Ed Gein's Musical Instruments

Stavo Churchola first interviewed Ed Gein back in 1957 after he was arrested for murdering the proprietor of a local hardware store in Plainfield, Wisconsin. The event garnered nation-wide attention when it was discovered that he had also been digging into graves in local cemeteries and using human skin to reupholster furniture. That interview exists as the only live recording with Gein available to the public, until now. Stavo died in 2020. A storage unit that he kept contained a towering collection of items, including various unfinished journalism projects. This second interview with Gein, ED GEIN’S MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, surfaced within those stacks and is now here ready for the public to see. ED GEIN’S MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS is unique in that it was done while Ed was institutionalized. In 1966 Stavo again met with Gein, this time in the basement at Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison, Wisconsin. Stavo apparently wanted to learn something new about Ed, something which had not been reported on before. This wasn’t an easy task to accomplish with a man who had been so talked about in the ten years since his arrest. What more was there to say? Back in ’57, when news of Gein’s crimes broke the airwaves, it caused a morbid fascination to spread throughout the nation. People had obsessed on every gory detail. Having studied closely the crime-scene photos from Gein’s family farmhouse, Stavo realized that little if anything had been written about the musical instruments. Certain photos showed clearly various instruments mixed within the piles of filth and debris. What place had music “played” in Gein family-life? A lot had been said about the grim artifacts strewn about the farmhouse, but Stavo couldn’t find any published information about the instruments.
RECORDED WITH EARLY VIDEO TECH. The scenes featured in this documentary were recorded on a International Video Console (IVC) Model 800 unit, utilizing quadruplex technology(rotary head). This European technique recorded tracks at a slight angle to achieve optimum color gradations. Commercially it was called ROTOCOLOUR. Though ROTOCOLOUR was cutting edge for it’s time, it was short-lived and soon replaced with more advanced technologies.
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[@thethanklessrollplayers2152]

Brilliant

[@macinbriklaer8924]

Love this! Not sure what to call it but there’s a lot going on.

[@stevechappell]

ED GEIN IN 3 PARTS is now available to watch on KZbin! Now that the trilogy is complete you can digest the whole thing in under 14 minutes.

[@RobJMeronek]

Still, a good bass player is hard to find.

[@stevechappell]

Even harder, a drummer.

[@richardbetancourt7412]

the music is interesting but I don't like the caricature of Gein being used, he was an insane killer! The ending is distasteful...

[@stevechappell]

Richard, thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it.

[@barneyporter6138]

Have Eddie sing a song about I'm eating them folks I'm saving on groceries

[@stevechappell]

Ed was not a cannibal silly.

[@barneyporter6138]

You need to do some more research