Ed Gein was sent to a psychiatric hospital after his arrest on a charge of first-degree murder in 1957. Here's what doctors ...

Did Ed Gein really kill a head nurse? The true story compared to what is shown in Monster and who he actually killed.

Netflix’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story goes far into the disturbing mind of Ed Gein, the real-life killer who inspired horror icons like Norman Bates and Leatherface. But beneath the gruesome crimes and ...

Ed Gein had a seriously chilling four-word response when asked if he was a cannibal or necrophiliac as new Monster series ...

Monster: The Ed Gein Story on Netflix is set in 1950s Wisconsin, revolving around the story of the real-life infamous killer Ed Gein. He was known as the “Butcher of Plainfield” and the “Plainfield ...

As depicted in Netflix’s latest installment of Monster, Ed Gein is one of the most chilling figures in American crime history ...

Gein died at age 77 on July 26, 1984. His cause of death was respiratory failure related to lung cancer. After a judge ordered Gein committed to Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in ...

Gein was arrested in 1957 after he was suspected of killing Bernice Worden, a local hardware store owner. When authorities ...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Gein pleaded not guilty, claiming insanity, and avoided a trial. Eventually, though, he was ruled competent and convicted of Worden’s murder during a ...

In the series, he is diagnosed with schizophrenia, depicted through vivid hallucinations and hearing the voice of his mother Augusta Gein (played by Laurie Metcalf).

Despite Gein's admission of murdering Hogan and Worden, his lawyer entered a plea of “not guilty by reason of insanity.” As a ...

Ed Gein lived in Plainfield, Wisconsin, on a dilapidated farmhouse, where authorities discovered human remains in 1957. The ...