Plainfield, WI
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7 fatalities documented. 7 families changed forever.
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Selected causes include Homicide and Murder.
The case involves the notorious serial murderer Ed Gein, whose house in Plainfield, Wisconsin, was the site of multiple homicides in the 1950s
Ed Gein, known as the 'Butcher of Plainfield,' murdered two women in the 1950s in Plainfield, Wisconsin
Edward Gein, a reclusive farmer in rural Plainfield, WI, in the 1950s, was a murderer and grave robber
Henry Gein, Ed Gein's older brother, died under mysterious circumstances while fighting a brush fire on their farm near Plainfield, Wisconsin
Cobwebs attached to curtain at window in alleged mass murderer (serial killer) Ed Gein's house in Plainfield, WI
On November 16, 1957, the body of Bernice Worden of Plainfield, Wisconsin, was found
Ed Gein was arrested in November 1957 for the murder of Bernice Worden in Plainfield, Wisconsin
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