Ed Gein: The Real Face Behind the Butcher of Plainfield

Hispanic Heritage Festival - September 19, 2025

Horrors on Instagram: "Ed Gein, often called the “Butcher of Plainfield,” was one of the most infamous killers in American history. Living in rural Wisconsin in the 1940s and 50s, he appeared to be an unassuming farmhand. But after his mother’s death, his obsessions with death and the female body spiraled into something grotesque. When police entered his farmhouse in 1957, they uncovered a nightmare. Inside were bowls made from human skulls, lampshades stitched from skin, masks crafted from face