Hackl 1 “In terms of numbers, Ed Gein was not much of a murderer, as serial killers go. But viewed through the lens of sheer, lunatic atrocity, he was one of the worst”(Time-Life Editors 106) Edward Gein was born on August 8, 1906 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Gein had a heavy drinking father by the name of George, a weak ineffectual brother by the name of Henry who was 5 years older than Ed, and a domineering mother, known as …showed first 75 words of 1375 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1375 total…who thought that killing a person was the only way to get rid of them. Both Ed Gein’s mother and Norman Bate’s mother didn’t want their son’s to have anything to do with women. They both dressed like their mother’s and did unusual things. Ed kept his mother’s room just as she had left it as did Norman. So as you can see, they both have multiple personality disorders.