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==Early Life==

Gein's father died in 1940 at the age of 66 from heart failure attributable to his lifelong alcoholism, Gein and his brother Henry had to work various oddjobs in order to sustain a suitable income for themselves and their mother. Gein, unlike his brother Henry, was particularly close to his mother who even when Gein was an adult, tried to control every aspect of his life due to his naivety. In 1944, Gein and Henry were burning away vegetarian marsh which went out of control, and drew the attention of the local fire brigade, Henry's body was found later that day and his death attributed to choking to death in the fire. Gein now devoted his entire time to look after his mother who's health was significantly ailing after suffering a stroke following Henry's life. Gein was a diagnosed schizophrenia and it has been speculated his mother suffered from a similar condition, in 1945, Gein and his mother visited the home of a man named Smith who was beating a dog to a bloody pulp, a woman inside came out and yelled to stop, Smith eventually beat the dog to death, Augusta seemed to be more appalled by the sight of a woman rather than the shocking attack of animal cruelty that had just occurred. Augusta, as a religious zealot, always took a misogynistic outlook on the world and hated women despite being one herself, she told her son Smith was unmarried and so the woman had no business commanding him to do anything and referred to her as "Smith's Harlot" a slang term for a whore.

==Criminal history==

* Fingernails from female fingers

After being photographed, they were destroyed. When questioned, Gein denied murder, but admitted between 1947 and 1952 he had made about 40 nocturnal visits to three local graveyards and exhumed the remains of recently buried victims, but stated he was in somewhat of a "dazed state". However, Gein remarked that on approximately 30 of his occasions he had managed to come out of the dazed state and put the bodies back and left the grave in good order. Gein admitted to making nine grave robberies and subsequently lead investigators to them, authorities were skeptical as to whether or not Gein could rob a grave within the space of an evening and dug up two of the graves Gein had informed them about, in one instance there was a crowbar in place of the body and contradicted Gein's story. Gein was accused of committing necrophilia with the bodies he had exhumed, but denounced this claim stating "they smelt too bad." He also confessed that following his mother's death in 1945 he wanted to become her, and began these gruesome acts due to his mother's psychotic hatred of women.

==Trial, imprisonment and death==

*Gein has served as the inspiration for many notable literary and cinematic villains, most notably Norman Bates. Robert Bloch, the author of the famed novel and later Alfred Hitchcock classic, Psycho, based Norma Bates of Gein's mother Augusta, both share many attributes, Gein's mother had a deep hatred for women and taught her son all women are whores, as did Norma Bates. Stephan King based Margret White the psycho mother in his book "Carrie"  on Augusta Gein. Norman Bates' unwanted willingness to kill women were also based of Gein's murder and human trophy collecting. Leatherface of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was also based loosely based of Gein's human trophy collecting. Leatherface, the franchise's antagonist, wears a mask made of human flesh. Thomas Harris, the creator of the legendary movie character, Hannibal Lecter based Buffalo Bill, the main antagonist of his 1988 novel, The Silence of the Lambs of Gein.

*Art Schley, the sheriff of Waushara County who interrogated Gein reportedly assaulted him during his interrogation. Schley died just before Gein's second trial in 1968, many in his family have claimed his death from heart failure was attributable as he was traumatized by Gein's gruesome crimes.

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