedure. It's wrong and undemocratic, very unconstitutional.

[@jocelyncams1826]

I think he was cuffed walking to the car

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@faridjabba Bundy escaped twice.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@George Lynch shot them, then sliced their throats. Can't run after that, I don't think.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Oddly, I expected sound from this 1957 film. Doh!

[@jegeriufanen4415]

Winds of March Journey/Perry tribute band Movies had sound in 1957

[@shaylawatson1244]

This the first time I ever saw REAL footage of him

[@bradt6740]

It's amazing watching history right here even though it was bad history. I always thought the 50's and 60's were a better time in general, but you had your nutcases back then too.

[@bradt6740]

Ed Gein was scary, but some part of me feels for him since he took all that abuse from his mom and was suffering a horrible mental illness. What he did was horrific and I'm not denying that, but the man was damaged from the start.

[@_MjG_]

No duh! There have always been nutcases throughout all of history. Serial killing was on a significant rise beginning in the 50s but even way more prominent from 70s to 2000. However, there are many other conditions which contribute to whether the 50s & 60s were better or worse in general & that all depends on who's perspective you heard it from.

[@MrSaemichlaus]

Just as sick as his mother, no wonder. Locking him into the house and force-feeding him bible verses.

[@supergirl109]

In that case, kinda feel sorry for him. What his mother has done to him. It's more like his mother made him evil. Still at the same time, yes he is as sick as his mother.

[@mandieconway2634]

I am searching for some footage or pics from the trial my mum was a teen at the time and my great gran attended the trial and I've always been fascinated long before I knew this now I'm slightly obsessed

[@evivanosferatu9203]

As far as I'm aware there never was a trail. He was declared insane and thus not competent to stand trial. Please correct me if I am wrong as I have very limited knowledge of this case

[@TherealJJOliver]

@@evivanosferatu9203 yes trial would be the wrong word. But there would still have been hearings in a courtroom that people could attend.

[@Black1968Sabbath]

This wasn't his arrest footage, this was Ed taking the police back to his farm.

[@Ninineonangel77]

Oh wow that's crazy I mean I find this man interesting but fucking sick.

[@Moonlight-gs7pm]

Weren't cameras with audio video and colour out in 1950s?

[@stepmothercity]

I believe this footage is following him showing police where he buried some things on the farm. I have a newspaper that shows him being taken there from where he was being held in jail, which seems to be on the same day. There's no reason for the press to be there as he was initially being arrested.

[@stepmothercity]

Yup. That is his own house at 0:08. I can't link to it but Getty has an image of the rear of his house (not the angle one normally sees) which has an overhang (can't think of the technical term) with the same beams. So he was showing them evidence. He wasn't at his home at the time of the arrest.

[@rdrgtreer]

I wonder if that car is still in existance, most likely not.

[@lxxxlax1304]

is it me, or was gein smiling from 0:10 to 0:12 as he got in the car?

[@12missafew99100]

kull 47 nope thought the exact same glad someone else noticed it

[@stepmothercity]

kull 47 He's smiling in a number of pictures. I think he didn't mind all the attention, or it's a nervous reaction. Either way he was said to be detached from reality at the time so who knows what he's thinking.

[@davidl.7027]

Gein was known, according to the towns folk, to often express a creepy inappropriate smile. He also had a sick, uncomfortable sense of humor.

[@Aeonoftherift]

I think it was a nervous one. Like a conditioned reflex since he's not exactly used to socializing and being weird, if not shy. I do it myself when around strangers.

[@ashleygilliland4331]

I saw it, too.

[@DiscountDivorcePhotography]

One of those photographers is ripping large format?? ...what a stud

[@flowertrue]

Seeing him just immediately gave me the impression he was not all there. As horrible as he was, he had to be very messed up in the head.

[@bradt6740]

I know and why didn't his friends or neighbors come to his aide when he needed help?

[@bradt6740]

You always question "what if" you know, but you can't back to your past and change things; even though you wish you could.

[@lovathon6365]

he had full psychosis, he could never comprehend almost anything let alone what he did to people/bodies. he basically had the brain of a child

[@tommydarko1984]

He definitely doesn't have the demeanour of someone who is legally insane. He's too upright, calm and chilled for someone who is being arrested and responsible for those types of crimes. Like all serial killers, I guess this is how they get away with it, they are generally good at tricking and manipulating people in to thinking they are well adjusted and healthy functioning. The traits of being a Psychopath.

[@hannahlyle5775]

Criminals who are deemed Legally Insane actually do have this demeanor, because they are unaware of the extremity of the crime or crimes that they have committed, therefore don't show much emotion of what they did. Guilty by reason of insanity is a legal term that addresses the person's state of mind at the time the crime was committed. Ed knew what he had done, but wasn't able to understand right from wrong due to severe mental illness and being in a state of psychosis after his mother's death. He definitely does have some traits of being a psychopath though.

[@lovathon6365]

he had full psychosis at a certain point, he couldn't comprehend almost anything let alone what he did. he acts the way he does because hes like a husk of human being, there really wasnt much inside mentally

[@EmiZingZing]

Hi, may I ask you what is the source of that video? Thanks

[@12missafew99100]

Emi hi it's from the end of the ed gein in the light of the moon movie I highly recommend it

[@freedomisntfree2089]

He knew damn well what he was doing, I'm just not sure if he knew what he was doing was not normal....

[@HOIHOIHOI735]

I want his hat

[@KevinRichards-rk3gp]

The movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre was based on Ed Gein except Gein's crimes happened in Wisconsin & he didn't use a chainsaw.

[@haikeaintiaani9183]

imagine that time nobody knowed ted bundy was like little bit older than 10 years old playing and testing new things john wayne gagy was alreadey 16-17 in teenager green river murderer was also a child what a weir time im sure there woud not ever be such a time for theas weird murderers also cold war

[@jasonhuntley4203]

ok, all for this and all but how in thee hell did they have camera's in 1957? was their even the tv or even news back then this is a treasure for sure

[@maxxdahl6062]

lol cameras were around since the 1800's.

[@lukelyall5879]

“Test test test… ok, uh, this is uh, august 20th 1973. The time is uh, 3:47 p.m. our location is the Hewitt residence on route 17; it’s where victim one was found. We’re gonna do a walk-through, and now we’re descending the stairs into the furnace room… uh - there’s - over here - there’s scratch marks along the wall. There’s some more right over here, right over here. And, oh, there’s something over here. Seems like a clot of here and an imbedded fingernail. All right, we’re gonna move on into the actual furnace room”. “The crime scene was not properly secured that day by Travis county police. Two investigating officers were fatally wounded that day. This is the only known image of Thomas Hewitt, the man they call leatherface. The case still remains open today”

[@luizmiguelplayer6303]

Leatherface 💀

[@scream4depp]

I thought there was creepy music playing... but it was just my mother rattling coins, counting out money in the same room. hahaha

[@OsmoticRelease]

How did you find this old footage? I’ve been on a serial killer kick both modern and old but these classic dudes are lightyears more fucked up than the emotional fucks these days.

[@annarexic9932]

What kind of arrest is this lol?

[@Facelessman254]

An arrest for over 60 years ago.. Things were different then, Heck the term serial killer wasn't even known thing. I will assume because Ed wasn't being aggressive and was cooperating fully they trusted him enough not to cuff him

[@VirantRoss]

Didnt even handcuff him thats the real crime. My god after what he just did?

[@jocelyncams1826]

Ross Best he’s handcuffed walking to the car

[@leanajo754]

Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer are on the top of my list of The Most Sickening/Ghoulish Killers Ever. Along with Robert Berdella and John Gacy behind them.

[@HeartOfGrief]

💚

[@erinvalentin1626]

i think ed grins face is made of rubber

[@renatabarros111]

Why?

[@jaredlujan2412]

Can't help but almost feel bad for the dude

[@Dem0nized]

How the fuck did that tiny guy manage to dig up and do what he had to do in whatever amount of time to get corpses. He wasn't no idiot that's a fact

[@dude926]

Umm you can be physically strong even if you are not very tall

[@AndreyShugaev1989]

he was at physical work all his life

[@padfoot6615]

Is it just me or did they base Elmer Fudd off ed

[@diontaedaughtry974]

Great video 👍👍

[@BTSARMY-ob2ff]

One And Only Piece 🩷

[@renatabarros111]

Yes, I love him

[@briandube8366]

The man is a treasure.

[@earnestrenteria5160]

Dead skin mask

[@edwardtheodoregein4481]

slayer

[@cloudd7276]

He has joy digging up peoples body even though its stinks like hell and he also uses it as a fquing mask wtf

[@eddsonshetunyenga9761]

People are not the same. What you find amusing, someone else's finds disgusting. What brings you excitement, its a source of pain and grief to someone else.

[@cloudd7276]

What the hell was my 11 year old mind thinking lol

[@ryanyanez2240]

This is fake footage. You can clearly see Ed Geins face is rubber

[@nopenope4158]

He's my hero

[@renatabarros111]

He's handsome

[@bryangarcia5599]

666th like

[@czimano1749]

he was so handsome !

[@honeycinema1060]

😨😲omg!damn you

[@RealNiggiChannel]

He was, lol.

[@subverso6643]

@@RealNiggiChannel i agree hah

[@renatabarros111]

Certainly

[@charlottejahmae0489]

😂😂😂 yay!

[@heeheee5069]

oh poor guy

[@unpotdefraisealacreme2405]

He killed 6 guy

[@uAintliveifudontthiz]

Un pot de fraise à la crème nope

[@priestessmikokikyo77]

@@unpotdefraisealacreme2405 He killed two people! Not the whole town!

[@honeycinema1060]

Poor guy?he's asshole

[@ermelinda2223]

I agree with you.. He went through things that made him utterly Insane

[@jami4770]

why was he buried next to his mother? if the afterlife is real i dont want the mother to be reminded that her son a murderer is laying right next to her

[@Jujuva]

Augusta (his mother) was fervently religious. She preached to her boys about the innate immorality of the world, the evil of drinking, and her belief that all women (except herself) were naturally prostitutes and instruments of the devil. She raised him that way, Ed became what he became because of her too. She was guilty as well.

[@mrsb8455]

She sounds like Bobby Bouchers mom

[@SpukiTheLoveKitten75]

@@Jujuva If anything; Augusta was the real villain in this story.

[@priestessmikokikyo77]

@@Jujuva Augusta gein had a lot to do with her son become a murderer! And George his father awful man abusive drunk sick monster! No sympathy for the!

[@priestessmikokikyo77]

Because he loved his mother, Augusta gein hated for both genders is just her own sick and twisted mind set! Not to mention she was beaten as a child by her own fanatical religious father! She was the only woman he ever truly loved! Their is no excusing what she and George did to Edward! and he was very mentally ill he needed help. Not excusing the murders no!

[@314lando]

He never got caught lol

[@renatabarros111]

He died in a mental health facility