Edward Gein, also known as the Butcher of Plainfield or the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murder and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety after authorities discovered Gein had exhumed corpses from local graveyards and fashioned trophies and keepsakes from their bones and skin. Gein confessed to killing 2 women; tavern owner Mary Hogan in 1954 and a Plainfield hardware store owner Bernice Worden in 1957. Gein was initially found unfit to stand trial and confined to a mental health facility. In 1968, Gein was found guilty but legally insane of the murder of Worden and was remanded to a psychiatric institution. He died at Mendota Mental Health Institute of cancer of the liver and respiratory failure on July 26, 1984. He is buried next to his family in the Plainfield Cemetery, in a now-unmarked grave.
2) Carl Panzram :
Carl Panzram was an American serial killer, arsonist, robber and burglar. In prison confessions and his autobiography, he claimed to have committed 21 murders, most of which could not be corroborated and over 1,000 sodomies of boys and men. After a series of imprisonments and escapes, he was executed in 1930 for the murder of a prison employee at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. Carl Panzram felt odd from a young age: by the age of five or six he was a liar, thief and claimed to become meaner the older he grew. In 1911, he was arrested in Fresno, California for stealing a bicycle. In 1913, He was arrested in The Dalles, Oregon for highway robbery, assault and sodomy. He broke out of jail after 2-3 months. On October 26, 1920, he was arrested in Stamford, Connecticut for burglary and possession of a loaded handgun. Panzram was hanged on September 5, 1930. His grave, at the Leavenworth Penitentiary Cemetery, is marked only with his prison number, 31614.
3) Ted Bundy :
Ted Bundy was an American serial killer and necrophile who kidnapped and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. Many of Bundy's young female victims regarded him as handsome and charismatic, traits that he exploited to win their trust. He would typically approach them in public places, feigning injury or disability or impersonating an authority figure, before overpowering and assaulting them in secluded locations. In 1975, Bundy was jailed for the first time when he was incarcerated in Utah for aggravated kidnapping and attempted criminal assault. On August 16, 1975, Bundy was arrested by Utah Highway Patrol officer Bob Hayward in Granger. Although he would ultimately confess to 28 murders, some estimated that he was responsible for hundreds of deaths. He was sentenced to death in 1979 for the murder of two college students. Bundy was executed in Florida's electric chair in 1989.
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