where did ed gein kill

Ed Gein committed his killings in the area around Plainfield, Wisconsin. He killed at least two known victims locally: Mary Hogan, a tavern owner, in 1954, and Bernice Worden, a hardware store owner, in 1957. Both murders took place near his hometown of Plainfield. Gein's crimes became notorious when authorities discovered human remains and body parts he had exhumed from graves and used to create grotesque items in his farmhouse outside Plainfield.