EPISODE · Sep 29, 2025 · 1H 13M
The Butcher of Plainfield: The Skin-Sewn Secrets of Ed Gein
from Fringe Beyond Limits · host Bleav + Fringe Beyond Limits
This episode of Fringe Beyond Limits recounts the life and crimes of Edward Gein, tracing his troubled upbringing, disturbing grave-robbery and murders, and the shocking discoveries found in his farmhouse. It also covers the investigation, the legal and psychiatric rulings, and the lasting impact his case had on Plainfield and popular culture. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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In 1957, the quiet farming town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, became the epicenter of one of the most grotesque crimes in American history. Behind the peeling paint of Ed Gein’s farmhouse, authorities uncovered a macabre museum of human remains that shocked the world and forever scarred a community. Join us as we peel back the layers of Gein’s life — his strict and suffocating upbringing, his years of isolation, his grave-robbing obsessions, and the murders that revealed the unimaginable. This is the chilling true story of the man history would call the Butcher of Plainfield.
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