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==Criminal history==

On November 16, 1957, Bernice Worden ~~disappeared~~, ~~she was~~ the owner of a local hardware store in Plainfield. ~~Worden's~~ son informed authorities that Gein had been spotted in the store the evening before his mother disappeared and informed her he would return the following morning to purchase an item. When authorities searched Gein's property, they discovered Worden's decomposing body in a shed hung upside down by her wrists and a crossbar at her ankles, she had been shot by Gein and her torso had been dressed out, a tactic often performed by hunters after killing their desired prey. When authorities searched Gein's home, what they found were much more shocking than Worden's dead body, they discovered.

On November 16, 1957, Bernice Worden, the owner of a local hardware store in Plainfield, disappeared. Her son informed authorities that Gein had been spotted in the store the evening before his mother disappeared and informed her he would return the following morning to purchase an item. When authorities searched Gein's property, they discovered Worden's decomposing body in a shed, hung upside down by her wrists and a crossbar at her ankles; she had been shot by Gein and her torso had been dressed out, a tactic often performed by hunters after killing their desired prey. When authorities searched Gein's home, what they found were much more shocking than Worden's dead body; they discovered:

* Whole human bones and fragments

* Wastebasket made of human skin

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* A lampshade made from the skin of a human face

* 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.

After being photographed, the items 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, which 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.

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 ==Criminal history==
-On November 16, 1957, Bernice Worden disappeared, she was the owner of a local hardware store in Plainfield. Worden's son informed authorities that Gein had been spotted in the store the evening before his mother disappeared and informed her he would return the following morning to purchase an item. When authorities searched Gein's property, they discovered Worden's decomposing body in a shed hung upside down by her wrists and a crossbar at her ankles, she had been shot by Gein and her torso had been dressed out, a tactic often performed by hunters after killing their desired prey. When authorities searched Gein's home, what they found were much more shocking than Worden's dead body, they discovered.
+On November 16, 1957, Bernice Worden, the owner of a local hardware store in Plainfield, disappeared. Her son informed authorities that Gein had been spotted in the store the evening before his mother disappeared and informed her he would return the following morning to purchase an item. When authorities searched Gein's property, they discovered Worden's decomposing body in a shed, hung upside down by her wrists and a crossbar at her ankles; she had been shot by Gein and her torso had been dressed out, a tactic often performed by hunters after killing their desired prey. When authorities searched Gein's home, what they found were much more shocking than Worden's dead body; they discovered:
 * Whole human bones and fragments
 * Wastebasket made of human skin
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 * A lampshade made from the skin of a human face
 * 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.
+After being photographed, the items 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, which 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.
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