Ed’s Case Summary
When it came to snatching bodies, Gein was organized and careful. He would select the women from the obituaries in the newspaper. He would learn where and when the burial would take place; then, under the cover of the night when everyone had left he would dig down, retrieve the body from its casket, and then fill in the hole again (Discovery HD, 2014). He would only cut off and take parts of the body, returning the rest to the grave. Despite all this secrecy it is believed Gein did not do this alone. “It transpired that Gein and a trusted friend identified only as Gus, had made these nocturnal raids only hours after these women's funerals.” (BBC, 2008). Gein never gave any more information about him other than the hint that Gein was forced to turn to murder to get his body parts after his partner moved away due to old age.
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Gein did not take the time to plan them or to cover his tracks. BBC (2008) states that the murders were more “spur of the moment” than actual planning. With this is mind Gin only confessed to two murders, but he was later accused and suspected of four more. These were an eight-year-old girl who went missing on her way back from school, a 15-year-old girl who was abducted while babysitting, and a pair of hunters that went missing after leaving the local tavern. These four victims did not fit in with the pattern Gein had established. All the body parts and remains found in Ed Gein’s house belonged to women, in particular, he sought older middle-aged women whom reminded him of his mother. Another factor to take into account is that Gein complained of memory deficits. He was able to recall and confess to the murders of Mary Hogan and Bernice Worden as well as talk about other of his activities with the “trophies” he took almost as if he was simply recalling any other event or story (Radford University,
So you want to hear a legend hmm? Well, I'll give you what you want, but taint nothin' ‘bout it fiction. Now, you one of them scholarly types ain't ya–college and libraries and all that crap, right? Well, college kiddy you may think you know it all, but I know a thing or two about a thing or two. You haven't seen nothin'. You don't know a damn thing until you step right into the path of a cold-blooded killer. ‘Til you look that crazy sumabitch right in his red eyes and send him back to hell! My name is Deputy Sheriff Frank Worden. I'm old now. When 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!
Her body had been bathed and thoroughly washed before being placed, it was also completely drained of blood [2]. Two detectives were assigned to the case: Harry Hanson and Finis Brown. When they and the police arrived at the crime scene, it was already swarming with people, gawkers and reporters. The entire situation was out of hand and crowded, everyone trampling all over in hopes of good evidence. One thing they did report finding was a nearby cement block with watery blood on it, tire tracks and a heel print on the ground.
I have chosen to write my Case Study paper on Edward Gein from the Psychodynamic theoretical perspective. I believe that his behavior is a perfect case for the psychodynamic perspective because of the family dynamic in his home. These circumstances led to the actions that would become the inspiration for many books and movie characters because of the oddity and extreme nature of his human interactions.
These murders were indeed brutal. Herb lay sprawled on a mattress in the basement, stabbed, his throat slashed and a shotgun charge fired to his head. His hands were bound and his mouth was taped shut. Found on a couch in the adjacent room was his son, Kenyon, bound, gagged and shot in the head. Upstairs was Bonnie and Nancy. Bonnie was bound and gagged, Nancy was only bound. They had both been shot in the head.
The patient, LL, is a twenty four year old female who was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder five years ago. Around the ago of eighteen, LL started to experience many symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. She had just started her freshman year at a local college and moved into the dorms with a random roommate. LL was constantly washing her hands and grossed out by the germs, so she came to realize she had a phobia of germs. She would begin sweating and having major anxiety when people went to shake her hand or her roommate would touch her food or any of her things. LL started skipping class and isolating herself in her room in order to avoid contact with other people. When her grades dramatically declined,
going through their head. Eric and Dylan were not born craving murder, throughout their lives
Shipman would end up taking care of his mother when she became ill. He would witness her being administered morphine and the effects it would have on her. Dr. Shipman's victim could be men or women, usually targeting older patients. According to biography.com, there were similar poses, most were fully clothed, and usually sitting up or reclined during their death. A medical examiner would first notice the rate of patients that were passing away under his care. However, Dr. Shipman was very convincing that it was ok. Another medical examiner would end up finding these deaths very disturbing. Dr. Shipman's behavior and arrogance really never raised any suspicion. All of his medical records were in order and corroborated the deaths. Eventually, it would be discovered the medical records were forged and the scene were the patients would pass, the doctor would revisit in order to clean up and remove evidence as to not get caught. The majority of the time he would insist to the victim's family members to have the bodies cremated. Most of the time the family members listened to the Dr. Shipman. It was not until Angela Woodruff who was lawyer experienced the passing
Gerta is clearly interested in helping me grow as a Graduate Assistant, she is one of those rare supervisors who also serves as mentor for the Graduate Assistants. Gerta is very helpful supervisor, whenever I have questions or concerns, Gerta responds right away—and even follows up later to make sure my issues have been resolved. Her patience and willingness to help have made me motivated to do the best job I can.
Gary Leon Ridgway may not be a household name, but the infamous Green River Killer is one of the most accomplished serial murderers in U.S. history. In 2003, Ridgway confessed 48 accounts of aggravated first degree murder (more confirmed murders than any other American serial killer) during a two-and-a-half-year period in the early 1980s near Seattle, although it is believed he slaughtered even more. The majority of his victims were runaway teenage girls and hookers whom he picked up on the interstate and strangled to death. But Ridgway was spared the death penalty as part of a plea bargain three years ago, in exchange for his assistance in leading investigators to his victim's remains and revealing other information to help "bring closure" to the grieving families ("Green River Killer Avoids Death in Plea Deal").
He later pulverised the bones with a sledge hammer and scattered the bones around the [his grandmother’s] property. The flesh was put into bags and buried in a crawlspace under the house. It wasn't until 3yrs later that police and forensics found the remains.” (Blanco) His second murder was not until 1987.
On August 27, 1906, Edward Theodore Gein was the second son born to his alcoholic father George Gein, and his religiously fanatic mother Augusta Gein in La Crosse, Wisconsin. His older brother, Henry Gein, was 7 years older than him (BBC, 2008). Despite the children and Augustans contempt towards George, who was 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
Billy Weaver, a young man trying to make a way for himself in the world, was just murdered by a cruel landlady named Edna Perkins. Edna plotted and planned and waited for the right moment to feed unsuspecting Billy Weaver a cup of tea filled with cyanide. Many people are claiming that she was insane and had no idea what she was doing, but how then was she able to plan out every detail, knowing it was wrong, to kill poor Billy Weaver? Edna knew exactly what she was doing, and she did it again and again to the same type of prey, young gentlemen. She understood that she was killing these young men, and that they were dead, yet she still choose to continue with her actions. What crazy woman would be able to plan out, in such detail, a murder so cruel? Edna Perkins should be charged with first degree murder because she knew the difference from right and wrong, and had planned to murder Billy Weaver, Gregory Temple, and Christopher Mulholland as soon as she laid eyes on them, and she never looked back.
Edward Gein’s was a man from the 1950’s. His mother was verbally abusive, very religious and strict. His father was an alcoholic. He was found to be mentally sane and have an average IQ. But it was not until his mother dying that he went nuts. He had an obsession with the women autonomy, Nazi experiments on people and a desire to change his sex. Gein’s started out robbing graves to support his desires. But later he started killing. He would kill and take a cooling off period. His signature was with every killing he would take a trophy from his victims along with mutilate their bodies and bury them on his farm (Rhodes, 2012).
For my visitation I went to the public high school in my hometown. Due to time constraints I was not able to visit the school on a weekday when classes were in session. I did however get to witness another part of the special education/inclusion program called the Rooster Buddies. I did, however, get some information on the special education program from an administrator via phone and fax.
Ultimately, Thaw is most responsible for the death of White. Even before his relationship with Nesbit, the public thought Thaw was insane. Thaw often hung out at the club where he would associate himself with younger women (Rasmussen, 2005). During Thaw’s court trial, the women from the club accused him of whipping and abusing them (Gottschalk, 2008). Before their marriage, Thaw knew Nesbit had sexual encounters with White (Gottschalk, 2008). Ideally, Thaw wanted his future wife to be a virgin (Gottschalk, 2008). Thus, he brought the situation on himself even though he knew about Nesbit’s past (Gottschalk, 2008). At one point, Thaw was insane enough to beat Nesbit and knock all her teeth out during their marriage (Rasmussen, 2005). Hence, it is evident Thaw suffered from mental illness, which caused him to murder White. White is not the only victim that suffered from Thaw’s psychotic episodes; Thaw often abused women, including Nesbit (Gottschalk, 2008). Substantially, this proves Thaw committed crime through his mental instabilities. His mental illness brought him to doing horrible acts towards other individuals (Rasmussen, 2005). For this reason, Thaw takes the biggest blame towards White’s death. His acts were both committed by jealousy and mental