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The Butcher of Plainfield

2022/4/8
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一位专注于电动车和能源领域的播客主持人和内容创作者。
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本集讲述了埃德·盖恩的罪行，以及他扭曲的童年经历和精神状态如何导致了他令人震惊的行为。盖恩的母亲奥古斯塔是一个极端虔诚的宗教信徒，她对盖恩和他的哥哥亨利进行严格的控制和精神虐待，导致盖恩从小就生活在恐惧和压抑的环境中。盖恩的父亲酗酒且有暴力倾向，进一步恶化了家庭环境。亨利死后，盖恩与母亲的关系更加紧密，但奥古斯塔去世后，盖恩陷入了彻底的孤独。他开始盗墓，并用人体残骸制作各种物品，最终杀害了伯尼斯·沃登。盖恩的案例揭示了家庭虐待和精神疾病对个体心理的深远影响，以及其导致的极端犯罪行为。

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Bernice Worden's son, Frank, discovers her missing from her hardware store with signs of a struggle, leading him to investigate the last sale made to Ed Gein.

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It was strange for Bernice Worden to not be in her hardware store on a Saturday. And it was even stranger that she left without locking the door. Her son Frank, a deputy sheriff, stopped by the store around 5pm and searched for Bernice without any luck. Then he checked behind the counter and felt his stomach lurch. The cash register was open and there were dark pools of dried blood on the floor. 

Frank was worried but not panicked. He was a career cop and, despite the personal nature of the crime, he immediately took on the perspective of an investigator. He checked the receipt pad next to the register and saw that the last sale was from that morning: a gallon of antifreeze sold to a Mr. Ed Gein, a Plainfield local. Frank knew the Gein family in passing. 

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