Edward Gein Research Paper
Edward Gein was the inspiration behind the 1959 novel that was adapted into the movie Psycho in 1960. He was also the inspiration for many horror movies in later years too. He's been inspiring horror writers and filmmakers since his crimes were revealed in 1957.
Gein was born in 1906 and raised in a farmhouse in rural Wisconsin with his older brother, Henry. The biggest influence on Ed was his mother, Augusta, who was said to have been a fantatical Christian woman who isolated the boys and taught them that women and sex itself were evil.
When Ed was thrust into social situations, he was scared and shy, which caused other children to tease him. This lead to him leaning even closer to his domineering mother. Ed's father never had a real hand …show more content…
Augusta died in 1945 from a stroke. After her death, he created a shrine to his mother. He sealed any rooms that reminded him of her. It's reported that he became obsessed with dead people at this time. He read obituaries and visited graveyards. Later, it was learned that he exhumed at least nine bodies during these visits.
In 1957, authorities found the decapitated body of Bernice Worden along with body parts, bowls as well as wastebaskets made from human skin and a mask of human skin. The mask was later identified as Mary Hogan's face, which was a woman who had gone missing.
It was reported that Ed didn't like the way the skin from older corpses would crack, so that's why he started to kidnap and kill live women. He claimed that he didn't remember specific details of these crimes since he was in a daze though.
The details of the crimes are what inspired horror film makers to fashion characters like leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs who would both wear skins from their victims.
While Gein died in 1984, his crimes still haunt and inspire macabre and horrific stories in movies and television. There's a current television show inspired by the story of Ed Gein and the Psycho movie called the Bates
Gein was born in 1906 and raised in a farmhouse in rural Wisconsin with his older brother, Henry. The biggest influence on Ed was his mother, Augusta, who was said to have been a fantatical Christian woman who isolated the boys and taught them that women and sex itself were evil.
When Ed was thrust into social situations, he was scared and shy, which caused other children to tease him. This lead to him leaning even closer to his domineering mother. Ed's father never had a real hand …show more content…
Augusta died in 1945 from a stroke. After her death, he created a shrine to his mother. He sealed any rooms that reminded him of her. It's reported that he became obsessed with dead people at this time. He read obituaries and visited graveyards. Later, it was learned that he exhumed at least nine bodies during these visits.
In 1957, authorities found the decapitated body of Bernice Worden along with body parts, bowls as well as wastebaskets made from human skin and a mask of human skin. The mask was later identified as Mary Hogan's face, which was a woman who had gone missing.
It was reported that Ed didn't like the way the skin from older corpses would crack, so that's why he started to kidnap and kill live women. He claimed that he didn't remember specific details of these crimes since he was in a daze though.
The details of the crimes are what inspired horror film makers to fashion characters like leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs who would both wear skins from their victims.
While Gein died in 1984, his crimes still haunt and inspire macabre and horrific stories in movies and television. There's a current television show inspired by the story of Ed Gein and the Psycho movie called the Bates