{"product_id":"the-plainfield-ghoul-gerri-g-lyons-9798266397378","title":"The Plainfield Ghoul: Ed Gein's Crimes in Wisconsin That Changed Horror Forever","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn a freezing November day in 1957, the quiet farming town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, lost its innocence forever. When hardware store owner \u003cb\u003eBernice Worden \u003c\/b\u003evanished, deputies traced her last customer to a shy, soft-spoken handyman named Ed Gein. What they uncovered in his farmhouse would horrify the nation and give birth to a new kind of terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Plainfield Ghoul: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, \u003c\/b\u003e the Butcher of Wisconsin is a chilling true crime account of the killer who inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs. Drawing on case files, witness testimony, and cultural analysis, this book goes deeper than the headlines to reveal: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Gein's twisted childhood shaped his obsessions with death and the grave\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe murders of Mary Hogan and Bernice Worden that brought his secrets to light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe nightmarish farmhouse discoveries - furniture made of human skin, masks stitched from faces, and ritual objects hidden in plain sight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGein's calm, childlike confessions that stunned investigators and psychiatrists alike\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe cultural aftershocks that turned him into Hollywood's blueprint for horror\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrutal, unsettling, and unforgettable, The Plainfield Ghoul is not just the story of Ed Gein's crimes. It is the story of how one man's madness scarred a community, changed the way law enforcement investigated rural crime, and redefined American horror forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerri G. Lyons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798266397378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gerri G. Lyons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47424880804095,"sku":"9798266397378","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_02e89eef-fc30-40f6-a084-068e78eb5188.jpg?v=1761533149","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-plainfield-ghoul-gerri-g-lyons-9798266397378","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}