Ed Gein: The Serial Killer's Serial Killer

# Stuff You Should Know: Ed Gein

This episode dives deep into the disturbing true story of Ed Gein, one of America's most deranged killers whose crimes inspired iconic horror movie villains like Norman Bates and Leatherface. Josh and Chuck explore how Gein's twisted childhood with an abusive father and domineering, sexually-repressive mother set the stage for his grotesque crimes, including grave robbing and the murders of at least two women whose body parts he used to create macabre "crafts" in his farmhouse. The hosts walk through the shocking 1957 discovery of the "House of Horrors" and how this small Wisconsin town's quiet oddball turned out to be something far more sinister, with a content warning that this episode is definitely not for kids.