Edward Gein was born on August 27, 1906 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He was the son of his father, George, a man who had a serious drinking problem, and a devoutly religious mother, Augusta, a devout Christian. Ed grew up alongside his older brother, Henry, who was seven when Ed was born. The family governed by her mother's devout preaching about the sins of lust and carnal desire set the tone for Ed's adult life. Augusta's deep contempt for her husband and marriage persisted because of the family's religious belief on divorce. Augusta, Ed's mother, ran a small grocery store, and then bought a farm outside a small town called Plainfield, Wisconsin, where she, Ed, and Henry moved. Ed's mother, Augusta, moved to the outskirts of town on the farm she had purchased to keep the townsfolk and other outsiders from coercing her children with lust and other carnal thoughts. Ed only left the premises to go to school. In addition to school, he spent most of his time doing farm work. Augusta, a passionate Lutheran, teaches her children about the innate corruption of the world, the evils of alcohol, and the belief that all women were prostitutes and did nothing but harm in the eyes of God, and that all women were pawns of the devil himself to attract them. the man in deception. Augusta had her children read the Bible to me every afternoon, usually choosing Old Testament texts that spoke of death or killing, murder, and revenge. While Ed attended public school, he struck others as a different person, having effeminate behavior that set him apart from other students, and was picked on and tormented by others. Both of Augusta's children were never allowed to make friends and if they did she would discipline them, as if having friends was against the law. Edwar... middle of paper... yes Ed continued to confess to the other murders and but once again could not provide exact information as he stated that he was in an unnatural state of mind. Ten years passed when Ed was committed to a mental institution where he was recovering, the court concluded that Ed was capable of withstanding the test. Court proceedings began on January 22, 1968 to determine whether or not Ed was guilty of the murder of Bernice Worden; the trial began on November 7, 1968. Ed was convicted of the murders and spent the rest of his life in a mental institution where he spent the rest of his life. Ed may have caused a lot of pain for many families, including the little boy from La Cross, Wisconsin, but he opened a world of avenues for law enforcement and psychologists. Ed died due to a battle with cancer on July 26, 1984. He is buried next to his mother in a cemetery in Plainfield, Wisconsin..