Eerie photos of Ed Gein being arrested in real life show what he actually looked like

Chilling photos of Ed Gein being led out of his house in handcuffs after being arrested show what he actually looked like after Charlie Hunnam played him in the Netflix show.

Monster: The Ed Gein Story is about the notorious serial killer’s life, starting with his mother’s death which is what led him to commit his heinous crimes.

Ed Gein inspired some of the world’s biggest horror films including Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre after he was known for making furniture out of human flesh.

Charlie Hunnam, who has previously been in Sons of Anarchy and The Gentleman, went through a huge transformation to turn himself into the serial killer, losing 30 pounds and wearing lots of makeup .

Real-life pictures of the serial killer reveal this transformation actually made the actor look scarily similar to the real Ed Gein, perhaps just a slightly younger version.

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These chilling photos were all taken on 18th November 1975, when Ed Gein was being led away from his Plainfield, Wisconsin farm by detectives.

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He was arrested just two days after killing hardware store owner Bernice Worden on 16th November, 1957. He shot her with a rifle, unaware that her son was a deputy sheriff in the town, Frank Worden.

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Frank found blood stains on the hardware store floor and immediately told investigators that his mother was missing. He found a receipt showing Gein had been in the store to buy antifreeze and went and searched his home, then arrested him.

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After his arrest, Gein was charged with first-degree murder at the Waushara County Court and pleaded not-guilty. He was then diagnosed with schizophrenia and declared insane, making him unfit for trial. So, he was sent to the Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.

He was later transferred to the Mendota State Hospital in Madison, where he stayed for the rest of his life. Gein died on 26th July 1984 from respiratory failure caused by lung cancer.

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