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Inside the Plainfield House of Horrors: The History and Ethics of the Ed Gein Crime Scene Pictures

"The arrest of Edward Theodore Gein on November 16, 1957, forever altered the landscape of American true crime and forensic science. When local authorities in the small town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, crossed the threshold of the dilapidated Gein farmhouse, they expected to find clues regarding the disappearance of local hardware store owner Bernice Worden. Instead, they walked into a macabre chamber of horrors that defied human comprehension. The photographs taken by forensic investigators during those freezing November days remain some of the most analyzed, debated, and disturbing crime scene pictures in criminological history. For decades, c..."

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