S1 Ep2: Ed Gein, The Butcher of Plainfield

Devils in the Dark

True Crime, Comedy

4 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard travel back in time to rural 1950s America to uncover the horrific crimes of Ed Gein, The Butcher of Plainfield. The infamous inspiration behind all your favourite horror movies, Ed Gein's horrendous crimes against humanity have gone down in infamy. After growing up in rural New Jersey with a puritanical and overbearing mother, Ed took his love for his mother to a whole new level after her death, using the skin from corpses to make his very own mummy... Expect grisly discoveries, ghastly arts and crafts projects, and a whole lot of gore. Devils in The Dark contains graphic details of sexual assault and violence and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

00:00 - Introduction
07:22 - Where Ed’s story begins
13:55 - Ed’s murderous impulses begin
22:09 - Ed loses his family
26:02 - The killing of Bernice Warden
29:52 - The house of horrors
37:54 - The murder of Mary Hogan
40:12 - Ed Gein’s Interrogation
45:46 - The trial of Ed Gein
54:20 - Very special soup bowls
54:47 - Outro

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Devils in the Dark with me Helen Anderson and me, Danny Howard.
0:05.5	In every episode, we're going to be turning back the clock and looking at some of the worst murder cases in history.
0:11.1	In this episode, we're kicking off with a big one.
0:15.0	It's Ed Gein, the butcher of Plainfield.
0:31.9	Should we get started?
0:34.9	Are you ready for this one?
0:36.6	Can you be ready?
0:38.4	I like talking about dark shit there.
0:39.0	You know me.
0:39.9	Let's do it.
0:42.2	How do you feel about being on a true crime podcast?
0:45.3	I am so here for it.
0:49.2	Like, I come from a naturally suspicious household.
0:53.3	So, like, you just wait.
0:54.7	I've solved it already.
0:57.0	I don't even know what we're about to talk about.
0:57.8	Who's this guy?
0:58.4	Solved it.
0:59.0	He did it.
0:59.9	Done.
1:05.2	Also, our track record in terms of our friendship,
1:09.1	like, we have discussed some pretty messed up stuff and made some pretty messed up confessions.
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