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Using Life Magazine his friends/ neighbors said that there were "clues or red flags" all along. Choose a category & discuss the "clues" that a professional would recognize as indicators of his criminal behavior or at minimum, criminal murderous ideations

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Semiya - ed suffered from a schizophrenia and his dad was a tanner and carpenter his father taught him how to skin animals and his mother pushed him to believe women are vile and sinful

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I also think his childhood circumstances affected his way of growing. His father was an alcoholic and his mother was verbally abusive towards him. Geins mom made him think a different way about women and since he loved her, he always listened. Although he thought different about women, he had to keep that hidden to please his mother.

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Jennifer S.

When Gein was working for Elmo’s Ueeck, he would talk randomly, he would switch the conversations to a crime that had happened. His behaviors were off but nothing was really done.

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I also believe that it was the child circumstances that made him into a serial killer. In the article it says that his mother “Augusta” was verbally abusive and his father “George was an alcoholic. Being in these situations at such a young age can mess with the mental health and urges an individual might have.

“Who Is Ed Gein, the Serial Killer and Body Snatcher Who Decorated His Home with Human Skin and Bones?” Oxygen Official Site, 8 May 2023, www.oxygen.com/crime-news/who-is-ed-gein-the-serial-killer-and-body-snatcher.

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Behaviors and Interests

Ed Gain’s behavior and interests are strange even to his town because he talked about women in the town and murder cases. He toke an interest in embalming. He stalked women in his town?

Matthew Hernandez

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A clue that Ed being left was his conversation holders, he once had a talk with a lady friend about any murder they heard of where in the process he states everything the killer did wrong.( behavior) Many have also stated that Gein liked to talk about women almost to much, to the point that he made tiny comments that are deemed as inappropriate such as “ have you seen how plump Bernice is” (behavior) And many books in his house are on how embalming works and how to execute the process.(interests)— Bethany Bell

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Xander Barton - I beleive it was Ed’s childhood circumstances that turned Ed into the monster we know him as. The major events that influenced him was his mother’s beliefs and the death of his family memebers. Ed’s mother would frequently talk about how women were “sinful” which most likely altered Ed’s view of women as bad people that deserve bad things to happen to him. The death of his family also affected his childhood. The death of (what i assume) his family leaving him alone most likely gave Ed a lack of support emotional from people as well as traumatizing him, watching his family die.

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Elmo Ueeck, a 45-year-old farmer had Gein working for him for at least 10 years. While they would work, all Gein would talk about is crime cases and his theories/thoughts towards them. He would always make small comments as if he knew what they did or what they should’ve done. That should’ve been a red flag from the jump.

Galilea Esparza

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Ed geins was born this way because was he went to a mental hospital for finding body parts in Ed’s house nick arroyo

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Behavioral/Interests

Gein was replacing his snow treads with regular tires in the article it says if you were to take off your snow treads at this time of year you would have to be crazy

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ED Gein had many strange interests and behaviors. One of those things would be that he would always talk about murder cases or just murders in general. He would go into detail. He also had a fascination with talking about women and his own mother. He called a woman plump.

-Stephanie Padilla

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Due to his mother’s views on women, she passed this view on to her young impressionable son. And after her and the rest of his families death he was left alone. That could have a negative impact on his mental health.

-Citlali Quiroz

Day Two

Something I didn’t learn from the magazine is that he might have been responsible for his brother’s death due to having lead firefighters directly to his body even though he was missing.

“Who Is Ed Gein, the Serial Killer and Body Snatcher Who Decorated His Home with Human Skin and Bones?” Oxygen Official Site, 8 May 2023, www.oxygen.com/crime-news/who-is-ed-gein-the-serial-killer-and-body-snatcher.

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Behaviors/ Interests

Elmo Ueeck would say that you couldn’t really have a conversation with Gein, but he really loved to talk about women. Especially the ones that he’d go on to kill

-Leah Madison

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Behavior because it was said that they could never really get a conversation out of Gein unless it was about how much he loved women. Gein also gave his opinion about crime and murder cases.

Kimora Colbert

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Bob hill, one of his neighbor started to see his off behaviors of Ed but chose not to say anything and it started to happen when ed asked Bob to take him to town with a bag and Bob mentioned how weird it was, about his behavior.— Jazalle Gonzalez

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Gein’s Mother would tell him that all other women are sinful, that they are terrible, and that she was the best one. This factored to Gein’s love and hatred for women, he loved them for their physical appearance and hated them for what his mother had told him, which would explain why his only known victims were women (according to the magazine).

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The fact that his mother told him that all women are sinful is weird. The way that she only wanted him to love and care for her is a red flag. But what’s also weird is how he was in a mindset to only love his mother but he still used to talk about women in his neighborhood like he was obsessed with them.

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Gein’s interest was women because he always talked about them. When Ueeck and Gein were talking about Mary Hogan and he said that she wasn’t missing but at his house. Ueeck thought that he was talking crazy, but he was telling the truth.

-Jayla Jennings

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Behaviors and Interest

I think Ed Geins murders were mainly based off of behaviors/interests because according to Elmo Ueeck, a 45 year old farmer who Gein had worked for, stated that he could never have a normal conversation with Gein without him bringing up a crime or women. He was obsessed with his mother and after she passed, he continued to be obsessed with women.

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Behavior/ interests

Kenniyah- Ed Gein seemed chill and like a calm fellow. His neighbors thought that they knew him and he had a smile on his face, but he did refer to women with sexual names and say inappropriate things such as calling them “plumped”.

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I believe it’s behaviors and interest because from the start his behavior was odd. He would constantly mention killings and crimes about women to Elmo. His behavior was super odd as he also wanted to talk to women like his mom. He was into dead people as well!

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Ed Gein’s mother had a some sort of weird animosity towards women and she would influence ed to feel the same way so it made ed look at women differently and treat them a certain way - Semiya w

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Childhood circumstances

Due to Geins mother and the was she viewed other females she believed that all females are sinful except her. Gein would target women because he believed his mothers words due to growing up with her after his father and brother died after his mother died he was left alone and his mental health was starting to deplete.—- Joseph Burgett

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Elmo Gein had strange interests and behaviors that started at a young age. He was extremely invested in crimes and was unable to hold a conversation without mentioning a case, he constantly made sexual comments towards women, he kept dead bodies and heads in his home, and he was attracted towards dead bodies. He desired to become a woman.

Katie Esparza

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I think that ED always had an interest for what he did because he always talked about murders and spoke on woman. He was taught that woman was bad growing up. As he was growing up he would mention sexual comments about woman that were disturbing. Woman would always be the topic of conversation for him that his target was woman because deep down he wanted to be one but couldn’t . He was attracted to them and eventually did inappropriate things to them when he got a hold of them and killed them and turned them into costumes so he can peruse his ways.

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I believe that ED’s actions are based on interests because growing up he was told right from wrong due to his mother being strict. His mother made her sons think women were sinful. ED’s brother, Henry ended up getting a girlfriend and planned on getting married and their mother didn’t approve of that and likely she told her other son (ED) to kill his own brother Henry. This later could have affected his life growing up because he grew normalized in the way of killing.

YouTube, YouTube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbgbSOVG39A. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.

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Ed Gein’s mother,Augusta was brought up very religiously, and was taught that intimacy was a great vile sin, and to never do it. Her dear husband was a raging alcoholic, and couldn’t keep a job. She taught her children (born from copulation….hypocrite) where taught that intimacy and any type of relationships whether it be romantic or platonic was wrong. Her children were brought up fully isolated, while one attempted to break the cycle one was left with no one to fight for them. Gein, Augusta. “Augusta Gein [Ed Gein’s Mom].” YouTube, 7 July 2022, youtu.be/gbgbSOVG39A?si=pHCZLRSNDRwTq7u2. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024. (Bethany Bell)

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Augusta gein the mother of Ed gein played a important roll in

Ed life. Augusta was a strict mother that had the belief that

sex was a disgusting and vial act and it's only purpose was for

creation. In this video "Augusta" was verbally abusive over the

fact she didn't get a girl and instead got a boy which would be

named Ed gein this caused Augusta to be strict for the boys

wouldn't live a sinful life. Augusta and Jorge got into

arguments and made it worse for Ed and it would become

more restricted to the outside world which Ed would become

to be a serial killer.

Now you know more. Augusta Gein [Ed Gein’s Mom].

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Ed Gein was raised in a truly terrible household to an alcoholic father and an overly religious mother. His brother died in a fire and people speculated that Ed’s mom had told ed to kill him. He reportedly died of smoke inhalation, but also had a huge gash on the back of his head. Suggesting foul play

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Behaviors and interest

Gein endured a difficult childhood. His father was an alcoholic, and his mother was verbally abusive toward him. Gein nevertheless idolized her, a fact that apparently concerned his elder brother Henry, who occasionally confronted her in Gein’s presence. In 1944 Henry died in mysterious circumstances during a fire near the family’s farm in Plainfield. Although Gein reported his brother missing to the police, he was able to lead them directly to the burned body when they arrived. Despite bruises discovered on the victim’s head, the death was ruled an accident. The death of Gein’s mother in 1945 left him all alone . In subsequent years, Gein cordoned off the areas of the house that his mother had used most frequently, preserving them as something of a shrine he praised her. (Jenkins, John Philip . “Ed Gein | Biography, Crimes, & Facts.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 23 Aug. 2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Ed-Gein.)

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I believe that Ed Gein was obsessed with his mother even tho she was abusive to him he grew up with a bad childhood and I believe once his brother didn’t like his mothers ways he murdered him in a ( farm fire ) and called it a mistake when in reality he is the reason his brother is dead ☠️

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Kenniyah Lumpkin

Edward Gein’s actions were heavily influenced by his parents during his childhood. He was negatively impacted by his father’s drinking habits, the father also couldn’t secure his job. They were strictly punished. George and Edwards mother was very restrictive obsessive over her religion. She wanted to raise them to be perfect, and the father passed.

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I still believe his actions are based off of behaviors/interests because although his mom secluded him and his brother, Henry, from going out into the outside world, Henry was able to change and become a functioning human being. Ed on the other hand, after his mom passed, continued with the beliefs his mom implemented on him. He is the one that decided to rob graves and collect women’s body parts to make household items and masks which are interests he had demonstrated before.

Jenkins, John Philip . “Ed Gein | Biography, Crimes, & Facts.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 23 Aug. 2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Ed-Gein

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Galilea Esparza

Ed Gein killed a woman called Bernice. She worked at a hardware store. The way he killed her was with a rifle that was hanging on the wall , with the one bullet he brought. He previously entered the store the day before and reserved an antifreeze bottle to “buy” the day of the killing. In reality he was examining out and plotting if Bernice was gonna be alone during the day in the shop. After killing her, he put her in his truck and took her to his shed hanging head down from the ceiling. He took out all her organs and put them in a plastic bag. It’s disturbing everything he did to her.

“The Butcher of Plainfield : Ed Gein.” Apple Podcasts, 12 Aug. 2020, podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crime-salad/id1457141569?i=1000613447423. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.

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Ed Gein had a childhood which can be described as weird because he had an alcoholic father, a mother who taught him that women were evil, a brother who died in a fire. These circumstances lead him to become the monster he became. “he had systematically robbed graves and collected body parts, which he used to make household items, clothing, and masks.” He killed two women and robbed graves to make items and even a suit from women’s skin, it can be inferred that Gein’s mother teaching may have influenced Ed to do these acts

Jenkins, John Philip . “Ed Gein | Biography, Crimes, & Facts.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 23 Aug. 2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Ed-Gein.

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Gein’s childhood circumstances played a huge part in why he turned out to be the way he did. He grew up with an alcoholic dad and a mother who verbally abused him. The way a child is raised makes a difference in how they will turn out in the future because parents leave the biggest influence on their child than anyone else. Despite the way his mother treated him, Gein still idolized her.

Katie Esparza

Jenkins, John Philip . “Ed Gein | Biography, Crimes, & Facts.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 23 Aug. 2018,

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Kimora Colbert- Gein’s childhood made him a serial killer. His father was a heavy drinker and his mom never wanted to have boys. In the video, they tell us how his mom was strict on him and his brother about being well behaved and not having any type of sexual relations. Dealing with these type of situations at a young age can affect your mental health. All of his family members died and left him all alone. I believe this traumatized him and caused him to change and become the serial killer he is now.

Now you know more. “Augusta Gein [Ed Gein’s Mom].” YouTube, 6 July 2022, www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbgbSOVG39A.

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Gein grew up with an abusive mother and an alcoholic father. This led to him having he’s parents absent, even though he’s mother was abused he still looked up to her which cause him to kill people and use their skin’s to make him used that as “his mothers skin”.

Yareli Sanchez

“Who Is Ed Gein, the Serial Killer and Body Snatcher Who Decorated His Home with Human Skin and Bones?” Oxygen Official Site, 8 May 2023, www.oxygen.com/crime-news/who-is-ed-gein-the-serial-killer-and-body-snatcher.

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When Gein was founded out to be a killer, and his horrible actions of skinning these woman and stealing body from graves. It all started to trace back to his brothers Henry death. That there will be a chance that Henry could possibly be gein first murder. On how it started, with gein reported to the police about his brother missing in a fire, when authorities came, gein lead them to Henry’s body, like he knew this whole times, but counted his death from a fire attack although they found multiple face buries and the possibility that his reason of killing Henry was because, Henry was questioning there mother actions and illness. Jazalle Gonzalez

“The Butcher of Plainfield : Ed Gein.” Apple Podcasts, 12 Aug. 2020, podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crime-salad/id1457141569?i=1000613447423.

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Gein didn’t have that best childhood/parents. His dad, George, was an alcoholic and couldn’t keep a job and his mother, Augusta, was very strict, religious, verbally abusive, and controlling. Gein wasn’t able to have a social life which is pretty important for a child while their brains are still developing.

“The Butcher of Plainfield : Ed Gein.” Apple Podcasts, 12 Aug. 2020, podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crime-salad/id1457141569?i=1000613447423.

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Gein grew up in a terrible household where his mom was verbally abusive towards him and his dad was an alcoholic. His brother died in a fire and Gein reported him missing, but he led the police to exactly where the dead body was. The brother had bruises on his head which made the police think that Gein had something to do with Henry’s death.

-Jayla Jennings

Jenkins, John Philip . “Ed Gein | Biography, Crimes, & Facts.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 23 Aug. 2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Ed-Gein.

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Gein augusta was raised in a very religious house hold she hated sinning when she married a man he was an alcoholic and she despised him being a sinner she slowly grew to just hate men and she wanted a daughter so she tried with her husband but they have birth to 2 boys which upset her because she seen men as sinners so she moved far from the city so they couldn’t get the urge to sin, one day the sons were out in the field and one of them disappeared and their wasn’t an autopsy, people think the mom told one of her sons to kill the other in a fire that got out of control because the other son was getting urges to sin. Gein, Augusta. “Augusta Gein [Ed Gein’s Mom].” YouTube, 7 July 2022, youtu.be/gbgbSOVG39A?si=f_QCW584PZSUZ5s0. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.

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Ed Gein Was isolating his whole life school took song to him doing things in the future his mother Augusta gein plaved a important roll in Ed life. Augusta was a strict mother that had the belief that sex was a disgusting and vial act and it's only purpose was for creation. So he also had no experience with females or twins going on because his mother always found a way to isolate from other people with her beliefs and harsh punishments growing up a mother and father relationship is very terrible so they won’t really a happy family The mother was a Shmrkas sewn on her believes that she would ask him punished honestly ever disobey her his childhood definitely affected the way they do up in the person they came into because of simply not being able to express himself to nobody around, trying to keep his mother’s promise of staying a virgin he’s going to be more confused with his self, as well as want to be them the life he has grow up shaped him to be the person he is "-YouTube." Youtube, 2024, youtu.be/gbgbSOVG39A?

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