Through hours of interrogation by District Attorney Earl Kileen and other investigators, Gein provided chilling details about his crimes that shocked even hardened law enforcement officials. His matter-of-fact admissions about murder, grave robbing, and creating grotesque artifacts from human remains provided unprecedented insight into the psychology of a deeply disturbed individual.

The complete evidence list of what investigators found in the farmhouse owned by Ed Gein as detailed by police in 1957.  Items included human bones made into everyday objects, costumes comprised from human skin and numerous human remains preserved in jars in his kitchen including a human heart on his stove.

The photographic documentation of this discovery would become a crucial part of both the criminal investigation and the historical record, providing irrefutable evidence of crimes that shocked the nation and continue to influence popular culture today.

Judge Robert H. Gollmar was the man who presided over Ed Gein’s trial and in his book, left behind a theory that challenges the belief that Ed Gein committed all his crimes by himself. In his own words, the judge raised a question so disturbing that it remains largely ignored by true crime historians: What if Gein had help?

Ed Gein was suspected in the disappearance of numerous people that were never proven by investigators at the time.   Despite extensive evidence as well as eye witness accounts, the State elected to only focus on the one murder charge Gein’s confessed to to save time and money – as well as to limit the impact and attention the case the small community was receiving.

The photographic documentation of this discovery would become a crucial part of both the criminal investigation and the historical record, providing irrefutable evidence of crimes that shocked the nation and continue to influence popular culture today.