Who Was Ed Gein's Mother? Inside the Serial Killer's Childhood

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Ed Gein is an American serial killer who inspired films like Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

He confessed to killing two women, and police found the remains of at least 10 women in his home

Gein — who is portrayed by Charlie Hunnam in Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story — told authorities that he exhumed graves of women who reminded him of his mother

Ed Gein had a complicated relationship with his mother, Augusta Wilhelmine Gein.

The American serial killer, whose crimes would go on to inspire a flurry of horror films (including Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ), was also known as the Butcher of Plainfield. Ed was arrested in 1957 after he was linked to the disappearance of a local hardware store owner, Bernice Worden, per History .

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