in the mind of a serial killer
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In the mind of a Serial Killer. By: Chris Veal. What Makes a Serial K iller. Someone who has murdered at least 3 people Require “cooling off” period between each murder Main cause is psychological pleasure Many believe that they are not doing anything wrong; rather helping the world - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
IN THE MIND OF A SERIAL KILLER
By: Chris Veal
What Makes a Serial Killer Someone who has murdered at least 3
people Require “cooling off” period between
each murder Main cause is psychological pleasure Many believe that they are not doing
anything wrong; rather helping the world Many serial killers were abused as
children or had abnormal childhoods Most have above average IQ
Evil The intention of effect of causing harm or destruction Murdered two women and exhumed nine female
bodies from their graves Dismembered them and created their dismemberments
into clothing, jewelry, other paraphernalia Worn skin of other women around his house and
spoke like his mother He said that the reasons he killed older women was
because of his love-hate feelings toward his mother Determined that Gein had necrophilia and
cannibalistic acts with some of the bodies Although never admitted to cannibalistic or necrophilia
activities
Abnormalities Was not allowed to have any friends Father was a drunk, could not hold a job Mother poured scalding water on him for
masturbating Ed never had a full time job
After mothers death lived on subsidies and worked odd jobs
Early Life: Born August 27, 1906 in La Crosse,
Wisconsin Smart student best subject was reading Most time spent doing chores Mother made sure he did not have any
friends Bullied as a child
Mother Augusta
Born 1878 – Died 1945 age 67 Believed sex was for procreation only Caught Ed masturbating, poured scalding
water on him as punishment Did not allow Ed to have any friends Favored Eddie over his brother
Father and Brother Father (George)
Died in 1940 of heart attack Alcoholic Violent Couldn’t keep a job
Brother (Henry) Normal older brother Died in 1944 age 43 of suspicious brush fire Blunt force trauma to the head Asphyxiation Did not like his mother
Media Attention Modern movies based on him
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Silence of the Lambs (also a novel) Psycho (also a novel)
Music Ed Gein (band) Ed Gein: The Musical
Actions of Gein Trophies
Head found in cardboard box Heart in plastic bag Purse, bracelet, and knife sheath made of human skin Rug, chair upholstered, lampshade, wastebasket, belts
made all of skin Belt buckles of human nipples Box of noses Necklace of lips Bowls made from skull crowns Shinbone table legs Refrigerator of female genitalia and internal organs Masks from faces of the dead
Actions Continued Trophies Cont.
Vests made of human breasts Coat made of vaginas and breasts Skin leggings
Dug up female bodies from there graves Reburied the bodies around his house Dress and behave as a woman and talk
like his deceased mother
Arrest Arrested after police found the body of Bernice
Worden beheaded and hanging in his house He admitted to killing Worden and Hogan Dug the rest of the bodies from graves and
reburied them in his house During interrogation period officer slammed Gein’s
head into a desk making his confession inadmissible
Diagnosed as schizophrenic, clinically insane and mentally unfit for trial
Sent to mental hospital where after 10 years was diagnosed as competent to stand trial
Trial Found guilty of first degree murder of
Bernice Worden But clinically insane at the time of murder
Committed to Central State Hospital for criminally insane in Wisconsin Good patient
Transferred to Mendota Mental Health Institute Died here of Cancer on July 26, 1984
After Effects Body buried next to his mother
Gravestone stolen in 2000 recovered in Seattle and placed in a museum in June 2001
Many movies and novels written after Gein The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Psycho The Silence of the Lambs Deviant Red Dragon