Ed Geen is one of the famous American maniacs. It is the prototype of many box office horror programs, including the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. Officially, only two victims are listed behind him, about ten murders remained unproven. Legends still circulate about Gin's life and his crimes.
Biography: early years
Ed (full name - Edward Theodore) Gin was born on August 27, 1906 in the small American town of Plainfield, in Wisconsin. He had an older brother Henry. The Gin family was reputed to be dysfunctional. My father was an unemployed alcoholic, and my mother sold groceries in her own small shop. Parents hated each other, but did not get divorced due to religious views.
Ed's mother grew up in a strict Lutheran family. She was obsessed with religion and read the Bible to her sons every day. Mother also inspired them that everything in the modern world is obsessed with lust, and all women are fallen. She forbade children to communicate with peers and burdened them with hard work on the farm. And if her sons disobeyed, her mother severely beat them and scoffed at them in every possible way, as if taking out her unsettled life on them.
In 1939, his father died. After this, the brothers began to leave the house more often. They interrupted by casual earnings in order to cover urgent expenses. Ed often sat for money with neighboring children.
Henry's older brother repeatedly argued with a fanatical mother. Ed, who literally idolized her, did not like it. In 1944, Henry died in a farm fire. No one began to investigate his death. Subsequently, experts doubted that he died by his death. A version was put forward about Ed's involvement in the death of his brother.
Crime
A year after the death of Henry, his mother died. Ed was then 39 years old. He was left on the farm alone. At this time, he began to get involved in books on the anatomy and atrocities of the Nazis. Neighboring lonely Ed did not seem dangerous, they considered him a local crank.
Soon he began to wear women's clothing. In an investigative experiment, Ed explained this by his longing for his mother. Then followed the excavation of fresh graves of women. He carried the bodies home and was engaged in their dismemberment. Gin made various objects from body parts. So, the police found in his house a chair covered with human skin and a lampshade, dishes from skulls.
Gin committed his first murder in 1954. His victim was the owner of the local eatery Mary Hogan. The next murder occurred in 1957. Ed calmly killed and dismembered the store owner Bernice Warden. At the scene of the crime, Gin dropped a receipt. On it and the police came out.
According to American law, Ed was waiting for an electric chair. However, the jury found him insane. He was placed in a clinic for treatment. In 1984, he died within its walls.
