Here’s exactly what Ed Gein said about Bernice Worden’s death at his chilling trial

The new Netflix show Monster: The Ed Gein Story has reignited interest in the serial killer Ed Gein. You can actually read what the real Ed Gein said in his defence during his trial for Bernice Worden’s murder.

So, Ed Gein was arrested for the murder of the shopkeeper Bernice Worden on 16th November 1958. The County Sheriff’s Department found her decapitated body in Ed Gein’s house. The trial took place 11 years later, in November 1968. Although Monster depicts Ed Gein as being in a relationship with her, there’s no proof this happened in real life.

The judge Robert Gollmar wrote about the trial in a book called Edward Gein: America’s Most Bizarre Murderer. He included exactly what Ed Gein said about Bernice Worden’s death.

Ed Gein described visiting Bernice Worden’s hardware shop, buying antifreeze, and asking if he could take a closer look at a rifle that was for sale.

His argument was that he accidentally shot Bernice Worden while inspecting this gun. He claimed she was about twelve feet away from him, looking out a window. Ed Gein’s lawyer handed him a gun to demonstrate with.

Ed Gein at the shop in Netflix’s Monster

“I couldn’t pull the trigger because the gun would fire,” Ed Gein explained, “and I turned the rifle in many positions looking for some release on the rifle. I may have had it this way, this way, or might even had turned it upside down looking for a release. And in doing this, and trying on here, I may have have pulled this trigger, or it might have gun off by itself. I couldn’t say.”

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He continued: “There was a sound, oh, like a low-powered air rifle. Just a low sound… When I was looking down I heard a sound like something striking metal – like a metal can or something. I looked up and Mrs Worden was gone. I couldn’t see her… so I stepped around this island and I saw her lying there. I believe I laid down the rifle to see if she was hurt or what was wrong. And then I saw blood there. So it came to my mind either the bullet had struck her when the rifle fired, or she had fell that way. I didn’t know.”

Ed Gein claimed he couldn’t remember the incident clearly as he was squeamish about blood.

“From here on – well, I better explain this: From little on, whenever I saw blood, I’d either faint or just about faint. I’d just black out. So that is why I can’t answer at this time.”

Apparently he didn’t remember moving Bernice Worden’s body, or even driving home. Although, Ed Gein did recall eating dinner with his neighbours later that day.

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