Edward Theodore Gein (pronounced ) (August 27 1906 – July 26 1984) was a notorious American killer. Though only two murders on his part were proven, he gained great infamy due to necrophiliac behavior (which involved the skinning of his murder victims and exhumed corpses, the decoration of his home with parts of corpses, and the creation of articles of clothing and furniture from the skin of corpses). Although he is considered to have engaged in necrophiliac behavior, there is no significant evidence to prove that he engaged in sex with the corpses. Besides the death of his brother in 1944 under mysterious circumstances, six people disappeared from the Wisconsin towns of La Crosse and Plainfield between 1947 and 1957. Biography Childhood Edward Theodore Gein was born to George P. Gein (1873 – 1 April 1940) and wife (married Vernon County, Wisconsin, 11 December 1900) Augusta Lehrke (21 July 1877 &nd

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