The Scary Story of Ed Gein the Butcher of Plainfield

[@StrangeandSinister1]

📽Timestamps: 00:00 Ed Gein the Butcher of Plainfield 00:58 Ed Gein’s Childhood 2:34 Henry Gein’s Mysterious Death 4:19 Ed Gein Begins Robbing Graves 6:45 Mary Hogan's Murder 7:36 Bernice Worden's Murder 8:53 Ed Gein’s House of Horrors 10:15 The Grave Robber Confesses 10:36 Mary Hogan's Unmarked Grave 10:57 Ed Gein's Trial and Death 12:00 Unsolved Disappearances 12:18 Ed Gein Extras and My Thoughts 14:30 I Find A Deer Skeleton 14:39 My Thoughts on Gein's Burial and Crimes 20:23 Outro

[@m.y.o.b.724]

Since you did Ed Gein, maybe you could also cover Jeffrey Dahmer and Walter Ellis, all famous serial killers from Wisconsin. And in Wisconsin Dells, the mummified Head of the "Vampire of Dusseldorf", Peter Kurten, is on display. it's supposedly haunted. Would love to see your take on that.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you for the suggestions. I plan to make a Dahmer video. I'll definitely make note of the others. I believe Peter Kurten's head, or part of it, is on display in the Wisconsin Dells at Ripley's Believe it or Not.

[@jared1870]

This is the most informative video of Ed Gein I have seen yet. I had no idea that he robbed more than one cemetery. I do believe he killed his brother or at least had a hand in his death. It is amazes me that people have chipped away so much of Mrs. Gein's headstone, that will probably be gone in 5 years if not sooner. And people are removing so much dirt from Gein's grave it will be just a matter of time before we learn if he is there or not. These "souvenir" collectors are as ghoulish as Gein.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you. I agree. It's disturbing someone would collect the dirt or part of the tombstone. It's even more disturbing and sad that he's buried so close to the people he dug up. I do think he could have been responsible for Henry's death, but who knows. We'll never know.

[@debdo1960]

​​@@StrangeandSinister1 I worked at a funeral home for 30 years. I had the pleasure of meeting a man that made and engraved headstones while working there. We talked about various ppl and one was AL Capone who is buried at one of the cemeteries he did work at. He says that tho Al's headstone marks the place....AL Capone is not buried there and is really at a different unmarked location for fear that his body may be exhumed by God only knows who. This is common practice supposedly if there might be a chance that anybody might rob the grave of the body. This leads me to believe Ed's body is not buried there

[@6omega2]

I am well familiar with the Gein case and have been for decades, but I must say, this is excellent. You did a great job presenting this, creating a very eerie atmosphere, and capturing the essential eeriness of the case. My hat is off to you. As to your question, yes, I do believe Ed killed his brother. Ed Gein was what modern psychiatrists call "profoundly disturbed."

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you! 😊 I agree. I believe he killed Henry too. This story has always scared me.

[@ahndeux]

I don't believe he killed his brother. Ed's psychotic, not stupid or harbor repressive gay thoughts. He would have burned the body to cover up if he did the murder. Coroner ruled it was a heart attack. It was even posted in the obituary. I would have a heart attack too if the grass is all burning around me. He doesn't get off on killing men. That's not his MO. Killing of the women was a way to get fresh dead bodies. He can't wait forever to find parts to finish his furniture and decorations. Think of a puzzle set and you have missing pieces. He wanted to fill in the missing gaps. His fantasy is to put on the female skin suit so he can feel the power his mom had over them. It's the power that he lacked in his entire life which his mom took away. He mainly wanted to created a human suit made of female skin. He doesn't have a male fetish. I doubt any of the male murders was caused by him unless they came upon his home and he wanted to silence them. Note, he didn't start going psycho until his mother died in 1945 which is after his brother died in 1944. The only other reason for killing his brother is if his brother came upon some of his sick trophies if he started to collect weird things even before his mom died. To know a psycho, you have to think like a psycho. I wouldn't be surprised he was haunted by his mom even after her passing. That woman is crazy, and that religion got into her head and messed up both of her son's life. The dad was a raving alcoholic, so he is not much of a father figure. She represented the control in the family. I seen one of my coworkers in similar solution. His ultra religious parents turned him into a nut job. One day, he had a pile of dirt in backyard and parents were gone for a while. Everyone thought he killed them and buried the parents in the backyard. Luckily, the parents only went on vacation. The neighbors were relieved. You have to understand his MO in other to understand why he did what he did. The murders that came later was to get fresh skin. Older skin from the dead are too stiff and harder to tan. Ed read books on human anatomy to learn more. You have to understand, in that region in the 1950s, its very rural and people hunt animals all the time. They are used to processing animals for food and skins. Heck, you can walk into any sporting good store and walk out with a gun same day no questions asked. It was a different era. If you are really interested in how Henry died, just ask him around his gravesite. You should be able to pick up his EVP if he is still around. Even other spirits around the grave area would know because they talk to each other all the time. Listen to the videos very carefully and you will be surprised at what the dead can tell you.

[@ahndeux]

@@StrangeandSinister1 I'm sure there are lots of EVP sessions done in the past along with using Ouija boards. However, most people are not experienced enough to detect, let alone interpret an EVP. As I delved deeper into the subject, I found that people miss at least 90% or more of the faint EVPs even in common daily videos. I am shocked at how common EVPs are. I found them from ghost hunting to gold hunting, cave diving, court proceedings, rock polishing and even fishing videos. I gotten to the point where I'm more shocked that voices are not found. I did an experiment where I was just walking my dog at night with a camera on with a thermal sensor. I picked up zero reading on the thermal camera, and yet the voices were so obvious. They were even talking about my thermal camera. It wasn't like I was actively in a cemetery and asking questions. I was just walking at night with a thermal camera. Yeah, its strange, but it sure drew the spirits in like a magnet. If you get tons of EVPs just walking a dog, I can imagine how much more you can capture in a cemetery. People tend to ask too many questions and talk over the responses. I just sit there dead quiet and didn't even talked. It kind of opened my eyes to things we don't understand. Its one thing to hear them in videos online, but to record it yourself in dead quiet, that's crazy. You know for a fact that its not modified by video editing, so its not faked. Anybody can learn how to hear EVPs, but people don't want to spend that type of time. Interpreting a 20 minute video can take 4+ hours. Most people don't have that type of patience.

[@buddaslaughing1]

It felt like I walked over my grave listening to this story. Chilling of the spine. Authentic horror.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you. I wanted to make it like a horror movie, at least that's the vibe I was going for.

[@lisanewman6065]

To have to rest in peace so close to the person who didn’t let you rest is absolutely disgusting. The fact that the family didn’t demand that their loved one got moved as far away as possible from that monster astounds me. 😢. Loved watching. ❤. As always

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you 😊. I agree, it's terrible. I'm sure at least one of the families tried preventing him from being buried there.

[@clpeters23]

Ed Gein just creeps me out.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Agreed. Very creepy. The whole story is creepy.

[@gazXspace]

There's a lot of legend attached to Ed Gein - a lot of false information to exaggerate his story - (.NOT BY S AND S ) he was mentally ill - almost certainly schizophrenia - although he did what he did , and as weird as it sounds - he didn't want to kill he just needed the body parts, skin etc etc. there was no torture - no sexual motive. He did try and get his mother's body but was not able to, due to logistics !!! I thought this content was fairly balanced.

[@TheCrabbyGuy]

Nice job, Mr. Strange and Sinister. When the narrator just speaks freely and candidly, an air of originality is created.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you.

[@kimglass4851]

I actually met Ed in Mendota a year before he died. I didnt know who he was as I was only 15. My school psychologist took me there on a Saturday as she wanted to see if it was suitable for me to go to since I had alot of emotional problems back then. We went into a locked unit and met a woman who took my counselor on a tour of the unit and told her of the day to day routines and sent me to a huge cafeteria to wait. I went in and it was empty except for one old man reading a paper. I sat down at his table and we did small talk until they got back. Seemed like a nice old man that told me he lived there. When they came back to get me, I could see the horror on my counselors face and I thought she was mad at me as we got outta there quickly. On the ride home she asked me if I knew who the man was and I said Ed. She asked again if I knew who he was and I said no. I thought she was accusing me of knowing him and lying to her. When she explained who he was and what he had done I was in total shock yet a little fascinated. He appeared to be a sweet , gentle old man. Needless to say, I never did go back to stay. Years later in the late 80s, early 90s I took a trip to the cemetery and seen his headstone before someone stole it. Was very eerie.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Wow thank you for sharing this. That's crazy. Do you remember what he said to you in your conversation with him? I've seen pics of him in later years and he just looked like a normal old man. You'd probably never suspect he'd be the type of person to do the things he did. But I did read that he would give female hospital staff long and creepy stares and make them feel uncomfortable.

[@kimglass4851]

@@StrangeandSinister1 Mainly was just small talk.....his first word to me was, :Whats yer name, young lady?" I told him, asked what his was and if he was a visitor too. He told me he was Ed and that he lived there. Asked me if I was local and if I wanted something to drink, that he would get me something. Dont remember much else for specifics but I remember him saying he had no family except for the people at the facility.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

That's creepy.

[@andrewkaye2108]

Whoa. Hmm, I have no doubt he sat by himself a lot. Im sure the patients and staff gave him a WIDE berth.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I read he was known to stare at female staff and make them feel uncomfortable.

[@Artfanbookfan25]

There's something nightmare enducing to think about that house out in the fields and woods at night, where he sat in dim light doing his actions.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Well said. It's really disturbing. 😦

[@Artfanbookfan25]

​@@StrangeandSinister1 I'm enjoying this channel a lot. Keep up the good work. 😊❤🎉

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you, I really appreciate that.

[@ktswandering]

People are scarier than any ghost or cryptid. Horror exists in the minds of evil people.

[@m.y.o.b.724]

The answer is definitely yes to all of your questions. This guy was absolutely unhinged. I wonder if the families of his victims fought to have his remains moved. I can't imagine visiting the grave of a loved one and having to look at the burial site of the murderer at the same time.😠Oh, and the shed is just plain creepy.. Not sure why it wasn't torn down, along with everything else. Great job putting this video together.👏

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you. I'm sure the families had some legal battle or fight with the cemetery to not have him buried there. You would think that, morally, the cemetery would simply refund the money for his plot and not allow his burial there. For the "shed", another viewer mentioned the building wasn't there in the 80's so I think the building there now was built in the same place as the old one.

[@Netsolacetech]

Great to see a notification on my phone that you posted a video. Please do a video about Skinwalkers?!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you for checking out the video. Yes, I might cover that. I'll be covering a mix of creepy true crime stuff like this and haunted places. Maybe Mothman and similar stuff like that.

[@marissawhitney3040]

I was born the day Ed Gein died....July 26th, 1984...I was also born in LaCrosse Wisconsin....

[@StrangeandSinister1]

LaCrosse is a nice town. I went there once.

[@eddiehjalmarsson5966]

Welcome back Ed Gein!

[@mars1566]

Can't help but feel bad for young Ed. Children don't deserve the abuse of their parents. He might have grown up perfectly fine with a stable household. How many tragedies can be avoided if we just treat our kids right.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Both parents were very abusive from what I read. He said his father hit him so hard his ears would ring. Very sad. He could have also suffered brain damage which has been known to change people's behavior.

[@MT-ll3tu]

Ed's parents are the real monsters, There the reason he caused chaos in the town. It makes you wonder how many knew Ed's very rough time at home but just ignored It because It by kids/teens near the farm hearing screaming.

[@kevin_736]

You're back! Great Video!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Yes! Thank you! 🙂 My first true crime addition to the channel.

[@kevin_736]

@@StrangeandSinister1 You did a great job! Did you run into any of the locals? I heard they don't like people doing any kind of reports on Ed Gein.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

No, I didn't run into anyone at all. It's a nice little town with some cool historical buildings downtown. I totally understand Plainfield wanting to erase what happened there but that will probably never happen. It's such a crazy story that left a permanent mark in history unfortunately.

[@timclary1963]

Bernice Worden's body was found in the summer kitchen of the house which is in the back of the house. The house was destroyed by a suspicious fire area months after the crime.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I wasn't sure exactly what building she was found in. I've read before it was the summer kitchen and then I read a 1957 newspaper article where it says a wood shed. Either way, it's crazy what happened.

[@gazXspace]

It was found in an outbuilding next to the house, like a large shed

[@daveb796]

Very intresting thanks for sharing.👍👍

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you! 🙂

[@andreaaydt3861]

Thanks for doing this segment!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'll be doing more true crime videos about creepy cases like this.

[@joyous8248]

Your story telling is captivating !!! Been binge watching your videos all afternoon !!!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you. Thanks for checking out my content and for leaving a comment.

[@cynthiakluck-johnson5895]

When I went to the former site of the hardware store, the building was still the same. It had become a True Value and the loading dock was STILL THERE..

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I went to the Worden's Hardware building where the final murder happened. It looked like maybe someone was using it as storage or something.

[@reedbowers1887]

I love how Norman Bates and Leatherface were based on the same person… goes to show how Hollywood can carry a story so far in different directions

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Great movie characters. I'm a big fan of horror movies.

[@kvl627]

Another great video! Made my Sunday to see you uploaded, lol.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

That's awesome, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! It's the first true crime video on the channel.

[@kvl627]

@StrangeandSinister1 I saw that, I was excited, lol. Idk if you take suggestions of location ideas, but I think it would be interesting to see something more in-depth on the Liars Club in Chicago. It's an interesting place, and it has true crime and paranormal events. Regardless, I will watch whatever the subject.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Yeah that might be a place I cover in the future. The channel will be a mix of the haunted stuff and true crime. Strange and sinister topics. I'm open to suggestions for true crime stories as well.

[@vix6276]

my grandma grew up in plainfield. I remember her telling me stories about how scared she was of Gein.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I can only imagine living there at that time. That would be terrifying.

[@yvettevitacaponigro]

Thank you for the post! 👍🏻✌🏼😊

[@StrangeandSinister1]

👍 Thank you for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@yvettevitacaponigro]

@@StrangeandSinister1 👍🏻😊

[@CurtisAClark]

Whats so deep and worrying, knowing people who are able to do this type of crime walk our world today. 😢R.I.P. To all victims.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

It's definitely scary.

[@marymullings3823]

Hi, you did a fantastic job telling this true story. 😊

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you so much!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you so much!

[@omgwowgg]

you put in a lot of work for this video, well done.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you, I did put a lot of effort into the video.

[@njosborne5540]

Another first rate video. Thank you! Any ideas for the Champaign - Urbana area in terms of paranormal stories?

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Not at the moment.

[@danthegreaser71]

This is a great documentary thanks for sharing! I’ve been interested in the Ed Gein case since I was a pre teen in the 80’s and always wanted to visit Plainfield. Me and my wife visited Plainfield last October. We went to the cemetery,hardware store and the Gein farm. The farm was very creepy and the deer skeleton you filmed by the gate was there but it was a full carcass and stunk to high heaven. It kind of added to the eerie charm of the place and the realism of what happened there. I do plan on going back and seeing the other two cemeteries and visiting La Crosse and the museum/jail where he was held after his arrest.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

The museum tour does look interesting. They have some of Gein's belongings in his former jail cell.

[@danthegreaser71]

@@StrangeandSinister1 yes I saw that on another documentary or something about Gein. I think they have some skies and a rifle and a few other things that belonged to him.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

They do, yes. I saw a couple videos showing those items. They even have one of his knives there too. 😦

[@danthegreaser71]

@@StrangeandSinister1 that’s pretty creepy!😳

[@Bob-dc6bo]

Definitely a sick and twisted man with probably more secrets than we will ever know . Another great job of storytelling and reeling us in. The commentary at the end was a nice touch too.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Much appreciated! Thank you for watching! Very sick and twisted. I'm sure there's more murders we'll never know about.

[@critterscute3642]

Great video. You do such a nice job of narrating the story. What a creep (Ed Gein, not you lol). Thanks for bringing this story to light for us.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you so much! I appreciate that. The story has always scared me. He was a true monster.

[@Aussie_Ellez]

So so interesting! Thank you for sharing! So cool to see that building still standing too. Really love the extra effort you went to there

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thanks so much!

[@joeyolaski8197]

Amazing video, thank you for the insight and a much deeper look into the locations as they are today.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you, I appreciate it. It was fun going to the locations.

[@jimjohnson724]

It's cool that you actually drive to the locations where things took place.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you. I won't always be able to go to the location when I cover stories that are far away, but I prefer to go to the location when I can.

[@johnf8070]

Good job on the video! I recently read a chapter in a book on Gein, and your material was spot on. I think his mom might have had some influence on Ed taking out his brother.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you. It's possible. There was a lot of fighting between the three of them during that time.

[@harryazcrac975]

Great content bro. You did a great job

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I appreciate it! Thanks.

[@countrydawn418]

Excellent job sir.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you!

[@countrydawn418]

@@StrangeandSinister1 Can you make a video about Columbine High School Shooting victims grave site please.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you for the suggestion. I've moved my channel in the direction of featuring haunted locations with paranormal stories/legends. Early on, I made a few true crime videos featuring tragedy graves, like the Ed Gein one, but most of my audience isn't interested in that. Some of my paranormal videos have true crime elements when it overlaps with the ghost stories, but the Columbine graves isn't something I plan to cover unless of course there are some interesting paranormal stories about them or the cemetery they're buried in.

[@countrydawn418]

@@StrangeandSinister1 Ok i got it.

[@tinakazee7504]

Love your videos! Keep up the good work 👏

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you! I'm working on a new video.

[@rjg2394]

A cemetery named Spirit Land! That's something out of cartoon!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I believe there's a ghost story behind the name. I love the old sign at the entrance.

[@cynthiakluck-johnson5895]

That's Wisconsin for you😂

[@94Liturgy]

This was a wild story

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Very wild. And creepy!

[@94Liturgy]

@StrangeandSinister1 Yeah, now I see why other infamous serial killers were appealed by him. Also understand why Norman Bates show was inspired by him. Creepy!!

[@TheCrabbyGuy]

Wisconsin Man is catching up with Florida Man fast.

[@nengthao5618]

One must be truly twisted to even be having that thought and then to be out at the graveyard like that..

[@StrangeandSinister1]

It's crazy. And it was eerie going to the graves he dug up.

[@jeffreybrandes881]

The dead deer was most likely roadkill, since it appears to be a complete skeleton.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Possibly, yes. It probably just got hit by a car. It looks like a small deer.

[@zombieinthehat]

Having never been there, and not knowing a thing about the cemetery outside of this video, I would say monument to unknown soldiers is probably correct. The "Unknown Dead" is a fairly common thing to find on those markers, and not something I would think anybody with any sense would put on a mass grave of murder and graver robbery victims. Also the flag pole right in front of it suggests the same thing. That said, I would have to assume that the mass grave would probably have to have SOME kind of marker, even if it's not lettered for the public to know what it is, but something so the cemetery staff don't dig it up by accident 100 years later.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Good points. I'm thinking it's likely a marker for unknown soldiers.

[@NikkiP-bx2lg]

Love your content. I am sure you have already thought of it but a video on Richard Speck would be interesting. He murdered those nurses a few weeks after my parents got married. That story is wild.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Awesome, I'm glad you enjoy my work. It was fun putting this video together. Speck would be a good one to cover but I'm likely going to be putting out mostly paranormal videos moving forward. The true crime stuff doesn't do well on this channel.

[@gazXspace]

He could fix absolutely anything apparently and although it was used for nefarious reasons look at what he made from body parts, also he had that woman flayed and hung up like a dear within a few hours - yes i know it was all horrific but it shows what a talent he had for craftsmanship. You have to bear in mind he was not so much of a monster but was seriously mentally ill.

[@ouslander1]

Many trips down 39/51 to Presque Isle and back. Although I've heard of Gein, never knew he did his deeds in Central Wisconsin. Great Video 👍👍

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you 😊. I've driven past the Plainfield highway exit my whole life and always thought about the story and how creepy it is. It was eerie going there.

[@alexyouindcreactions4580]

the sound at 54 secs is the sound they used at the intro in the first texas chainsaw

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Yes I added that purposely. I'm a fan of the movie as well.

[@wellston2826]

Ed Gein doesn't actually meet the offical qualifications of a serial killer, unless you pin his brother or some of the unsolved disapperences on him. Gotta have at least three known or proven kills. Nevertheless, it is an interesting and bizarre case. I would say that Ed was more sick than evil actually, and was put where he belonged, a prison for the criminally insane. Very nice coverage, and very thorough. Subbing your channel now. Keep On Keeping On.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you for checking out the video.

[@wellston2826]

@@StrangeandSinister1 Well, thank you for your reply. It's nice when creators actually take the time to speak with their audience once in a while. I really appreciate that.

[@coffee-co8gk]

New video!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

🙂

[@CurtisGrupe]

Do a documentary on charles starkweather

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you for the suggestion. I'll definitely consider it.

[@gazXspace]

Ed was only able to dig up fresh graves that had literally only just been buriied.

[@toddkufahl2958]

I grew up about an hour North of Plainfield. Rumor has it that Ed had quite a reputation for making some of the best sausage. His neighbors were quite fond of it.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I read that he once gave meat to a neighbor lady but she said it smelled bad and threw it out.

[@MamaMOB]

By today's definition Ed Gein was a grave robber and he killed two maybe three people. Not a mass murderer not a serial killer. Just a dude who killed more than one person but less than four. Also most people only think he's responsible for two deaths. Personally I believe he killed his brother. I think that was his first body. A man doesn't go out to the back 40 with his brother and doesn't come back for no reason.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I think he probably killed his brother too but who knows.

[@deirdregarcia2762]

It's odd how it's always the quiet ones😮

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Sometimes, yes.

[@sharronb2476]

It is disgusting that that monster is buried in the same cemetery, especially so close to some of his victims! In the '80's, my then husband bought a paperbook and handed it to me. He thought I would be interested in reading it, since I had recently seen "Texas Chainsaw Massacre". It had black & white pictures in the middle. I looked at those pictures, closed the book and handed it back to him. Told him to get rid of it! There were pictures of his latest victim hanging in the shed. She was the one the men found when they came back from hunting. It was sickening! You made an excellent video, it is an interesting case for sure. I do believe Ed killed his brother, too bad the cops didn't do their job and arrest that maniac. Like you said, all of this insanity and horror could of been prevented! It's terrifying that he actually babysat for children, omg. Thanks for sharing yet another video with us, sorry this is so long! Oh yeah, I remember when Ed Gein died, it was on the news that night and I thought it was disgraceful that after all the horrible things he did, he was allowed to die of (I believe) natural causes in prison. 😡

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you. I agree, it's horrible he was buried there, and what's worse, so close to the people he dug up. It's mind boggling. Yes, the images are sick and I purposely didn't include the gory pictures or go into too much detail about what was found inside the house because there's no need to. The story is more scary, at least to me. Yeah it's crazy to think he was watching people's kids while secretly doing what he did. He was even having dinner with a friend not long after he shot Bernice Worden and mutilated her. 😦

[@sharronb2476]

@StrangeandSinister1 That's chilling. Well anyway, thanks again for another amazing, creepy yet very interesting video, your content is always awesome!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you! 😊

[@Shawn-Leider]

I’ve lived in almond wi and hung out Plainfield a lot. And I didn’t know most of the locations outside the graveyard and hardware store

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Yeah the little cemetery there is one of the places where he dug people up. I believe there is also a non related ghost story about that cemetery. I'm referring to Spirit Land Cemetery.

[@rgarlinyc]

Wow, Ed Gein sure was someone you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley. Yeah, completely plausible that he killed his brother too. But I can;t get over the grave robberies - imagine the state you'd find the bodies in! There really is no bottom to how low the human mind can sink...

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Yeah the theory is he wanted his mother all to himself and that's why many believe his brother's death wasn't an accident. Plus the brother was speaking out against their mother. Some of the bodies he dug up were fresh but some had been buried for years. He said in an interview that he didn't sleep with them because "they smelled too bad". 😦

[@rgarlinyc]

@@StrangeandSinister1 Oh....that last quote! 🤮🤮

[@StrangeandSinister1]

The most disturbing part is he watched his neighbors kids and even knew some of the people he dug up. Crazy story.

[@rgarlinyc]

@@StrangeandSinister1 Indeed! I was thinking of what the parents who asked him to babysit thought about their decision after the truth came out. Yowzer!

[@dane279]

I imagine the story of Gien digging up his mother comes from the movie Psycho which is partially based on Ed Gien.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Probably. Who knows.

[@aesgaard41]

The person you think is Harry Gein isn't him. It's actually Elmo Ueeck, one of Ed's neighbors. I'd also like to mention Bernice's body was found in the summer kitchen connected to the house, not a shed.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

👍

[@cg3868]

alot of twisted sh!t happens up here in cow country.

[@noless78]

Yes 😊

[@StrangeandSinister1]

😊

[@THREESISTERS15]

Its still a strange little town.

[@CoryAnn666]

Wisconsinite here i live 30min from the place. Grandparents would talk about this guy.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Wow, creepy! I bet they had some scary stories.

[@martincvitkovich724]

Ed sounds like a real cool guy

[@kimglass4851]

Still watching your video but that woodshed was not Eds. The house was burned and all other structures were leveled.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

It's not the same building in the same place or a rebuilt structure of the original? It looks like those same pine trees are in front of it in the photo I show at the end. I know the house burned down shortly after his arrest but whatever that small building is looks very similar to the building in the photo I show. The trees line up.

[@kimglass4851]

@@StrangeandSinister1 I know all buildings were leveled and when I seen the property in late 80s, that wasnt there so who ever bought it may have rebuilt it.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Then they must have built a new building on the existing slab there. That could be the case. Because the building is definitely in the same place. The pine trees line up.

[@Veronica.A.]

At first I thought he was a necromaniac. But, I doubt he engaged in any intimacy with the bodies and that would be more sickening because of the smell they emanate. And his obsession for his mother made him to murder two middle aged women and dig up bodies of middle aged women. Man actually hated his mother from the very bottom of his heart. Infact, he hated his whole family that's why yes, I feel he killed his older bro.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I read that when questioned by police he denied intimacy with the corpses because he said "they smelled too bad". Who knows if he did or not, but he allegedly slept in the same bed with them 😦. Agreed, I think he likely killed Henry and possibly the people who disappeared, although I believe he did pass a lie detector test. The whole story is bonkers.

[@Veronica.A.]

@@StrangeandSinister1 he slept near them?! Jeez. The thought would make anyone sick. Yeah, the whole story is completely messed up.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Allegedly, yes. It's very disturbing.

[@maciejflisak5249]

it's sad Ed could have been an ordinary person living a normal life, had a job, a wife, children, unfortunately his sick, religious, fanatical mother brutally took that away from him and manipulated him, his brother was able to oppose her, that's why he died at the hands of Ed, who was already suffering from schizophrenia :///////

[@slayskool777]

He must have had a lot of time because digging 6' of earth is not easy for such small old man.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

That's what I was thinking. The soil in that part of WI is very sandy so it would be easier to dig than dirt, but still, I imagine it took him hours to dig the holes. Very disturbing.

[@slayskool777]

@@StrangeandSinister1 10 graves by himself! He was in good shape.

[@eddieb3788]

My child hood place

[@damarysdingui]

People like Ed Gein it's like demons walk among us.. Thanks for the creepy content, my friend..👋😊💖

[@StrangeandSinister1]

You're welcome. 😊 Agreed. I've always thought this story was creepy. Perfect for my channel.

[@havocmaverick]

The deer was hit with a car and was left in place. This happens all the time in wisconsin and there are many deer carcass on the side of the road. It was not left there intentionally.

[@cynthiakluck-johnson5895]

The subculture up there is really weird. If a person is kind of "weird" or "quirky" they don't really do a lot with that. I don't know how it is now but back in the day, law enforcement would just kind of brush off the weird ones and live and let be, so to speak.

[@jimmyanderson1011]

Anyone check the outhouse? My parents stopped in Plainfield before Eddie was caught my dad had to have a beer so they went into the bar where Eddie brought in sausage’s from time to time . I live about forty miles east of Plainfield it’s still a great little town .

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I filmed an outhouse on Gein's former house site but didn't include the footage in the video.

[@cheryllucas.3944]

Someone asked me if I ever heard Wisconsin. My answer... Milk, cow's, Ed Gein...

[@MosesGomez-o7e]

He was just misunderstood and Ed began taking bodies home because he was lonely .

[@andreajanota6258]

A true horror story…

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Yes, that's the scary part..... that it really happened.

[@Rick_Cleland]

[@cindylehman4818]

When his house burned down the fire department watched it burn. They made no attempt to put it out. People wanted it gone.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I can imagine. The house of horrors.

[@donurb9659]

Is the former Gein property haunted?

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I'm not sure.

[@robquin1525]

You excited to see Charlie hunnam Play Gein?

[@StrangeandSinister1]

It'll be interesting to watch.

[@LoneWoIf510]

The original Buffalo Bill

[@StrangeandSinister1]

And leather face.

[@Rick_Cleland]

_And_ Norman Bates...

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I really liked Bates Motel. Awesome show.

[@Snakesnarl]

Sounds like you have a Wisconsin accent

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I've been told more of a Chicago accent and occasionally WI. I've been going up there my whole life so that's probably why.

[@justinlareau2227]

Waupun is pronounced wah-pahn. Fyi .. I'm from the area

[@StrangeandSinister1]

👍 Thank you. Some of those WI names are tricky to pronounce correctly.

[@justinlareau2227]

@@StrangeandSinister1 yes they are. Very interesting native American names. And no worries everyone pernounces Waupun incorrectly that isn't from the area around the town. Wanted to say I enjoyed your video. Was very detailed and interesting.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you! I uploaded a new video last night too. Haunted cemeteries and legends of Whitewater.

[@justinlareau2227]

@@StrangeandSinister1 awesome I'll check it out

[@johnshields6852]

He wasn't a prolific killer but he made up for that with his freakiness

[@StrangeandSinister1]

And his creepiness.

[@moonbot1683]

👍

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you!

[@moijames3638]

deym

[@chad4208]

Its ALWAYS religion

[@PRHILL9696]

Religion has caused so much misery and evil that is a fact

[@BeesleyStudios]

I’m sure the dead don’t care if eddies buried there.

[@aaronsaunders6974]

surely, there’s more bodies i’m not convinced he killed his brother. not enough good evidence, just speculation. dk about the deer hunters 👀

[@StrangeandSinister1]

He could have dug up others. Who knows.

[@RobertRobinson-dy3rj]

Ed Gein 1906 - 1984 💀

[@StrangeandSinister1]

It's a crazy story.

[@dakistle]

That deer was hit by a car.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Probably, yes.

[@dakistle]

@@StrangeandSinister1 Also, that building is not Gein's woodshed. I drove by today and gave it a good hard look. The two buildings on the site are a hunter's shack and what looks like an out house or wood shed. Both of which were obviously put there by the current land owner.

[@lisabunnie22960]

I honestly have doubts about the "facts" of this case. There are just too many questions. I think it's mostly uncontrolled legend and rumors.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

What are you doubtful about? He dug up ten people, mutilated their bodies and murdered two people (possibly more).

[@RobertRobinson-dy3rj]

He was a member of the La cross team 😂

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Now that's a funny image to think about lol.

[@stephenkehl7158]

My family lived nearby. In the summer of 1957, my mother worked an evening shift and was on her way home around 1am. There was a cemetery on the corner where she had to turn left, and her headlights shone into the cemetery, revealing someone digging. This was not necessarily unusual. Back then, if someone died of a virulent disease like tuberculosis, they were interred as quickly as possible and a gravedigger might work through the night to have a grave ready for a service the next day. But when my mother inquired the next morning as to who died and was being buried in that cemetery, there was no funeral scheduled. It was mentioned that a young woman who died in childbirth had been buried there a couple of days before, but nothing new. Later, it was determined that one of Gein’s graverobbing victims was that young woman.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

😦 Was it Spiritland Cemetery? It's a small cemetery near the corner of an intersection.

[@stephenkehl7158]

@@StrangeandSinister1 Yup.

[@rickylmoe4018]

Good story good narration. I never heard this story and I'm old guy you say he was an inspiration for movies, Ed is a franchise. The cops new he killed his brother they just didn't want to be bothered or what is motivated enough.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you!

[@ShempHoward92]

I dont know whos worse Ed Gein or Ted Bundy 🤔

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Good question. Gein was more creepy to me with the grave robbing, but Bundy was scary too.

[@ShempHoward92]

@@StrangeandSinister1 Yeah I agree, even though Ted Bundy killed more.

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

The woman that he hung up in the was friends with. He was also a professional mourner and would attend funerals for people who didn't have anyone or very few people to attend and would go back later and rob the grave.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Creepy! What a psychopath.

[@melmen2379]

This guy was worse much worse than Jeffrey dahmer

[@StrangeandSinister1]

It's hard to say, but Dahmer killed more people. They're both horrible, but I find Gein to be more creepy than Dahmer.

[@melmen2379]

@@StrangeandSinister1 oh definitely. He just scares me way more. But the fact he gutted his victims and made things out of their body parts just makes it worse. He had bowls made out of skulls?! Body's hanging from meat hooks just beyond words.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

For sure, it's really scary.

[@melmen2379]

@@StrangeandSinister1 his mother also looked terrifying. She's partly responsible for how ed turned out.

[@359Joey]

Good job. Trust me, your not gonna find a single person more obsessed with Gein than me lol. I live in Colorado, and have made the trip 10 times now to Plainfield to study these sites. I learned alot more about the case by visiting the museum in Wautoma, which is actually the old jail Gein was held in. I spent HOURS going through all the old documents on the case, You only really missed the Hills house location, which is where Gein was arrested while having dinner that night. Crazy to think he butchered Bernice Worden, left her hanging, then went to the Hills house for dinner. I only noticed two mistakes you made, one being that Ed didnt drag Mary Hogans body all the way to his farm in a sled. He loaded her into his truck because police found the blood trail in the snow ending where a vehicle was parked, and could clearly see Eds tire tracks leaving the scene. Second, no structures standing on Geins old property are original. The wood/storage shed you thought might be his is fairly new, and south a couple hundred yards of where the house stood. Bernice was found in the summer kitchen, which was just a shed basically attached to the west end of his house. I have a bunch of neat pics i can send you if interested. Good job on the video!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you for the comment. The museum does look really interesting. I almost went there but didn't have enough time. I wasn't sure about the actual way he got Hogan's body back to the farm. One version I read said a sled and another a truck. A truck definitely makes more sense since that's a really long distance to pull a corpse on a sled. For the shed I filmed, I do believe the building was rebuilt on the same foundation because it looks like the same pine trees from the black and white photos are in front of it. I think they rebuilt the walls on the same slab. The building is the same shape and size as the old pictures. It was a creepy place to visit in person.

[@RobertRobinson-dy3rj]

Ed Gein was a draft dodger 😢

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Interesting. I didn't know that.