Serial Murderer Ed Gein

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bars and drink himself drunk(Hotvedt). He was often a coward to his
wife and cowered in fear of her. This led him to become an alcoholic to
escape the verbal abuse. His wife would often pray in front of their sons
for the death of him. Her wishes finally came true when he died in 1940 of
causes unknown (Woods 22).
Gein's mother Augusta emerged as the dominant parent, settling most
family decisions on her own. Devoutly religious, she warned her two sons
against premarital sex, but Gein recalled that she was "not as strong" in
her opposition to masturbation(Gollmar 31). She always impressed on her
children the importance of doing the right thing. She tried to instill in
her sons the teachings of scriptures and a deep suspicion of women as
deceivers and whores. Augusta later in 1941 suffered a stroke which left
her bed ridden for awhile. Ed says it was because of the way his neighbors
constantly argued and how much it upset his mother(Schechter 43). Ed was
in charge of ...

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from the Philippines. Ed found them very interesting and
showed them off to many people in the community. From childhood, Gein had
been uncertain about his masculinity, considering amputation of his penis
on several occasions. He often considered transsexual surgery, but the
process was costly and frightening. There must be other ways, he thought,
of "turning female" on a part-time basis. As time went on he also became
interested in the preservation of the human body after death and read books
on the subject (Gollmar 74).
Between 1950 and 1954, Gein haunted three local cemeteries, opening
an estimated nine or ten graves in his, nocturnal raids. He might remove
whole corpses ...

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