Ed Gein’s Real Life Horrors on Stuff You Should Know Podcast
The story of deranged Wisconsin murderer and grave robber Ed Gein is featured in the latest episode of the Stuff You Should Know podcast.
The most recent episode of the Stuff You Should Know podcast recounts the grisly details of Ed Gein – his traumatic childhood, his extracurricular activities with human remains, how he claimed to tear his mother’s head from her body when he opened her grave.
Did you know filmmaker Werner Herzog once visited Plainfield Cemetery with a clandestine plan to verify Gein’s account by exhuming Augusta’s corpse under the cover of dark?
Also, Cult of Weird gets a nice little shout out for the story of Ed Gein’s cauldron. Thanks guys!
Listen to the episode right here.