Ed Gein had a freakish obsession with his mother, and when she died, his descent into madness unraveled, leading him to a life of sadistic and twisted crimes.
He grew up in rural Wisconsin on a ramshackled farm and became his mother, Augusta Gein's sick possession. After the devoutly religious woman died, he became 'The Butcher of Plainfield,' a body snatcher and grave robber, who preyed upon dead victims.
When he wasn't digging up bodies, dismembering and skinning them, he would go on a killing spree. It is believed he murdered at least two women - potentially more.
He would also turn the skin of some of his victims into suits, and wear them.
Though Gein may not have been as well-known as Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer, his evil ways became the inspiration for many iconic films in the horror genre by legendary filmmakers such as Jonathan Demme, Alfred Hitchcock, and Tobe Hooper.
