when was ed gein

Ed Gein was born on August 27, 1906, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S., and he died on July 26, 1984, in Madison, Wisconsin. He was an American murderer and grave robber whose crimes gained worldwide notoriety in the 1950s. Gein was found guilty of one murder in 1968 but confessed to others, and he was deemed legally insane and institutionalized until his death.