convicted murderer dubbed the "skin suit killer" would make 'trophies' such as nipple belts and skull bowls from the remains of corpses he dug up.
Ed Gein was convicted of the murder of one woman, confessed to the murder of another, but was found legally insane and was remanded to a psychiatric institution until his death.His gruesome crimes would go on to inspire a number of horror stories, including Psycho, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's 'Leatherface'.Gein grew up on a secluded farm in Plainfield, Wisconsin, USA, where his mother took advantage of the isolation by turning away outsiders who could have influenced Gein and his brother, Henry, with the pair only leaving the farm to go to school and were punished if they tried to make.
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