Case one/Ed Gein

Have you ever wondered the real story behind Ed Gein? The Case: Edward Theodore Gein. You think you know the name. You know the movies: Psycho. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. But in this episode, we are talking about the real man—the shy handyman from Plainfield, Wisconsin, whose isolation and trauma led to a decade of unimaginable horror.Zoey lays out the meticulous timeline: from Gein’s childhood under the thumb of his fanatically controlling mother, Augusta, to the suspicious death of his brother, Henry. We explore the ten years Gein spent robbing graves and the psychological collapse that led to the murders of Mary Hogan and Bernice Worden.Ryan asks the critical questions: How did a man capable of such grotesque acts—fashioning human skin into household items—pass for harmless? What does the failure of the initial investigations tell us about the blind spots in rural justice?Lock your doors and join us as we dissect the true story of the Plainfield Ghoul, and the profound difference between Hollywood terror and the terrifying reality.