In the small town of Plainfield, Wisc., Ed Gein was seen as a quiet, odd man who mostly kept to himself. But in November 1957, a police search of his farm revealed evidence that linked him to a shocking murder investigation — and turned him into one of the most infamous serial killers in U.S. history.

On the property, investigators found a woman’s decapitated body in his shed and the head of another woman in his bedroom. The recent disappearance of local hardware store owner Bernice Worden led police to Gein after they found a receipt for antifreeze with his name on it, A&E reported.

Investigators discovered that Gein's home was filled with human remains and organs , many of which he collected from corpses exhumed from graves. He also had clothing, furniture, a lampshade and mask

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