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Ed Gein's truly nightmarish crimes were only discovered when police visited his home.

The killer, whose story is told in new Netflix true crime series Monster: The Ed Gein Story, had lived at a rural farmhouse on the outskirts of Plainfield, Wisconsin.

The property held shocking secrets.

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Inside officers found lamps made of human skin and other trinkets crafted from human body parts.

Gein's crimes had gone unnoticed until the disappearance of hardware store owner Bernice Worden in 1957.

Her body was found inside Gein's home.

He later confessed to her killing and exhuming bodies from graves.

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Gein died in a psychiatric hospital aged 77 in 1984, and was burie

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