Ed Gein: The Real Story Is Worse Than Netflix’s Monster

The true story of Ed Gein goes far deeper than what you saw on Netflix or in horror movies like Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs. While the media focuses on two confessed murders, the real terror happened in the eight years prior. Hidden behind the doors of his Plainfield, Wisconsin farmhouse. In this episode of Yesterday’s Monsters, we go back before the shed and before the headlines to investigate the twisted influence of Augusta Gein, the unsolved death of Henry Gein, and the real-life timeline Hollywood got wrong. 🔔 Subscribe to Yesterday’s Monsters for more deep dives into history's most terrifying true crime cases:    / @yesterdaysmonsters   💬 *COMMUNITY QUESTION*: Where are you watching from, and what time is it there right now? Drop your location in the comments below! ======================================== 📌 *TIMESTAMPS (CHAPTERS)*: 00:00 - The Plainfield Farmhouse Raid 00:53 - What Netflix's Monster Got Wrong About Ed Gein 01:42 - How 2 Murders Rewired Horror Movie History 02:15 - The Making of a Monster: Augusta Gein’s Isolation 03:34 - George Gein & Childhood Trauma 04:49 - The First Warning Signs 05:38 - The Mysterious Death of Henry Gein 08:19 - Converting the House Into a Shrine 10:14 - The Graverobbing Spree 12:33 - Mary Hogan & Bernice Worden 15:13 - Inside the House of Horrors 18:12 - Sheriff Schley & The Interrogation 19:50 - Psychological Diagnosis & Final Verdict 22:15 - How Ed Gein Inspired Norman Bates, Leatherface & Buffalo Bill 24:20 - Fact vs. Fiction in Netflix's Retelling ======================================== 🎬 ABOUT THIS VIDEO: Ed Gein is often remembered as the inspiration for Norman Bates (Psycho), Leatherface (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), and Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs). However, cinematic retellings often gloss over the psychological conditions and domestic isolation that shaped him. Born in 1906 to an abusive alcoholic father and a fanatically religious mother, Ed was kept isolated on a 155-acre farm in Plainfield, Wisconsin. Following the mysterious death of his brother Henry in 1944 and his mother Augusta in 1945, Ed sealed off her rooms like a shrine and began exhuming graves across local cemeteries. When grave robbing was no longer enough, his actions escalated to the murders of Mary Hogan and Bernice Worden, leading to his eventual arrest in November 1957. This video examines the official records, police statements, and true timeline of Plainfield's most infamous resident. *CREDIT*: Leatherface cosplay by Kasper2006, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 / Cropped from original WonderCon 2015 photo. Photo of Mary Hogan, originally published in the Stevens Point Journal, November 18, 1957. Accessed via Newspapers.com. #EdGein #TrueCrime #YesterdaysMonsters #History #TrueCrimeCommunity