They walk among us. Real life monsters?

[ohiosmith]

Edward Theodore "Ed" Gein (August 27, 1906 – July 26, 1984) was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety after authorities discovered Gein had exhumed corpses from local graveyards and fashioned trophies and keepsakes from their bones and skin. After police found body parts in his house in 1957, Gein confessed to killing two women: tavern owner Mary Hogan, in 1954; and a Plainfield hardware store owner, Bernice Worden, in 1957.

Initially found unfit to stand trial, following confinement in a mental health facility he was tried in 1968 for the murder of Worden and sentenced to life imprisonment, which he spent in a mental hospital. The body of Bernice Worden was found in Gein's shed; her head and the head of Mary Hogan were found inside his house. Robert H. Gollmar, the judge in the Gein case, wrote: "Due to prohibitive costs, Gein was tried for only one murder — that of Mrs. Worden." With fewer than three murders attributed to him, Gein does not meet the traditional definition of a serial killer. His case influenced the creation of several fictional serial killers, including Norman Bates from Psycho, Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Jame Gumb from The Silence of the Lambs.

[LynneSin]

1. Stop posting threads about my boyfriend

[ohiosmith]

3. Hell of a dancer I've heard. With a ear for fine music. Several of them in fact.

[Initech]

7. According to Dexter serial killers have a taste for oldies music.

I can't hear the song "Hey Venus" anymore without cringing.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

21. But he's got two left feet

so probably not much of a dancer.

[hifiguy]

2. I once knew a fellow who threw an "Ed Gein Party"

annually back in the late 80s-early 90s. He even had bottles of beer labeled "Gein Belt" - a take off of well-known and much-loved Minnesota brew Grain Belt.

"It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Eddie's fritters!"

Ol' Eddie was a few bottles short of a case, and I am not talking about beer.

[ohiosmith]

4. Yikes!

[Bruce Wayne]

16. Great, I'll bring the lady finger sandwiches

You bring the Swedish meatballs

[jobycom]

24. Good place for live organ music.

[NV Whino]

5. Yes, they're called Republicans.

[ohiosmith]

6. Hahahaha!

[RedCloud]

8. As long as they only walk, we got a running chance!

[ohiosmith]

11. Hahahaha!

[HopeHoops]

9. We all are if we let ourselves be.

[ohiosmith]

12. Not sure that I agree. AND IF YOU EVER SAY THAT AGAIN, I'll tear your beating heart out of your

chest and take a bite of it before you hit the ground. But, I digress.

[HopeHoops]

19. Sounds kinky!!!

[ohiosmith]

22. Can be.

[Tom Ripley]

10. They actually drive among us

The majority of American serial killers rack up lots and lots of mileage on the road.
Just another reason it's not for me.

[ohiosmith]

14. Gas is expensive.

[geardaddy]

13. Ed Gein: The Musical

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1562295/

[ohiosmith]

15. Amazing! It didn't make it to Broadway.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. I was in 5th grade when Ed Gein made the news.

And almost immediately the Ed Gein jokes started to circulate - you can imagine how entertaining they were for a bunch of 5th-graders. I still remember some of them:

Q. Why did they keep the heat on in Ed Gein's house?
A. So the furniture wouldn't get goose bumps.

Q: What did Ed Gein give his girlfriend on Valentine's Day?
A: A box of farmers' fannies.

Q. What did Ed Gein say to the police when they arrested him?
A. "Aw, come on, officer; have a heart!"

Q: What's Ed Gein's favorite cookie?
A: Lady fingers.

And so forth. We thought these were hilarious. Sick little bastards.

[ohiosmith]

18. Weren't we all?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

20. Just like the later Jeffrey Dahmer jokes.

How did they know Jeffrey Dahmer smoked?
They found butts behind the couch.

How did they catch Dahmer?
He sent out for a pizza with everybody on it.

[ohiosmith]

23. Sick!