Ed Gein

1. Ed Gein source“Paraphrase: Ed Gein shot and killed two Wisconsin women, Mary Hogan in 1954 and Bernice Worden in 1957. He mutilated human remains and robbed graves to make objects from skin and bones.”
2. Ed Gein source“Paraphrase: The two confirmed murder victims were adult business owners. Worden's body was mutilated after death; Hogan's remains were also found at Gein's home. His grave robbing was corroborated by exhumations. Other suspected killings ar”
3. Ed Gein source“Paraphrase: Hogan was killed in 1954 and Worden on November 16, 1957. Gein was tried in 1968.”
4. Ed Gein source“Paraphrase: Plainfield and surrounding graveyards, Wisconsin, United States.”
5. Ed Gein source“Paraphrase: A single motive for the murders is not established. Accounts link his collection of remains to an obsession with his deceased mother; this does not establish why each killing occurred.”
6. Ed Gein source“Paraphrase: Tried for Worden's murder in 1968, Gein was found to have committed the killing but was legally insane and was committed to a psychiatric institution. He died there in 1984.”
7. Additional source“Paraphrase: Tried for Worden's murder in 1968, Gein was found to have committed the killing but was legally insane and was committed to a psychiatric institution. He died there in 1984.”
8. Crime Museum: Edward Theodore Gein“Paraphrase: Gein killed Mary Hogan in 1954 and Bernice Worden in 1957; he admitted shooting both women and mutilated Worden after death.”
9. Crime Museum: Edward Theodore Gein“Paraphrase: Investigators found Worden's body and human remains; Gein collected bones and skin from bodies stolen from local graveyards.”
10. HISTORY: Bernice Worden“Paraphrase: Gein shot Hogan in 1954 and killed Worden in 1957; he stole corpses and fashioned objects using human remains.”

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