Inside Ed Gein Serial Killer's House

<div style="text-align: justify;">Edward Theodore Ed Gein (August 27, 1906 - July 26, 1984) was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety after authorities discovered Gein had exhumed corpses from local graveyards and fashioned trophies and keepsakes from their bones and skin. After police found body parts in his house in 1957, Gein confessed to killing two women, tavern owner Mary Hogan in 1954 and a Plainfield hardware store owner Bernice Worden in 1957.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Initially found unfit to stand trial, following confinement in a mental health facility he was tried in 1968 for the murder of Worden and sentenced to life imprisonment, which he spent in a mental hospital. The body of Bernice Worden was found in Gein's shed, her head and the head of Mary Hogan were found inside his house. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Robert H. Gollmar, the judge in the Gein case, wrote: "<i>Due to prohibitive costs, Gein was tried for only one murder that of Mrs. Worden.</i>" With fewer than three murders attributed to him, Gein does not meet the traditional definition of a serial killer. His case influenced the creation of several fictional serial killers, including Norman Bates from Psycho, Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Jame Gumb from The Silence of the Lambs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On July 26, 1984, Gein died of respiratory and heart failure due to cancer at the age of 77 in Stovall Hall at the Mendota Mental Health Institute. His grave site in the Plainfield cemetery was frequently vandalized over the years; souvenir seekers chipped off pieces of his gravestone before the bulk of it was stolen in 2000. The gravestone was recovered in June 2001 near Seattle and is now in a museum in Waushara County.</div><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2k36XplSQyUSHEvy-tYREr5jaXxPxJrsacUb1NUMGv_ymg6-OD3RNwb1lFWY1wLRkd3KlvrelmUWLo5SExgyRAw5Zera9lf5Ew4vZ6U2rLa1p9FM4gGyIX73uHIHy-m5LihfGtvoyXwQ/s1600/Inside+a+Serial+Killer%2527s+House+-+Photo+Gallery+-+LIFE+-+001.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2k36XplSQyUSHEvy-tYREr5jaXxPxJrsacUb1NUMGv_ymg6-OD3RNwb1lFWY1wLRkd3KlvrelmUWLo5SExgyRAw5Zera9lf5Ew4vZ6U2rLa1p9FM4gGyIX73uHIHy-m5LihfGtvoyXwQ/s640/Inside+a+Serial+Killer%2527s+House+-+Photo+Gallery+-+LIFE+-+001.bmp" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of all the best-known American serial killers, none has had a greater cultural impact than Ed Gein, the Wisconsin maniac whose reign of terror began in 1947. Shortly after his arrest in 1957, LIFE sent photographers to Plainfield, Wis., where Gein passed most of his troubled existence, and documented the riveting details about his case as they unfolded.</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajouW9RtpEJza-J4JW9TdyzSjzTkCpj65vWT89t2R6oClB6dXACYl6WuwikHrm40pmIV4l8JDfVAL__wtAEqkQ5stTNf26OcmgJFloSwuYHXo8jyLyU-fgxOM0c0viwATIIOCTn0hyphenhyphenWk/s1600/Ed+Gein+-+Ed+Gein+-+Inside+a+Serial+Killer%2527s+House+-+Photo+Gallery+-+LIFE+-+02.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajouW9RtpEJza-J4JW9TdyzSjzTkCpj65vWT89t2R6oClB6dXACYl6WuwikHrm40pmIV4l8JDfVAL__wtAEqkQ5stTNf26OcmgJFloSwuYHXo8jyLyU-fgxOM0c0viwATIIOCTn0hyphenhyphenWk/s640/Ed+Gein+-+Ed+Gein+-+Inside+a+Serial+Killer%2527s+House+-+Photo+Gallery+-+LIFE+-+02.bmp" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Gein story gripped the national consciousness, perhaps because the man was so very average — a small-town farmer and handyman. His case took many years to unravel, and he was eventually convicted of only two murders, but police suspect there were far more than that. When they examined his house they found the remains of around 40 people, most of whom Gein claimed to have collected through graverobbing.</td></tr></tbody></table><br><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/11/inside-ed-gein-serial-killers-house.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Inside Ed Gein Serial Killer's House

Edward Theodore Ed Gein (August 27, 1906 - July 26, 1984) was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his homet...

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19 Bizarre Houses In The World

<div style="text-align: justify;">Most of us have wildly different ideas about what a dream house should look like. For some, it's a Cape Cod-style cottage, while others crave the warmth of a Charles and Henry Greene California bungalow. But there aren't too many people we know who fantasize about living inside of a giant seashell. Or Bilbo Baggins' home in the Shire. Or a 110-ton steel pig. But, in the spirit of to each his own, rounded up some of the craziest houses in the world for your voyeuristic pleasure. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Do you like to call one of these inventive designs home sweet home?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKhYyGS3Foyb70hqltar-Uk3swH9ZVEKkHgDJ2qngRJ05Cqb5IGI8cWkU-UDxoIG4-fSLrCtmGaOizlmgULM2oOX6vA27TcNTRv4RHiVLqBSw_XTxXqnd_UAsv3q3oZKhf24O8ibWNZ8A/s1600/250531_1652213438832_1641919618_1220697_5710404_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKhYyGS3Foyb70hqltar-Uk3swH9ZVEKkHgDJ2qngRJ05Cqb5IGI8cWkU-UDxoIG4-fSLrCtmGaOizlmgULM2oOX6vA27TcNTRv4RHiVLqBSw_XTxXqnd_UAsv3q3oZKhf24O8ibWNZ8A/s640/250531_1652213438832_1641919618_1220697_5710404_n.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">World War II Plane House - Cheras, Malaysia. Normal Terrace house but with awesome World War II Plane as decoration.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBEKjZZYAT1Y5STojg_oyLj-UWbjeEJFts-g5ZixW0hjKy5KMp8-lSsgASIzhM9lZQ3DrQcrqZnLFygko4e05k2gpjrmvzYcznv7VuyZipNBZr4NkHeAuswJjvQdh_axVdkNEfivAdR73/s1600/strange-homes-stone-house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBEKjZZYAT1Y5STojg_oyLj-UWbjeEJFts-g5ZixW0hjKy5KMp8-lSsgASIzhM9lZQ3DrQcrqZnLFygko4e05k2gpjrmvzYcznv7VuyZipNBZr4NkHeAuswJjvQdh_axVdkNEfivAdR73/s640/strange-homes-stone-house.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Casa Do Penedo - Portugal. The House of Stone was built as a rural retreat back in 1974 between four large boulders found on the site.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/10/19-bizarre-houses-in-world.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

19 Bizarre Houses In The World

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Tajikistan President Vacation House

Would you like to visit the summer house of the President of Tajikistan? Well, you are invited...<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBtu_1yeEq_HTr_zulqvWxoQAeyP3tIqTwfGRXVLU5Q3608RGxcs3C1w7UK4BEkZEtP61eHH0kRrScuXeinWRzQxxq0wk3aSSPD0z9Bcnpgk7WXlGVKC4MWnFIGo1whH_fBI4h0JOG_WF/s1600/Tajikistan+President+Summer+House+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBtu_1yeEq_HTr_zulqvWxoQAeyP3tIqTwfGRXVLU5Q3608RGxcs3C1w7UK4BEkZEtP61eHH0kRrScuXeinWRzQxxq0wk3aSSPD0z9Bcnpgk7WXlGVKC4MWnFIGo1whH_fBI4h0JOG_WF/s1600/Tajikistan+President+Summer+House+001.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6U_k1aesNyJF0dwyCL1_hCA4STxdnMghdXgvFxZZamT6VI9koo3iJKaPW0N7bRfHr_-HKQj7BgUvO0yCBY_3oaNZU84xs7i2qfaSffn0lfhWqmzv1j2aE5L1H5RTZ4MVyQbBVRsl3UKI/s1600/Tajikistan+President+Summer+House+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6U_k1aesNyJF0dwyCL1_hCA4STxdnMghdXgvFxZZamT6VI9koo3iJKaPW0N7bRfHr_-HKQj7BgUvO0yCBY_3oaNZU84xs7i2qfaSffn0lfhWqmzv1j2aE5L1H5RTZ4MVyQbBVRsl3UKI/s1600/Tajikistan+President+Summer+House+002.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/10/tajikistan-president-vacation-house.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Tajikistan President Vacation House

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Real Life Simpsons House

<div style="text-align: justify;">742 Evergreen Terrace is the fictional street address in Springfield of the Simpson family home in the animated television series, The Simpsons and in the feature film The Simpsons Movie. In the series the house is currently owned by Homer Simpson. It is named after The Evergreen State College, Matt Groening's alma mater.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfu5d57_6_YQOtnvNsBrtOWAeYtNSFsRKi4D2oLbfgJo8MLKSt39Fd1TF4bw-mtToa0WY-RdqbT0q6jBJYNAt39H_P9w3L1sqq7w35VZ2hBJ__BulmkHinP1t50I0TmDlY5eg3WQ4hyphenhyphenIs/s1600/742_Evergreen_Terrace.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfu5d57_6_YQOtnvNsBrtOWAeYtNSFsRKi4D2oLbfgJo8MLKSt39Fd1TF4bw-mtToa0WY-RdqbT0q6jBJYNAt39H_P9w3L1sqq7w35VZ2hBJ__BulmkHinP1t50I0TmDlY5eg3WQ4hyphenhyphenIs/s640/742_Evergreen_Terrace.png" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To the left of the Simpsons' house is the Flanders family's house, at 744 Evergreen Terrace. The house on the right has been occupied by various owners, including Ruth and Laura Powers, Sideshow Bob and the extended Flanders family (Ted Flanders and his daughters Connie and Bonnie). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA323l5NOSdvaBBWXpehyJAWqC5gmAC69-nMYRs1OcJhvdQGKAprzehFN2WBQG2nXP8lWH-RMLtZkgQOwUqC4Og9Gn8hg-_Z5jtCXcKdi7JUFPqAv_6o94xD_mH-ZUyRkLT99IZU-Cfug/s1600/1311951092_1002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA323l5NOSdvaBBWXpehyJAWqC5gmAC69-nMYRs1OcJhvdQGKAprzehFN2WBQG2nXP8lWH-RMLtZkgQOwUqC4Og9Gn8hg-_Z5jtCXcKdi7JUFPqAv_6o94xD_mH-ZUyRkLT99IZU-Cfug/s640/1311951092_1002.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A real-life replica of the house was constructed at 712 Red Bark Lane in Henderson, Nevada as part of a contest in 1997. The real house of the Simpson Family cost USD 120,000 and was as a prize for winning the competition that was sponsored by the Fox network and the Pepsi Cola Company. The house is located in Henderson, Nevada.<br><br></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/08/real-life-simpsons-house.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Real Life Simpsons House

742 Evergreen Terrace is the fictional street address in Springfield of the Simpson family home in the animated television series, The Simps...

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