Overview

• People’s latest report details the Plainfield property’s fate, noting the house burned in March 1958 days before a planned auction, with arson suspected and no charges filed.
• Renewed attention follows Netflix’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story, which premiered Oct. 3 and has prompted outlets to revisit verified evidence and historical accounts.
• Law enforcement inventories describe numerous items fashioned from human remains, including a lampshade made from a face, bowls from skulls and chairs covered in skin.
• Reports reiterate that Gein admitted to killing Bernice Worden and Mary Hogan while most remains in his home were taken from graves he exhumed.
• Legal records show Gein was declared mentally incompetent and was confined to the Mendota Mental Health Institute rather than being convicted of murder.