Poster advertising the auction of Eddie Gein’s property. (State Historical Society of Wisconsin)
Aerial view of the crowd roaming over the Gein property on the day of the auction. Visible in the right foreground are the charred remains of Gein’s farmhouse, burned to the ground by a suspicious fire ten days earlier. (Wide World)
The Ed Gein “death car” display. (
Milwaukee Journal
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An older—and stouter—Eddie Gein is surrounded by reporters as he is led into the Waushara County Courthouse for the start of his 1968 trial. (Wide World)
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