Ed Gein was known for being an American murderer, grave robber, and body snatcher infamous for his gruesome crimes in the 1950s in Plainfield, Wisconsin. He confessed to killing two women, Mary Hogan and Bernice Worden, and was found to have exhumed corpses from local graves to create macabre items like furniture and clothing made from human skin. His house contained human body parts fashioned into various objects, including skulls used as bowls, preserved skin masks, and a "woman suit" made from human skin. Gein's crimes and disturbed psychology had a profound impact on popular culture, inspiring many horror movies and characters such as Norman Bates in "Psycho" and Leatherface in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." He was found guilty of murder but declared legally insane and spent the rest of his life in psychiatric institutions until his death in 1984.
