Plainfield Essays

  • Why Is Edward Gein Insane

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    of the murder of Worden. So, he was remanded to a psychiatric institutions. Later he died at Mendota Mental Health Institute. He died of cancer- induced liver respiratory failure at age 77 on July 26, 1984, Ed is buried next to his family in the Plainfield Cemetery with unmarked grave. Edward’s childhood was not a very good one. He was obsessively devoted to his mother. His mother was a religious fanatic, Edward was born on August 27, 1906 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He was the son of a timid alcoholic

  • Ed Gein Biography

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    drunk and unemployed most of the time, they stayed together as divorce was not an option because of the family’s religious beliefs. Augusta did however run a small grocery store and when Ed was around the age of 8 they bought and moved to a farm in Plainfield where the nearest neighbors were over a mile away. This was because Augusta wanted to get the kids away from the evils of society

  • How Edward Theodore Gain Became a Serial Killer

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    reasons, the Gein family moved to a small dairy farm in the lowlands near Camp Douglas, forty miles east of La Crosse. In 1914, the Gein’s made their second and final move to a one-hundred-ninety-five-acre farm in Plainfield, Wisconsin, also known as the old John Greenfield place. Plainfield was your ideal image of a close-knit community that was kept quiet and filled with hardworking people. Perhaps, the isolation from moving caused the family dynamic to grow stranger and stranger. In 1940, Edward’s

  • Ed Gein

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    Chainsaw Massacre. Ed Gein/Page 4 Profile Name - Edward 'Ed' Gein. AKA - The Butcher of Plainfield, The Plainfield Butcher, The Mad Butcher, The Plainfield Ghoul. DOB/DOD - 1906 - 26 July 1984. Mother 'Augusta 1878-1945', Father 'George 1873-1940', Brother 'Henry 1901-44'. Residence(at Time of Murders) - 160-Acre Farm Seven Miles Outside Plainfield, Wisconsin. USA. Murder Type/Practices - Serial Killer / Graverobbery, Necrophilia, Cannibalism, Sadism, Death Fetishism

  • Edward Gein

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    bought it he charged everybody 25 cents to see it. (http://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/gein-edward.htm). Death On July 26, 1984, Gein died of respiratory and heart failure due to cancer in the Mendota Mental Health Institute. His grave site in the Plainfield cemetery was often vandalized over the years, people chipped off pieces of his gravestone for a souvenir before the whole piece of it was stolen in 2000. The gravestone was found around june of 2001 near Seattle and is now in a museum in Waushara

  • Eddie Gein

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    was a weak man and an alcoholic. George had no say in the raising o the boys. Agusta began a grocery business in La Crosse the year Eddie was born, so she could save enough money to move away from the sinners in the city. In 1914 they moved to Plainfield, Wisconsin to a one-hundred-ninety-five-acre farm, isolated from any evil influences that could disrupt her family. Eddie's father died in 1940. ( In the Beginning ) Eddie was average in school, but he loved to read. His schoolmates shunned Eddie

  • Edward Theodore Gein

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    that was unsuccessful because they had to go to school”(Bell and Bardsley). Their mother opened up a grocery store in La Crosse in order to get away from the city and better the family’s life. With the money she had saved up they moved to a farm in Plainfield, Wisconsin the place where Ed would commit his crimes. In Ed’s teenage years he would be bullied all the time and had no friends, people in his class thought that he had feminine qualities because of the way he acted. Another reason he wasn’t able

  • Edward Theodore Gein - America's Most Infamous Murderer

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    never-ending damnation. A naturally shy and slightly effeminate boy, Ed never dated girl... ... middle of paper ... ...t and respiratory failure, he was suffering with cancer. He died aged 77. He was laid to rest in the only available plot in Plainfield - next to his mother Augusta Gein. The life story of Ed Gein depicts his numerous brutal acts as illustrations of his insanity and madness. His deranged childhood, especially his relation to his domineering mother led to his psychosis and ultimately

  • Edward Theodore Gein

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    an even darker story. This story is not one concocted in the basements of Hollywood or in the lofty apartment of a writer; instead this story was created in Plainfield, Wisconsin, and it began on, August 27, 1906. The case of Edward Theodore Gein was one that the nation was not prepared for, and even more so, in the rural town of Plainfield. Mr. Gein would leave his legacy to affect the world, long after his own time. In today’s times, nearly 65 years later, traces of Gein can still be found to

  • Case Study Cymana

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    Family: Cyanna is a 12 year old African American female who lives in Plainfield with her LTD Hannah (Father), Jennifer Hannah (Stepmother) and five siblings. Cyanna experience frequent transitions during the 28 month period residing with her mother resulting in four relocations and schools. Cyanna has a good a relationship with everyone in the house hold except her older brother who is 16 years old. At times there verbal augments turns into physical altercations. Cyanna has now been living with father

  • Assignment 1: A Case Study Of Marcus's Behaviors

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    The family vision is for Marcus to manage his emotions, increase social connection with peers and reduce impulsive/hyperactive behaviors. Family: Marcus is a 5 year old African American male who resides in Plainfield with is his biological mother Adrienne Mitchell and his four siblings. Youth have challenges with impulse control. Marcus is easily distracted and has trouble staying focus for a long period of time. When Marcus does not get his way in the home he has a temper tantrum. Mrs. Mitchell

  • Field Experience Observation

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    Field Experience Observation Essay Field Experience Description (Preamble/Introduction/Background): the following field experience observation took place at Plainfield Connecticut’s Shepard Hill Elementary School, 234 Shepard Hill Rd, Plainfield, CT 06374, herein S.H.E., during the fall of 2017, and was conducted by Sacred Heart University M.Ed. candidate Peter Scott Harmyk, Esq. Because of confidentiality requirements per request of the interviewees, specifically the classroom teacher and the special

  • Local History of Will County

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    legislature separated it from Cook County. Currently, Will County consists of a number of townships, which include Channahon, Crete, Custer, DuPage, Florence, Frankfort, Green Garden, Homer, Jackson, Joliet, Lockport, Manhattan, Monee, New Lenox, Peotone, Plainfield, Reed, Troy, Washington, Wesley, Wheatland, Will, Wilmington, and Wilton. Among these townships, the county encompasses a number of cities. The towns and cities that lie in the boundaries of the county include parts of Aurora, Beecher, parts of

  • The Legend of Ed Gein and His Filmic Rebirth

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    I was young, I was the Deputy Sheriff of this here great town of Plainfield, Wisconsin. I know whatcha thinkin'. I ain't no drunk and ain't crazy. Crazy is man who massacres dozens of women–alive and dead. Crazy is a man who eats human hearts for dinner. Crazy is the way your generation made that bastard one of the most famous movie characters in the world. Crazy...is Edward Gein! Ed...well, he was born and raised in Plainfield. His daddy ran a farm just a few miles outside town. It wasn't long

  • The Case Against the Death Penalty

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    First you notice the speed sign, then you drive without getting over the speed limit, it obviously works. Or does it? I came across many articles proving that speed signs are not a deterrent for speeding. Karen Sorensen writes on her news site “The Plainfield Police Department reports they issued 93 tickets for speeding and two for speeding in a construction zone despite warning signs being posted all along Rout... ... middle of paper ... ... Behind the Wheel: Why Do We Speed?" Interview. Audio blog

  • Psychopathy: Ed Gein's Bad Parents

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    Time went particularly slow in Plainfield Wisconsin. As the name suggests, nothing truly newsworthy came out of Plainfield: it was completely plain. Men would work and occasionally hunt. Women kept the households, and children went to school and blithely played outside; nothing out of the ordinary ever occurred in Plainfield. The inhabitants of this small village of less than a thousand residents did not live through the rush and stress endemic to the cities, yet something odd and evil started to

  • Personal Narrative How To Swim

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    My family is from Plainfield, New Jersey. During the summer we would frequent the public pools in our community. For as long as I could remember I have always loved the water. As a child, I would often jump in the water with no resistance or fear, and would have to be rescued by a family member. These near drowning experiences never place fear into my heart because I would immediately return to the water. In middle school, I decided to join the swim team. After all the years I spent jumping in the

  • Norm Case Study

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    Norm & Neil One day in Plainfield, Indiana a 0-13 baseball team won against 12-1 team, with 2 players Norm and Neil Fossmeyer leading the team to victory as Norm hit a double with Neil on third base. The team celebrated as if the Browns won the Super Bowl. After the game they went to get pizza but along the way their coach set them aside and told them “You are your best asset don’t let anything bring you down”. Norm was going to middle school in the fall and Neil was going to a new school for third

  • To A Waterfowl Poem Analysis

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    Though he was appalled by the idea of practicing law for the rest of his life, as he longed to do naught but produce poetry, Bryant furthered his studies in law and moved to the town of West Bridgewater in 1814 order to study under Congressman William Baylies. Though his discomfort with law continue to grow, Bryant still had a good relationship with Baylies and described him as an “honest lawyer.” (Bryant 19) Baylies frequently admonished Bryant for “dallying in the taverns wasting his time reading

  • Gruesome Murders In Big Cities Essay

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    such as Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacy, and Patrick Tracy Burris. When they had struck their town with fear, each killer had claimed at least two lives. Does the population of a city affect its homicide rate? First, Ed Gein had murdered people in Plainfield, Wisconsin, although they think the body count is higher, they know for sure that he had killed at least two people. He murdered the two girls and had performed necrophilia, he also robbed graves after his mother had died. Gein had loved to feel