Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield

The Wisconsin farmer who inspired Psycho, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Silence of the Lambs. Two confirmed murders and the graves he robbed. Mrs. Worden missing from the hardware store on November 16, 1957. The barn on the Plainfield property. The furniture made from human remains. The masks of skin. Alfred Hitchcock reading the newspaper. Norman Bates. Buffalo Bill. Leatherface. The killer who became American horror's founding father. — a daily series with new episodes every day.

Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield is a history podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 0 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  The Woman Suit: Ed Gein's Obsession, the Graves, and the Crimes

  Aug 30, 202613 minS0

  (00:00:00) The Woman Suit: Ed Gein's Obsession, the Graves, and the Crimes<br /> (00:00:42) Augusta's World<br /> (00:02:01) The Deaths Before the Crimes<br /> (00:03:19) The Grave Robbing Years<br /> (00:04:31) What He Built in That Farmhouse<br /> (00:05:41) Mary Hogan, Nineteen Fifty-Four<br /> (00:06:30) November Sixteenth, Nineteen Fifty-Seven<br /> (00:07:27) The Arrest and What Followed<br /> (00:08:46) Alfred Hitchcock Reads the Paper<br /> (00:10:04) The Template Multiplies<br /> (00:11:21) The Bigger Issue<br /> (00:12:46) What We Know Now<br /> <br /> Inside a decaying farmhouse outside Plainfield, Wisconsin, Ed Gein had built something that investigators were not prepared to find. Chairs upholstered with human skin. Bowls fashioned from skulls. Masks made from...

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  November 16, 1957: The Night Ed Gein's Barn Was Opened

  Aug 29, 202612 minS0

  (00:00:00) November 16, 1957: The Night Ed Gein's Barn Was Opened<br /> (00:00:50) The Grave Robbing Years<br /> (00:03:41) The Two Murders<br /> (00:05:06) Inside the Barn<br /> (00:06:44) The Arrest and What Followed<br /> (00:07:50) The Cultural Aftermath<br /> (00:10:21) What Gein Actually Established<br /> (00:11:42) The Closing Frame<br /> <br /> Before November 16, 1957, Ed Gein was the quiet handyman of Plainfield, Wisconsin — odd but harmless, a man who babysat children and ran errands for neighbors. After that night, nothing would ever be the same. This episode covers the full arc of what investigators discovered when they finally opened the door to Gein's world.<br /><br />We begin before the mu...

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  The Farmhouse at the Edge of Town: Ed Gein's Hidden World

  Aug 28, 202613 minS0

  (00:00:00) The Farmhouse at the Edge of Town: Ed Gein's Hidden World<br /> (00:00:51) The Town and the Man<br /> (00:02:21) The Deaths That Set Everything in Motion<br /> (00:03:34) What He Was Doing in the Dark<br /> (00:05:09) The Two Murders<br /> (00:06:07) The Barn<br /> (00:07:23) How Plainfield Missed It<br /> (00:08:29) The Stories That Came After<br /> (00:10:34) The Legal Outcome<br /> (00:11:28) What This Case Actually Built<br /> <br /> Most people know the movies. Almost nobody knows the man behind them. Ed Gein — the Wisconsin farmer who inspired Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs — lived for years at the edge of P...

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