On November 16, 1957, while investigating the disappearance of local hardware store owner Bernice Worden, authorities stumbled upon a sight straight out of their worst nightmares.
![Deputy sheriff standing outside Ed Gein's house](https://truecrimemag.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ed-geins-house.webp)
A Waushara County Sheriff’s deputy discovered Worden’s decapitated and mutilated body in a shed just a few miles southwest of Plainfield, Wisconsin.
Worden's body was hung upside down and "dressed out like a deer."
![Ed Gein’s neighbor, Bob Hill, looks on in horror while standing in the interior doorway of Gein’s house](https://truecrimemag.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ed-geins-neighbor.webp)
![Trooper Dave Sharkey looks over some of the musical instruments found inside Gein's farmhouse](https://truecrimemag.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/inside-ed-geins-house-1.webp)
The culprit behind her murder was Ed Gein, a seemingly average Joe who made a living from odd jobs.
![Filthy, cluttered bedroom of Ed Gein](https://truecrimemag.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/inside-ed-geins-house-2.webp)
Little did authorities know that Worden’s slaying wasn’t the only secret Gein was hiding.
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