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Ed Gein was arrested for the murders of two women in 1957 after police discovered their remains and the body parts of other individuals in his Wisconsin home. Here's everything to know about what happened to Ed Gein's house.
Introduced in episode 3 of Monster: The Ed Gein Story, the fictional Evelyn Hartley is a young woman living in Wisconsin who leaves her babysitting gig as she struggles with a polio diagnosis. Her replacement is Ed Gein, after his girlfriend Adeline Watkins accepts his marriage proposal.
Gein is portrayed by actor Charlie Hunnam in the new Netflix series "Monster: The Ed Gein Story," which began streaming on Oct. 3. Gein's influence on the horror and suspense genres has been profound, from films in the 1960s to the present day.
Here’s everything to know about Ed Gein’s death, including when and how he died, and why he has an unmarked grave.
Watkins claimed to have been in a decades-long relationship with Gein. Learn more about her and her claims about the deceased serial killer.
Gein was arrested in 1957 after he was suspected of killing Bernice Worden, a local hardware store owner. When authorities went to Gein's home to question him, no one answered the door, but investigators saw the body of a woman hanging by the heels, according to the Associated Press.
Ed Gein is the subject of a new Netflix miniseries. Known as the Butcher of Plainfield, Gein's story includes a house of horrors on a Wisconsin farm.
Played by Suzanna Son, Adeline in the dramatized (and largely outright fictional) Ed Gein Story is Gein's longtime girlfriend. Watkins is, in fact, a real person who inspired the character Adeline in the show. However, based on Watkins' own accounts, their relationship was quite different than one shown in the series.
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