Edward Theodore Gein was born August 27, 1906 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The son of an alcoholic father and a very religious mother, Gein grew up alongside his older brother, Henry, in a household run by his mother preaching the sins of carnal desire. With effeminate behavior, Ed Gein became a target for bullies. His classmates and teachers recalled mannerisms from the past, such as seemingly random laughter, as if he were laughing at his own personal jokes. His mother scolded him every time he tried to make friends, so he didn't try anymore because of the pain it caused him. Undistracted by his social life, he does well in school, mainly in reading. (http://www.biography.com/people/ed-gein-11291338). Death of his fatherAfter his father died of a heart attack in 1940, the Gein brothers began doing odd jobs to support themselves. expenses. Both brothers were reliable and honest to the community. While both worked as handymen, Ed Gein also babysat for neighbors. He loved babysitting because he got along better with children than with adults. Henry Gein let his mother's worldview slip out of his head and began to worry about his brother's attachment to him. He would speak ill of her in the presence of his brother so that Ed would do the same thing to let go of the overly obsessive attachment. (http://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/gein-edward.htm).Edward Gein 4Death of his brothersOn May 16, 1944, a bush fire was burning near the farm, Ed and Henry went out to try to put it comes out. Gein reported that he and Henry were separated, and by nightfall the fire was put out. When a research team was organized, Gein le...... middle of paper ......rson was the main thought. When Gein heard that his house had burned down, he shrugged and said just as well. In 1958, the car that Gein had used to move the bodies of his victims was sold at public auction for $760 to a carnival show operator named Bunny Gibbons. Later, after Gibbons bought it, he charged everyone 25 cents to see it. (http://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/gein-edward.htm). Death On July 26, 1984, Gein died of respiratory and heart failure due to cancer at the Mendota Mental Health Institute . His grave at Plainfield Cemetery was often vandalized over the years, with people chipping off pieces of his headstone as a keepsake before the entire headstone was stolen in 2000. The headstone was found circa June 2001 near Seattle and is now in a museum in Waushara County, Wisconsin. (http://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/gein-edward.htm).