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He was a son only a mother could love—and that statement is more messed up considering who we're talking about. The notorious killer Ed Gein, nicknamed the "Butcher of Plainfield," is the inspiration for the latest season of the anthology series Monster , created by TV juggernaut Ryan Murphy .

In 1957, Ed Gein gained notoriety when his grisly crimes committed in his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, were made public. He committed at least two confirmed murders—Mary Hogan in 1954 and Bernice Worden in 1957—and remains a suspect in several more, including those of eight-year-old Georgia Weckler and 14-year-old Evelyn Grace Hartley, who went missing in October 1953.

Perhaps more notorious was what Ed Gein did with his victims: fashioning household knickknacks, keepsakes

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