July 26, 1984: Ed Gein Dies

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🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Notorious killer Ed Gein died of complications from cancer. Decades earlier, Gein confessed that he wore the skin of the corpses he stole and made furniture from their bones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Tuesday, July 26th, 2022.
0:07.0	On this day in 1984, Notorious Killer Ed Gein died.
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0:58.3	Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast. Due to the graphic nature of these crimes, listener discretion is advised.
1:04.2	This episode includes discussions of murder and mutilation. We advise extreme caution for children
1:09.6	under 13. Today we're covering the death of Ed
1:13.4	Gein, who killed at least two women and robbed dozens of graves. Now let's go back to Madison,
1:20.2	Wisconsin on July 26, 1984.
1:40.3	Music The Mendota Mental Health Institute buzzed with nervous energy as word spread that its most infamous resident was dead. Ed Gein, also known as The Butcher of Plainfield, was 77 years old when he succumbed to respiratory
1:47.1	failure from cancer.
1:49.4	Not much is known about Ed's final years, but his earlier life was the stuff of nightmares.
1:56.0	He was raised in Plainfield, Wisconsin, and grew up in a strict household.
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