ED GEIN
Ed Gein T-Shirt
Ladies: 3.4oz short sleeve crew neck t-shirt is the perfect tri-blend garment for women.
Unisex: 100% combed ringspun cotton fine jersey; 4.3 oz.; fabric laundered for reduced shrinkage
NAME: Edward Theodore Gein. Also known as the Butcher of Plainfield.
CRIMINAL CHARGE: Murder
VICTIMS: 2 Confirmed
CONVICTIONS: Murder
CRIMINAL PENALTY: A lifetime sentence in the Mendota Mental Health Institute.
CURRENT STATUS: Died of respiratory and heart failure due to cancer in 1984.
HOW YOU KNOW HIM: He has served as the model for several book and film characters, most notably Norman Bates (Psycho), Leatherface (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs) and the character Dr. Oliver Thredson (American Horror Story).
He used his victims to create wastebaskets of human skin, chair coverings of human skin, skulls as bedposts, bowls of human skin and masks made from the skin of female heads just to name a few.