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Rise and Ruin: The Twisted Psychological Troubles of Ed Gein

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Scary Mysteries

News, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:41.4

They can access anything on the internet. So, should I give my kid a phone?

0:46.6

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0:51.6

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0:57.6

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1:01.4

There's one misconception about Ed Gein that needs to be corrected.

1:07.9

He's small, his very diminutive stature.

1:11.6

He doesn't appear to be threatening to anybody.

1:14.6

They all are in agreement that he is psychotic.

1:18.6

And they describe him as schizophrenic, which is clearly, I think, the case when you look at

1:23.6

Ed Gein's history.

1:25.6

He looked like the kind of neighbor who when you look at Ed Gein's history.

1:33.3

He looked like the kind of neighbor who would help you fix a fence. Quiet, awkward, a little odd, but harmless.

1:36.3

In a town of barely 700 people, you get used to quirks, but you don't expect horror.

1:43.3

And certainly not the kind that steps out of a

1:45.6

snow-dusted Wisconsin farmhouse on a November morning and literally changes true crime forever.

1:53.0

And this is the rise in ruin of Ed Gein, Plainfield Shy Handyman, whose name became

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