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Ed Gein confessed to killing two local women and committing several grave robberies

When police investigated his Wisconsin farmhouse, they found human remains that he had crafted into household items

The property burned down in 1958, days before it was set to go to auction

Ed Gein 's home was a true house of horrors.

An investigation into missing hardware store owner Bernice Worden led police to his dilapidated farmhouse in Plainfield, Wis., in November 1957. Inside, investigators not only found her remains, but a horrifying array of household items he had crafted out of human skin and body parts, per A&E .

The gruesome discovery led to his arrest, earned him the nickname “The Butcher of Plainfield” and inspired horror films like Psycho and The Texas Chain Saw Mass

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