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Case 224: Evelyn Hartley

Casefile True Crime

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A Memoir of a Killer

Edward gane, better known as ed. Gean was one of the most notorious killers in american history. His crimes provided the inspiration for novels and films such as psycho and silence of the lambs. He had a fixation with his mother who'd preached to her sons about the immorality of the world. Women were especially evil, she said, with the exception of herself. They were promiscuous and used to do the devil's bidding. Between 19 forty seven and 19 52, gein visited three nearby cemeteries at night to dig up the graves of recently buried women. Sometimes he took the bodies home with him and mutilated them. As well as admitting

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