Here we have an original press photo from 1968 of Ed Gein. The press photo caption reads “
NXP1220566(FILE)-1/16/68-WAUTOMA,WIS: Ed Gein(shown in a 1957 file photo), who was charged ten years ago as "The Butcher of Plainfield" in the slaying of two women and the moonlight robbery of graves, has been found mentally competent to stand trial, it was revealed here 1/16. The 61-year-old former handyman broke into international headlines when a woman's body was found hanging in his farm shack. A total of 19 human skulls and furniture fashioned from human remains. were among other things found. Gein pleaded innocent and innocent by reason of insanity and was committed to Central State Hospital. UPI TELEPHOTO from files.”
This press photo has great detail of Gein and his crimes and depicts a rare photo of Gein shortly after his 1957 arrest.
Photo measures roughly 8x10 inches
COA included
